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How popular is the name Aran?
Births per year, rank history and how many Arans are alive today.
Aran (male) is an uncommon spelling of the boys' name Aaron in England and Wales, ranked 953rd in 2025 with 32 babies given the name. This spelling of the name peaked in 2014, when 54 babies were given the name, the 632nd most popular that year. It was almost as popular in 1998, with 48 babies given the name that year. Its fortunes dipped to rank 1025 in 2024 before climbing back to the 953rd place it holds today. Numbers have been stable in recent years.
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 Aran each year?
Includes all spellings: Aran, Aaron, Aron. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does the Aran spelling rank?
Where does the Aaron 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 Aran most popular?
The most popular form of the name, Aaron, peaked in 1994, when around 2,900 babies in England and Wales were given the name. The Aran spelling itself peaked in 2014, with 54 babies.
How many people are called Aran?
At least 78,000 people named Aran in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Aran?
Most living Arans are between 21 and 38; the most common age is about 32.
Is Aran becoming more or less popular?
Broadly steady in recent years.