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Aidan

boy name
Origin
Irish
Syllables
2
Peak era
2000s
Today
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Meaning

little fire; one of the biggest Irish-American breakout names of the 1990s-2000s

The story

Aidan comes from the Irish Aodhán, a diminutive built on the old word for fire, hence the tender translation little fire. The name's first great bearer was Saint Aidan of Lindisfarne, the seventh-century Irish monk who carried Christianity into northern England and was remembered for his gentleness. In America, Aidan was essentially unknown until the 1980s, then became one of the great Irish breakout stories: a steep climb through the 1990s to a towering peak in the 2000s, the very years Sex and the City gave the name a famously appealing bearer. The timing lines up, though the name's soft sound did plenty of work on its own. Its success spawned a whole chorus of rhyming spinoffs, and as those spread, Aidan itself has gently receded, still common, no longer everywhere.

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How popular is Aidan around the world?

In the United States, 7,027 babies were named Aidan between 2020 and 2025. In Ireland, 72 boys named Aidan were born in 2025, the 82nd most common name among boys that year.

Aidan is on the official records of the United States, Ireland, Scotland, South Australia, Canada, England and Wales, New Zealand, Mexico City, Chile, Argentina, Montevideo, France, Spain, Austria, Poland and Brazil.

United States

1 in 3,100

In the United States, 7,027 babies were named Aidan between 2020 and 2025.

1890speak 2000s

Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Aidan peaked in the 2000s. Aidan went to 2,289 US babies in 2015 and 1,051 in 2025, 46% of the earlier figure.

Births with a Social Security record. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration

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Ireland

1 in 750

In Ireland, 72 boys named Aidan were born in 2025, the 82nd most common name among boys that year.

peak 19762025

share of that year’s name registrations

Exact registered spellings from Irish vital statistics; any name under 3 in a year is withheld at source, and accented spellings (fadas) are recorded reliably only from 2018. Source: Central Statistics Office (Ireland), Irish babies' names

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Scotland

1 in 1,600

In Scotland, 29 boys named Aidan were registered in 2024, the 155th most common name among boys that year.

1974peak 20042024

share of that year’s name registrations

Births registered in Scotland; different spellings count separately but accents are merged at source, and any spelling under 3 in total is suppressed. Source: National Records of Scotland, babies' first names

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South Australia

1 in 2,300 · 2017

In South Australia, 8 boys were registered as Aidan in 2017.

1944peak 2005

share of that year’s name registrations

Births registered in South Australia (not all of Australia) by first name and year of registration, 1944–2017, from the state’s Births, Deaths and Marriages registry, which publishes every name down to a single birth in capitals; a spelling its export repeats inside a year is counted once, and from 2018 only a top 100 is published, so the series ends at 2017. Source: Consumer and Business Services (South Australia), popular baby names

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Canada

1 in 3,000

In Canada, 122 boys named Aidan were born in 2024, the 265th most common name among boys that year.

1991peak 20032024

share of that year’s name registrations

First given names from provincial and territorial vital statistics across Canada; any name-sex-year under 5 is excluded at source, and small Quebec counts carry a randomized adjustment made at source. Shares divide by Statistics Canada’s count of live births for the year; the 2024 count is preliminary. Source: Statistics Canada, first names at birth (table 17-10-0147-01)

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England and Wales

1 in 3,400

In England and Wales, 171 boys named Aidan were born in 2025, the 265th most common name among boys that year.

peak 20022025

share of that year’s name registrations

Birth registrations in England and Wales (not the whole UK); exact spellings are counted separately, and any spelling under 3 in a year is withheld at source. Source: Office for National Statistics, baby names in England and Wales

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New Zealand

1 in 3,600

In New Zealand, 16 boys named Aidan were registered in 2025.

1970peak 20012025

share of that year’s name registrations

First given names from New Zealand birth registrations, grouped by registration year; any name under 10 in a year is excluded at source. Shares divide by Stats NZ’s count of births registered to mothers living in New Zealand, under 1% below the registry’s own count. Source: Department of Internal Affairs (New Zealand), baby name popularity over time

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Mexico City City

1 in 5,300

In Mexico City, there were 22 registrations of Aidan in 2022.

2000peak 20162022

share of that year’s registrations in the city

Civil-registry acts in Mexico City by registration year. Counts are lower bounds (names under 6 in a month and borough are removed at source) and count name-instances, not people; compound names are split, so “Maria Jose” counts under each part. 2023 (2 registrations through 3 Mar) is excluded as partial. Source: Registro Civil of Mexico City, open data portal, registered given names 2000-2023

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Chile

1 in 8,500

In Chile, 21 boys were registered as Aidan in 2021, every accent spelling counted together.

1960peak 2021

share of that year’s name registrations

First-name registrations with Chile’s civil registry by year of registration, 1920–2021, counted as spelling groups (Sofía, Sofia and Sofìa are one name, shown with its most-registered spelling); the registry withholds nothing, nametree keeps the groups that reached 5 registrations in some year, and shares divide by every registration of the year. Source: Servicio de Registro Civil e Identificación (Chile) via the guaguas package, first-name registrations 1920-2021

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Argentina

1 in 8,600

In Argentina, 77 newborns were given the name Aidan in 2024.

2012peak 2024

share of that year’s name registrations

Given-name components of births in Argentina 2012–2024; national cells are lower bounds and no sex split is published. Source: RENAPER (Argentina), Dirección Nacional de Población, given names 2012-2024

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Montevideo City

1 in 25,000 · 2011

In Montevideo, 1 boy named Aidan was born in 2011, spelling variants counted together.
The count never rose above 3 in a year, too few to chart.

Births in the department of Montevideo (not all of Uruguay) by first name and year of birth, 1940–2011, from the city’s civil registry, which writes names in capitals, almost always without accents; counted as spelling groups (accent and punctuation variants merged), nothing is withheld at source, and 2012 is excluded as a partial year. Source: Servicio de Registro Civil, Intendencia de Montevideo, Partidas de Registro Civil de Montevideo (Licencia de Datos Abiertos - Uruguay); 2012 dropped as partial

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France

1 in 32,000

In France, about 20 boys named Aidan were born in 2025, ranked 1,694th among boys that year.

1990peak 20082025

share of that year’s births on record

Births in France by year of birth, from INSEE’s fichier des prénoms (1900–2025; Mayotte from 2012); exact spellings count separately (Léo and Leo are different names), any spelling under 3 in a year and sex is withheld at source, every count is rounded to the nearest 5 at source, and nametree keeps the spellings that reached 20 in some year. Shares divide by INSEE’s count of births in France from 1957, and before that by the file’s own total for the year; INSEE says the file is not complete before 1946. This registry counts each spelling separately; the figures above are for the exact spelling Aidan, and accented spellings are separate names. Source: Insee, fichier des prénoms (last updated 2026-07-16)

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Spain

1 in 55,000

In Spain, 809 residents are named Aidan, ranked 1,612th among men, with a mean age of 13.3 years.

Residents of Spain on 1 January 2025. Spain publishes how old a name’s living bearers are, not a birth series, so there is no year chart. Source: INE (Spain), Censo de Población anual, 1 January 2025

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Austria

1 in 76,000

In Austria, 1 boy named Aidan was born in 2025, ranked 1,842nd among boys that year, spellings that differ only by special characters counted together.
The count never rose above 5 in a year, too few to chart.

Live births in Austria by year of birth, 1984–2025, from Statistik Austria’s first-name statistics; spellings that differ only by special characters are counted together (umlauts stay apart), every name down to a single birth is published, and the count covers babies with Austrian citizenship only until 2009, every baby from 2010, and from 2015 also births abroad to mothers living in Austria. Shares divide by Statistik Austria’s count of live births from 2010, and before that by the file’s own total for the year. Source: Statistik Austria - data.statistik.gv.at (OGDEXT_VORNAMEN_1, updated 2026-07-09)

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Poland

1 in 120,000

In Poland, 2 boys named Aidan were born in 2025, the 705th most common name among boys that year.
The count never rose above 9 in a year, too few to chart.

First names given to children born in Poland by year of birth, 2000–2025, from the PESEL population register (Ministry of Digital Affairs); exact spellings count separately (Łukasz and Lukasz are different names), names given fewer than 5 times in a year were left off the list through 2012 and fewer than 2 times from 2013, and the register also counts children born abroad, so its yearly sums run above Poland’s live births. Shares divide by the register’s own published total for the year, never by births. Source: Ministry of Digital Affairs, PESEL register (dane.gov.pl)

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Brazil

1 in 1M

At the 2022 census, 229 people in Brazil were named Aidan, ranked 23,072nd, with a median age of 25.
Among people named Aidan living in Brazil at the 2022 census, more were born in the 1990s than in any other decade.

1980speak 1990s2010s

people alive at the 2022 census, by decade of birth

The census also counted 31 born between 2020 and August 2022, too recent a span to chart. People alive and resident in Brazil at the 2022 census, a living-population count, not births; names under 20 are withheld at source. Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022

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New South Wales

outside the top 100

Aidan is not in the 2025 top 100 for New South Wales.

1990peak 20082025

share of that year’s top-100 registrations

New South Wales (not all of Australia) publishes only each year’s 100 most popular names per sex, so a missing year means below that top 100, not rare. Source: NSW Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages, popular baby names

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Puerto Rico

last on record 2024

Aidan is not on the 2025 record for Puerto Rico, which withholds births under 5, and 156 babies have carried the name there since 1998.

1998peak 20142025

share of that year’s births on record

First given name only, from Social Security records of births in Puerto Rico; any name-sex-year under 5 births is withheld at source. Shares divide by the Puerto Rico Demographic Registry’s count of births on the island; the 2025 count is provisional. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, territory name file (Puerto Rico)

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Not on Norway’s list: Statistics Norway lists only first names carried by 200 or more living people, so rarer names are not shown.

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When you meet Aidan

Most people given the name Aidan in the United States are teenagers or young adults today.

Estimated from US Social Security birth registrations and typical lifespans; a rough guide, not a rule.

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Where Aidan travels

Irish · little fire, fiery one (Saint Aidan of Lindisfarne)

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