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Aaron
Pronounced /ˈɛəɹ.ən/
Rank in 2024
#79
Born in 2024
4,225
Peak year
1989 · #31
Origin
Hebrew
Also recorded for girls:7 in 2024 (#13,420)
1880 to 2024
CoolingIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 4,225 boys were named Aaron, about 1 in every 406.
- It peaked in 1989 with 15,311 babies, ranked #31.
- It appears in the very first year of records, 1880.
- 610,370 boys 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.
- 0.6Greatest1901–27
- 0.4Silent1928–45
- 0.6Boomers1946–64
- 4.8Gen X1965–80
- 7.3Millennials1981–96
- 4.5Gen Z1997–12
- 3.3Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 10,663 babies, 0.64 per 1,000. Silent: 8,943 babies, 0.43 per 1,000. Boomers: 24,023 babies, 0.64 per 1,000. Gen X: 130,598 babies, 4.80 per 1,000. Millennials: 221,988 babies, 7.29 per 1,000. Gen Z: 141,203 babies, 4.50 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 71,108 babies, 3.27 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.