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How popular is the name Aiden?

Births per year, rank history and how many Aidens are alive today.

Aiden (male) sits just outside the top 100 boys' names in England and Wales, ranked 170th in 2025 with 298 babies given the name. The name peaked in 2011, when 1,077 babies were given the name, the 61st most popular that year. It has declined since 2011; the 2025 figure is roughly 28% of its peak. Numbers have been falling in recent years. At least 15,000 babies have been named Aiden in England and Wales since 1996.

The Aiden you are most likely to meet is around 16 years old. Half of all Aidens born in England and Wales are between 11 and 25, and there are at least 18,000 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's roughly a 5.8% chance that at least one of them will be called Aiden.

How many babies are named Aiden each year?

05001k200020201996: 3541997: 3501998: 3871999: 4222000: 3862001: 3512002: 4052003: 4562004: 4852005: 5042006: 5422007: 5402008: 5982009: 9002010: 1,0222011: 1,0772012: 8252013: 6652014: 5942015: 5662016: 6222017: 5772018: 4982019: 4092020: 4662021: 4692022: 4352023: 3842024: 3652025: 298actual

Where does Aiden rank among boys' names?

110100200200020201996: ranked 1211997: ranked 1181998: ranked 1191999: ranked 1132000: ranked 1152001: ranked 1202002: ranked 1172003: ranked 1132004: ranked 1132005: ranked 1102006: ranked 1062007: ranked 1092008: ranked 1042009: ranked 732010: ranked 662011: ranked 612012: ranked 802013: ranked 922014: ranked 1032015: ranked 1122016: ranked 1042017: ranked 1102018: ranked 1212019: ranked 1382020: ranked 1212021: ranked 1242022: ranked 1292023: ranked 1382024: ranked 1452025: ranked 170

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.

Chart: babies named Aiden per year in England and Wales, 1996 to 2025, peaking at about 1,077 in 2011
Aiden: births per year in England and Wales, 1996-2025. Free to share with a link back.

Common questions

When was the name Aiden most popular?

Aiden peaked in 2011, when 1,077 babies in England and Wales were given the name.

How many people are called Aiden?

At least 18,000 people named Aiden born in England and Wales are alive today.

How old is the typical Aiden?

Most living Aidens are between 11 and 25; the most common age is about 16.

Is Aiden becoming more or less popular?

Declining: recent figures are a fraction of the 2011 peak.






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