Aayden
- Gender
- Boy
- Origin
- Irish
- US rank, 2025
- #6,140 for boys
Aayden is a boys' name of Irish origin. In 2025 it ranked 6,140th for boys in the US (14 babies).
What does Aayden mean?
Irish
A male given name from Irish, a new American spelling variant of Aidan.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Aayden a girl's or a boy's name?
Aayden is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 14 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Aayden in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2018, with 6 boys.
Aayden in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1 | #6,413 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 5 | #3,502 |
| 2019 | 5 | #3,597 |
| 2018 | 6 | #3,162 |
| 2017 | 1 | #6,312 |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,214 |
| 2015 | 1 | #6,220 |
| 2014 | 3 | #4,829 |
| 2013 | 1 | #6,198 |
| 2012 | 3 | #4,999 |
How popular is Aayden in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,140among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 14about 1 in 120,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling fastdown 80% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 14 boys in the US were named Aayden, making it the 6,140th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,727th. Its busiest year was 2014, with 190 boys. It first appears in the records in 2003.
Half of all the boys named Aayden in the US since 1880 were born between 2011 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
Aayden in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14 | #6,140 |
| 2024 | 7 | #9,888 |
| 2023 | 19 | #5,070 |
| 2022 | 21 | #4,697 |
| 2021 | 30 | #3,647 |
| 2020 | 45 | #2,727 |
| 2019 | 63 | #2,212 |
| 2018 | 96 | #1,663 |
| 2017 | 96 | #1,644 |
| 2016 | 135 | #1,326 |
| 2015 | 179 | #1,089 |
| 2014 | 190 | #1,048 |
| 2013 | 147 | #1,216 |
| 2012 | 138 | #1,273 |
| 2011 | 148 | #1,193 |
| 2010 | 128 | #1,331 |
| 2009 | 99 | #1,603 |
| 2008 | 68 | #2,038 |
| 2007 | 36 | #3,133 |
| 2006 | 31 | #3,382 |
| 2005 | 5 | #11,464 |
| 2004 | 9 | #7,530 |
| 2003 | 11 | #6,251 |
Names like Aayden
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Finn Aiden Kayden Ronan Kian Cillian Rowan Brayden Callan Cassian Conan Brody
Names related to Aayden
More Irish names
Oscar Rory Maeve Ryan Nolan Quinn Orla Cody Erin Connor Declan Casey Kennedy Lennon Kevin Sloane
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, “Aayden: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/aayden, updated 20 October 2026.