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How popular is the name Aidan?
Births per year, rank history and how many Aidans are alive today.
Aidan (male), once a common boys' name, is now an uncommon choice for new babies in England and Wales, ranked 265th in 2025 with 171 given the name. The name peaked in 2004, when 901 babies were given the name, the 70th most popular that year. It has declined since 2004; the 2025 figure is roughly 19% of its peak. Numbers have been falling in recent years. At least 16,000 babies have been named Aidan in England and Wales since 1996.
The Aidan you are most likely to meet is around 23 years old. Half of all Aidans born in England and Wales are between 16 and 29, and there are at least 21,000 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's roughly a 6.7% chance that at least one of them will be called Aidan.
How many babies are named Aidan each year?
Where does Aidan rank among boys' names?
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 Aidan most popular?
Aidan peaked in 2004, when 901 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Aidan?
At least 21,000 people named Aidan born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Aidan?
Most living Aidans are between 16 and 29; the most common age is about 23.
Is Aidan becoming more or less popular?
Declining: recent figures are a fraction of the 2004 peak.