NameTides

Alden

Alden was the #598 boys' name in the US in 2025 (479 babies), and #1,613 in England & Wales and #818 in Canada.

Alden as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Canada
Alden as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaScotlandEngland & Wales
Alden as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandCanada
2025#598 (479)#1,613 (16)#762 (3)#818 (32)
2024#576 (494)#2,264 (10)—#729 (36)
2023#640 (431)#1,701 (14)—#577 (47)
2022#627 (445)#1,143 (24)—#632 (42)
2021#676 (394)#1,595 (15)—#673 (40)
2020#672 (387)#1,635 (14)—#761 (32)
2019#623 (435)#2,104 (10)—#840 (28)
2018#638 (411)#1,683 (14)—#794 (30)
2017#634 (409)#1,923 (12)—#890 (26)
2016#660 (392)#2,556 (8)—#729 (35)
2015#725 (340)#2,707 (7)—#765 (32)
2014#714 (337)#1,721 (13)—#898 (25)
2013#709 (331)#3,822 (4)—#1,028 (20)
2012#772 (294)#3,987 (4)—#928 (23)
2011#864 (244)#2,039 (10)—#1,467 (12)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2024 at #576.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.

How common is it?

about 1 in 3,600 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 3,600uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 17,000rare
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 6,500uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 5,000uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Alden is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 3,300 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 3,000 to 1 in 3,600.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Alden by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: #101MEWisconsin: #570WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: #157NHWashington: #336WAIdaho: #435IDMontana: #227MTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #392MNIllinois: #870ILMichigan: #393MINew York: #770NYMassachusetts: #438MAOregon: #351ORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #448IAIndiana: #512INOhio: #627OHPennsylvania: #631PANew Jersey: #766NJConnecticut: #440CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #607CAUtah: #515UTColorado: #468CONebraska: #293NEMissouri: #597MOKentucky: #404KYWest Virginia: #330WVVirginia: #473VAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #551TNNorth Carolina: #645NCSouth Carolina: #501SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #552OKLouisiana: #672LAMississippi: #522MSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #792GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #789TXFlorida: #1,056FL
Alden (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#1,03310

Alden (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
AldenCanadaBoys#81832
AldenEngland & WalesBoys#1,61316
AldenNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
AldenScotlandBoys#7623
AldenUSGirls#6,11619
AldenUSBoys#598479