Recorded 2001–2025 · United States
Aaden was most popular in 2009, when 1,274 American babies were given the name — ranking #536 that year. In 2025 it ranked #18,449, with 8 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 5,079 people named Aaden.
Aaden first appears in Social Security Administration records in 2001, which makes it about 24 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 25 of the 25 years since.
The Social Security Administration has recorded 5,079 American births named Aaden between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 5,030 are estimated to be alive today.
8 American babies were named Aaden in 2025, ranking #18,449 that year.
Aaden is falling. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 19 births a year, against 248 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of -93% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Across the whole record Aaden is a boy’s name — 0.1% of the 5,079 Americans given it were girls and 99.9% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 0% girls and 100% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
Roughly 5,030 Americans named Aaden are alive today — 99% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 16 years old, and half are between 12 and 17. That is a narrow band: Aaden arrived and faded within about a decade rather than staying in steady use.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
A variant of Aiden · Irish · "little fire"
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org