NameTides

Aodhan

Aodhan was the #6,143 boys' name in the US in 2025 (14 babies), and #3,256 in England & Wales.

Aodhan as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Aodhan as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.02.557.51018801900192019401960198020002020Northern IrelandIrelandEngland & WalesUS
Aodhan as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.02.557.5101880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. In Ireland, the line follows the most-used spelling each year: Aodhan to 2017, Aodhán from 2018. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#6,143 (14)#3,256 (6)—#72 (33)#272 (16)—
2024#9,894 (7)#5,120 (3)#727 (3)#108 (21)#231 (19)—
2023#10,821 (6)#2,547 (8)#728 (3)#79 (32)#224 (20)—
2022#7,768 (10)#4,002 (4)#703 (3)#85 (31)#205 (25)—
2021#9,714 (7)#2,730 (7)#533 (5)#53 (53)#215 (23)—
2020#8,067 (9)#1,935 (11)#390 (8)#52 (52)#193 (26)#2,431 (6)
2019#7,643 (10)#1,587 (15)#516 (5)#67 (47)#220 (23)—
2018#8,819 (8)#2,693 (7)#704 (3)#67 (46)#224 (24)—
2017#7,095 (11)——#87 (35)#203 (28)—
2016#6,349 (13)#2,027 (11)—#68 (47)#224 (24)#2,718 (5)
2015#6,324 (13)#2,707 (7)#686 (3)#72 (47)#221 (25)—
2014#8,130 (9)#2,690 (7)#680 (3)#65 (46)#171 (37)—
2013#8,118 (9)#2,216 (9)—#93 (35)#187 (33)—
2012#7,050 (11)#2,721 (7)—#66 (50)#199 (30)—
2011#7,502 (10)#2,194 (9)—#74 (47)#225 (24)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2004 at #3,636.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1990.

How common is it?

about 1 in 130,000 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 130,000rare
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 45,000rare
Northern IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 250common
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 1,500uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Aodhan is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 150,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 80,000 to 1 in 280,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Spellings

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

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
AodhanCanadaBoys—too few
AodhanEngland & WalesBoys#3,2566
AodhánIrelandBoys#27216
AodhanIrelandBoys#8293
AodhanNorthern IrelandBoys#7233
AodhanScotlandBoys—too few
AodhanUSBoys#6,14314