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Aidan
Pronounced /ˈeɪdən/
Rank in 2024
#312
Born in 2024
1,092
Peak year
2003 · #39
Origin
Irish
Also recorded for girls:7 in 2024 (#13,384)
1880 to 2024
CoolingIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 1,092 boys were named Aidan, about 1 in every 1,571.
- It peaked in 2003 with 10,067 babies, ranked #39.
- It first shows up in the records in 1936.
- 117,370 boys have been named Aidan since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Aidan per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- 0Greatest1901–27
- <0.1Silent1928–45
- <0.1Boomers1946–64
- <0.1Gen X1965–80
- 0.1Millennials1981–96
- 3.0Gen Z1997–12
- 0.9Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Silent: 5 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Boomers: 42 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Gen X: 253 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Millennials: 3,922 babies, 0.13 per 1,000. Gen Z: 93,064 babies, 2.96 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 20,084 babies, 0.92 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
Name of an Irish saint, Anglicized from Irish Aodhán and Scottish Gaelic Aodhan, diminutives of Aodh (literally "fire", the name of a Celtic sun god).
- A male given name from Irish.
- (rare) A female given name from Irish of modern usage.
- Origin
- Irish
- Say it
- /ˈeɪdən/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Aidan, CC BY-SA 4.0.