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How popular is the name Aaron?
Births per year, rank history and how many Aarons are alive today.
Aaron (male) sits just outside the top 100 boys' names in England and Wales, ranked 180th in 2025 with 287 babies given the name. This spelling of the name peaked in 1994, when around 2,900 babies were given the name, the 32nd most popular that year. It has declined since 1994; the 2025 figure is roughly 10% of its peak. Numbers have been falling in recent years. At least 63,000 babies have been named Aaron in England and Wales since 1984. Figures before 1996 are estimates. Aaron is one spelling of a name also recorded as Aran and Aron; the combined figures below cover every spelling.
Across all spellings of the name, the Aaron you are most likely to meet is around 32 years old. Half of all Aarons born in England and Wales are between 21 and 38, and there are at least 78,000 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's roughly a 23% chance that at least one of them will be called Aaron.
How many babies are named Aaron each year?
Includes all spellings: Aaron, Aran, Aron. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does the Aaron spelling rank?
Where does the Aran spelling rank?
Where does the Aron spelling rank?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Aaron most popular?
Aaron peaked in 1994, when around 2,900 babies in England and Wales were given the name across all spellings.
How many people are called Aaron?
At least 78,000 people named Aaron in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Aaron?
Most living Aarons are between 21 and 38; the most common age is about 32.
Is Aaron becoming more or less popular?
Declining: recent figures are a fraction of the 1994 peak.