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Aiden

boy name
Origin
Irish
Syllables
2
Peak era
2010s
Today
▬ Steady

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Meaning

little fire; an English spelling of Aidan, from Irish Aodhán

The story

Aiden is a modern English spelling of Aidan. Behind Aidan are Irish Aodhán and the older form Áedán, an affectionate form of Áed, meaning "fire." That is the basis of the familiar meaning "little fire."

In 635, King Oswald invited Aidan, an Irish monk from the island monastery of Iona, to become a bishop, a church leader, in Northumbria. Aidan and his companions founded a monastery on Lindisfarne, which became an important early center of Christianity in England. The saint is known as Aidan, not by the later Aiden spelling.

The Aiden spelling became much more widely used for American boys in the early twenty-first century. The related spelling Aidan also appears in popular culture: John Corbett plays Aidan Shaw in Sex and the City.

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How popular is Aiden around the world?

In the United States, 42,994 babies were named Aiden between 2020 and 2025. In Puerto Rico, 41 babies were named Aiden in 2025, and 623 have carried the name since 1998.

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

Aiden crosses languages: it is in the latest top 300 of an English-speaking birth record and of a Spanish-speaking one. The full list: English and Spanish

United States

1 in 510

In the United States, 42,994 babies were named Aiden between 2020 and 2025.

1890speak 2010s

Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Aiden peaked in the 2010s. Aiden went to 13,566 US babies in 2015 and 5,073 in 2025, 37% of the earlier figure.

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

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Puerto Rico

1 in 440

In Puerto Rico, 41 babies were named Aiden in 2025, and 623 have carried the name since 1998.

1998peak 2021

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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South Australia

1 in 540 · 2017

In South Australia, 34 boys were registered as Aiden in 2017.

1944peak 2010

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 800

In Canada, 458 boys named Aiden were born in 2024, the 54th most common name among boys that year.

1991peak 20082024

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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New Zealand

1 in 1,200

In New Zealand, 49 boys named Aiden were registered in 2025.

1990peak 20112025

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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Scotland

1 in 1,300

In Scotland, 36 boys named Aiden were registered in 2024, the 135th most common name among boys that year.

1974peak 20082024

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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Ireland

1 in 1,500

In Ireland, 35 boys named Aiden were born in 2025, the 149th most common name among boys that year.

peak 19682025

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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England and Wales

1 in 2,000

In England and Wales, 298 boys named Aiden were born in 2025, the 170th most common name among boys that year.

1996peak 20112025

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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Norway

1 in 2,300 · register 2026

In Norway, 12 boys were given the name Aiden in 2025.

1990peak 2017

share of the boys on the register for that year, SSB’s own figure

People who have or have had a Norwegian ID number, emigrants left out, from Statistics Norway’s name statistics (release of January 2026): by year of birth for 1945–2020 (everyone born that year who was ever registered in Norway, including people who registered later and people who have since died) and by year of naming from 2021; only first names carried by 200 or more living people are listed, counts under 4 are withheld, and SSB merges spellings that differ only by letters outside the Norwegian alphabet. The shares are SSB’s own, of the people of that sex and year in that count; the 2025 figure counts the children named that year, and no year is a count of births. Source: Statistics Norway (SSB), table 10467 (updated 2026-01-28)

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Mexico City City

1 in 5,300

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

2000peak 2022

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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France

1 in 7,200

In France, about 90 boys named Aiden were born in 2025, the 490th most common name among boys that year.

1990peak 20152025

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 Aiden, and accented spellings are separate names. Source: Insee, fichier des prénoms (last updated 2026-07-16)

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Austria

1 in 9,500

In Austria, 8 boys named Aiden were born in 2025, the 543rd most common name among boys that year, spellings that differ only by special characters counted together.

1984peak 2021

share of that year’s births on record

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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Chile

1 in 14,000

In Chile, 13 boys were registered as Aiden in 2021, every accent spelling counted together.

1990peak 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 20,000

In Argentina, 33 newborns were given the name Aiden in 2024.

2012peak 2022

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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Spain

1 in 61,000

In Spain, 702 residents are named Aiden, ranked 1,807th among men, with a mean age of 7.8 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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Poland

1 in 82,000

In Poland, 3 boys named Aiden were born in 2025, the 581st 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

At the 2022 census, 45 people in Brazil were named Aiden, ranked 71,575th, with a median age of 6.

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

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

1990peak 20102025

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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Not on the Montevideo record for 1940 to 2011: that registry withholds nothing, so this spelling was not given there in those years.

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When you meet Aiden

Most people given the name Aiden in the United States are children or teenagers today. The name belongs to this generation.

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

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