Aaden
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- AY-den
- Origin
- Irish
- US rank, 2025
- #8,906 for boys
Aaden is a boys' name of Irish origin, meaning “little fire”. In 2025 it ranked 8,906th for boys in the US (8 babies).
What does Aaden mean?
Irish: spelling of Aidan
“little fire”
Aidan comes from Irish Aodhán, a diminutive of Aodh, 'fire'; St Aidan of Lindisfarne was a 7th-century Irish missionary monk.
Is Aaden a girl's or a boy's name?
Aaden is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Aaden in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2016, with 10 boys.
Half of all the boys named Aaden in the UK since 1996 were born between 2010 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Aaden in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 3 | #5,193 |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,017 |
| 2021 | 5 | #3,614 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 1 | #6,258 |
| 2018 | 7 | #2,823 |
| 2017 | 6 | #3,191 |
| 2016 | 10 | #2,287 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 5 | #3,466 |
| 2012 | 1 | #6,332 |
| 2011 | 3 | #4,837 |
| 2010 | 7 | #2,775 |
| 2009 | 7 | #2,679 |
| 2008 | 1 | #5,936 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 1 | #3,857 |
| 1996 | 1 | #3,776 |
How popular is Aaden in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,906among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 8about 1 in 210,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling fastdown 91% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 8 boys in the US were named Aaden, making it the 8,906th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,365th. Its busiest year was 2009, with 1,269 boys. It first appears in the records in 2001.
Half of all the boys named Aaden in the US since 1880 were born between 2009 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
Aaden in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #8,906 |
| 2024 | 6 | #10,930 |
| 2023 | 15 | #5,922 |
| 2022 | 26 | #4,086 |
| 2021 | 38 | #3,120 |
| 2020 | 56 | #2,365 |
| 2019 | 91 | #1,723 |
| 2018 | 171 | #1,128 |
| 2017 | 241 | #893 |
| 2016 | 196 | #1,022 |
| 2015 | 297 | #784 |
| 2014 | 239 | #898 |
| 2013 | 204 | #981 |
| 2012 | 225 | #920 |
| 2011 | 276 | #799 |
| 2010 | 450 | #561 |
| 2009 | 1,269 | #271 |
| 2008 | 958 | #342 |
| 2007 | 158 | #1,132 |
| 2006 | 56 | #2,247 |
| 2005 | 33 | #3,087 |
| 2004 | 21 | #4,124 |
| 2003 | 20 | #4,109 |
| 2002 | 13 | #5,388 |
| 2001 | 7 | #8,332 |
Names like Aaden
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aiden Ayaan Finn Musa Kayden Muhammad Rayyan Ronan Ahmed Abdullah Rowan Zayan
Names related to Aaden
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Aaden: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/aaden, updated 20 October 2026.