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How popular is the name Aedan?
Births per year, rank history and how many Aedans are alive today.
Aedan (male) is a rare spelling of the boys' name Ayden in England and Wales, ranked 5137th in 2025 and given to 3 babies. This spelling of the name peaked in 2003, when 30 babies were given the name, the 710th most popular that year. It has declined since 2003; the 2025 figure is roughly 10% of its peak.
Across all spellings of the name, the Ayden you are most likely to meet is around 16 years old. Half of all Aydens born in England and Wales are between 8 and 20, and there are at least 5,400 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's roughly a 1.8% chance that at least one of them will be called Ayden.
How many babies are named Aedan each year?
Includes all spellings: Aedan, Adan, Aden, Aodhan, Ayden. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does the Aedan spelling rank?
Where does the Adan spelling rank?
Where does the Aden spelling rank?
Where does the Aodhan spelling rank?
Where does the Ayden 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 Aedan most popular?
The most popular form of the name, Ayden, peaked in 2010, when 287 babies in England and Wales were given the name. The Aedan spelling itself peaked in 2003, with 30 babies.
How many people are called Aedan?
At least 5,400 people named Aedan in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Aedan?
Most living Aedans are between 8 and 20; the most common age is about 16.
Is Aedan becoming more or less popular?
Well past its peak: today's figures are a fraction of the 2010 peak, though numbers have levelled off in recent years.