Baby name

Aiden

Boy

Origin of the name

Aiden is a spelling of Aidan, from the Irish Aodhán, a pet form of Aodh, “fire.”

Short-lived name

The high point came in 2009, with 16,030 births and the No. 12 spot that year. The decline was steep: births are now 57% below the peak. Its rank in 2025: No. 62. 50% of all babies named Aiden since 1880 were born in the 2010s.

257,765births since 1880

2000sgeneration

No. 12rank at its peak, in 2009

Where babies named Aiden are born

2009

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The darker the blue, the more common Aiden is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.

Where it is most popular

Compared with the national average, Aiden is most common in Wyoming (1.5 times), Delaware (1.5) and Vermont (1.4), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.

One letter apart

Aidan 118,431
Ayden 89,180
Kaiden 52,562
Jaiden 33,302
Caiden 23,341
Aden 21,854

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