Names / Boy names
Aidan
Current rank
#326
and easing
All-time peak
#39
in 2003
First recorded
1936
in U.S. data
Children named
121,100
since 1936
Popularity over time
Annual U.S. children given the name · Peak #39 in 2003 · Source: Social Security Administration
Meaning & background
Aidan makes its debut in American naming records in 1936, where it reads as a boys' name. Its strongest year was 2003, at #39 nationally. Today it sits at #326 and is slowly cooling. Over 121,100 have carried it since records began.