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Aaron
Pronounced /ˈɛəɹ.ən/
Rank in 2024
#13,420
Born in 2024
7
Peak year
1980 · #888
Origin
Hebrew
Also recorded for boys:4,225 in 2024 (#79)
1880 to 2024
UncommonIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 7 girls were named Aaron, about 1 in every 230,455.
- It peaked in 1980 with 173 babies, ranked #888.
- It first shows up in the records in 1914.
- 4,377 girls have been named Aaron since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Aaron per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- <0.1Greatest1901–27
- <0.1Silent1928–45
- <0.1Boomers1946–64
- <0.1Gen X1965–80
- <0.1Millennials1981–96
- <0.1Gen Z1997–12
- <0.1Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 61 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Silent: 57 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Boomers: 194 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen X: 1,387 babies, 0.05 per 1,000. Millennials: 1,913 babies, 0.07 per 1,000. Gen Z: 584 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 181 babies, 0.01 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
From Latin Aaron, from Ancient Greek Ἀαρών (Aarṓn), from Hebrew אַהֲרֹן (ʾAhărōn), of unknown meaning, possibly meaning “bearer of martyrs”, or perhaps also, or instead, related to the Ancient Egyptian ꜥḥꜣ rw (“warrior lion”), though it has been suggested to also mean “elevated”, “exalted” or “high mountain”. Doublet of Harun.
- A male given name from Hebrew.
- A surname transferred from the given name.
- Origin
- Hebrew
- Say it
- /ˈɛəɹ.ən/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Aaron, CC BY-SA 4.0.