Aedan
Boy · AY-dan · Irish
Aedan is a boys' name of Irish origin, meaning “little fire”. In 2025 it ranked 5,065th for boys in the UK (3 babies) and 3,657th for boys in the US (30 babies).
What does Aedan mean?
Irish: spelling of Aidan close to the Old Irish form
“little fire”
Saint Aidan, an Irish monk, founded the monastery of Lindisfarne in Northumbria in the 7th century.
- Say it
- AY-dan
Is Aedan a girl's or a boy's name?
Aedan is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 boys in the UK and 30 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Aedan in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,065among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 3about 1 in 100,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 39% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 3 boys in the UK were named Aedan, making it the 5,065th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,923rd. Its busiest year was 2003, with 51 boys.
2025 had the fewest boys named Aedan since the records began in 1996.
Half of all the boys named Aedan in the UK since 1996 were born between 2004 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,974th in England and Wales.
Aedan in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,065 |
| 2024 | 15 | #1,745 |
| 2023 | 12 | #2,024 |
| 2022 | 12 | #1,999 |
| 2021 | 13 | #1,876 |
| 2020 | 12 | #1,923 |
| 2019 | 13 | #1,858 |
| 2018 | 24 | #1,210 |
| 2017 | 26 | #1,170 |
| 2016 | 31 | #1,030 |
| 2015 | 22 | #1,268 |
| 2014 | 27 | #1,106 |
| 2013 | 29 | #1,040 |
| 2012 | 24 | #1,199 |
| 2011 | 21 | #1,293 |
| 2010 | 46 | #739 |
| 2009 | 32 | #937 |
| 2008 | 37 | #837 |
| 2007 | 36 | #827 |
| 2006 | 35 | #798 |
| 2005 | 35 | #778 |
| 2004 | 29 | #822 |
| 2003 | 51 | #525 |
| 2002 | 32 | #667 |
| 2001 | 17 | #1,008 |
| 2000 | 18 | #955 |
| 1999 | 17 | #959 |
| 1998 | 10 | #1,346 |
| 1997 | 16 | #973 |
| 1996 | 11 | #1,215 |
How popular is Aedan in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,657among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 30about 1 in 57,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 59% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 30 boys in the US were named Aedan, making it the 3,657th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,911th. Its busiest year was 2007, with 283 boys. It first appears in the records in 1988.
2025 had fewer boys named Aedan than any year since 1997.
Half of all the boys named Aedan in the US since 1880 were born between 2006 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
Aedan in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 30 | #3,657 |
| 2024 | 52 | #2,559 |
| 2023 | 36 | #3,291 |
| 2022 | 54 | #2,516 |
| 2021 | 49 | #2,622 |
| 2020 | 77 | #1,911 |
| 2019 | 95 | #1,678 |
| 2018 | 114 | #1,506 |
| 2017 | 144 | #1,264 |
| 2016 | 162 | #1,175 |
| 2015 | 168 | #1,132 |
| 2014 | 171 | #1,117 |
| 2013 | 166 | #1,107 |
| 2012 | 165 | #1,115 |
| 2011 | 184 | #1,031 |
| 2010 | 235 | #886 |
| 2009 | 261 | #831 |
| 2008 | 265 | #827 |
| 2007 | 283 | #774 |
| 2006 | 278 | #759 |
| 2005 | 207 | #879 |
| 2004 | 129 | #1,189 |
| 2003 | 110 | #1,281 |
| 2002 | 102 | #1,302 |
| 2001 | 82 | #1,477 |
| 2000 | 61 | #1,778 |
| 1999 | 48 | #1,992 |
| 1998 | 33 | #2,549 |
| 1997 | 26 | #2,899 |
| 1996 | 17 | #3,824 |
| 1995 | 14 | #4,274 |
| 1994 | 12 | #4,797 |
| 1993 | 16 | #3,812 |
| 1992 | 6 | #7,414 |
| 1991 | 5 | #8,228 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 5 | #7,264 |
Names like Aedan
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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