Recorded 1970–2025 · United States
Aiden was most popular in 2009, when 16,143 American babies were given the name — ranking #16 that year. In 2025 it ranked #104, with 5,073 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 259,912 people named Aiden.
Aiden first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1970, which makes it about 55 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 48 of the 56 years since.
The Social Security Administration has recorded 259,912 American births named Aiden 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 257,402 are estimated to be alive today.
5,073 American babies were named Aiden in 2025, ranking #104 that year.
Aiden is falling. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 6,865 births a year, against 14,282 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of -52% 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 Aiden is a boy’s name — 0.8% of the 259,912 Americans given it were girls and 99.2% 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 257,402 Americans named Aiden are alive today — 99% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 14 years old, and half are between 9 and 18. That is a narrow band because Aiden is a young name — it only became common recently, so almost everyone carrying it is still a child or a young adult.
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.
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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