girls:
2.1k births since 1988
#3750 (34th percentile)
boys:
246.3k births since 1970
#151 (97th percentile)
overall:
248.4k births since 1970
#318 (96th percentile)
The name Aiden is the #318 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 248,385 recorded births since 1970. This represents the 95.9% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 95.9% of all names). For boys, it ranks #151 (96.7% percentile) for all time with 246,290 births since 1970. For girls, it ranks #3,750 (34.4% percentile) for all time with 2,095 births since 1988.
Aiden first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1970 (1970 for boys and 1988 for girls). Birth data for Aiden is available in 46 out of the 54 years between 1970 and 2023 (46 years for boys and 33 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Aiden has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 99.2% of all recorded births being male.
For boys, Aiden reached its peak popularity in 2011, achieving the 99.1% percentile (ranked #9) with 7,636 births per million. The name was most common in 2011, with 7,636 births per million (ranked 99.1% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2012, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Aiden ranks #39 for boys (95.8% percentile) with 3,645 births per million, which is 47.7% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Aiden reached its peak popularity in 2007, achieving the 17.3% percentile (ranked #816) with 83 births per million. The name was most common in 2007, with 83 births per million (ranked 17.3% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2008, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Aiden ranks #927 for girls (2.1% percentile) with 14 births per million, which is 17.2% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Aiden".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Aiden. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 76.9% confident that Aiden is pronounced as AY-duhn, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is ay-DEHN, at 11.5% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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