Aeden
Boy · AY-dan · Irish
Aeden is a boys' name of Irish origin, meaning “little fire”. In 2025 it ranked 6,140th for boys in the US (14 babies).
What does Aeden mean?
Irish: spelling of Aedan, itself a 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
Meaning borrowed from Aedan.
Is Aeden a girl's or a boy's name?
Aeden 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 Aeden in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2011, with 5 boys.
Aeden in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1 | #6,556 |
| 2022 | 1 | #6,413 |
| 2021 | 2 | #6,291 |
| 2020 | 1 | #6,143 |
| 2019 | 3 | #4,913 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 5 | #3,608 |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,214 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,008 |
| 2012 | 1 | #6,332 |
| 2011 | 5 | #3,446 |
| 2010 | 3 | #4,865 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 1 | #5,377 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 3 | #3,792 |
| 2003 | 1 | #4,616 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 3 | #3,146 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 2 | #3,734 |
How popular is Aeden in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,140among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 14about 1 in 120,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 40% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 14 boys in the US were named Aeden, making it the 6,140th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,536th. Its busiest year was 2008, with 102 boys. It first appears in the records in 1998.
2025 had fewer boys named Aeden than any year since 2000.
Half of all the boys named Aeden in the US since 1880 were born between 2007 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
Aeden in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14 | #6,140 |
| 2024 | 18 | #5,237 |
| 2023 | 16 | #5,661 |
| 2022 | 24 | #4,299 |
| 2021 | 16 | #5,557 |
| 2020 | 21 | #4,536 |
| 2019 | 27 | #3,896 |
| 2018 | 32 | #3,442 |
| 2017 | 33 | #3,376 |
| 2016 | 36 | #3,160 |
| 2015 | 44 | #2,721 |
| 2014 | 53 | #2,400 |
| 2013 | 57 | #2,249 |
| 2012 | 77 | #1,881 |
| 2011 | 80 | #1,794 |
| 2010 | 73 | #1,923 |
| 2009 | 96 | #1,637 |
| 2008 | 102 | #1,565 |
| 2007 | 71 | #1,972 |
| 2006 | 56 | #2,247 |
| 2005 | 48 | #2,395 |
| 2004 | 36 | #2,839 |
| 2003 | 47 | #2,265 |
| 2002 | 26 | #3,344 |
| 2001 | 28 | #3,138 |
| 2000 | 12 | #5,581 |
| 1999 | 5 | #9,905 |
| 1998 | 11 | #5,460 |
Names like Aeden
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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