boys:
1.6k births since 1908
#3084 (33rd percentile)
overall:
1.6k births since 1908
#6162 (20th percentile)
The name Aldon is the #6,162 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,584 recorded births since 1908. This represents the 20.4% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 20.4% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,084 (32.7% percentile) for all time with 1,584 births since 1908.
Aldon first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1908 (first recorded for boys in 1908). Birth data for Aldon is available in 111 out of the 116 years between 1908 and 2023. 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.
For boys, Aldon reached its peak popularity in 1929, achieving the 4.7% percentile (ranked #506) with 27 births per million. The name was most common in 1908, with 36 births per million (ranked 0.4% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2017, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Aldon ranks #902 for boys (1.0% percentile) with 8 births per million, which is 21.2% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Aldon".
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These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Aldon", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. This list excludes the 3 other name spellings that we've determined are also variations of "Alden" based on shared pronunciations. Click here for more details on names that are pronounced like Alden..
Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Aldon. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 62.5% confident that Aldon is pronounced as AWL-duhn, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is AHL-duhn, at 28.1% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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