Aero
- Gender
- Mostly boys
- Say it
- AIR-oh
- Origin
- Greek
- US rank, 2025
- #2,108 for boys
Aero is a name of Greek origin, meaning “air”. In 2025 it ranked 2,108th for boys in the US (69 babies).
What does Aero mean?
Greek: from the English prefix aero-, from Greek aer
“air”
From the prefix aero-, as in aeroplane and aerospace, which comes from Greek aer, 'air'.
Is Aero a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Aero has been given to girls and boys, mostly boys. In 2025, it was given to 8 girls and 69 boys in the US.
How popular is Aero in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,108among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 69about 1 in 25,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 29% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 69 boys in the US were named Aero, making it the 2,108th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,545th. It first appears in the records in 2005. 8 girls were also named Aero in 2025 (10,913th for girls).
2025 had the most boys named Aero of any year since it first appeared, in 2005.
Half of all the boys named Aero in the US since 1880 were born between 2016 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 146 boys in the US were given Aero or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,194, up from #2,108 for this spelling alone.
- Arrow 77
- Aero 69
In 2025, 10% of the babies named Aero in the US were girls.
Aero in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 69 | #2,108 |
| 2024 | 48 | #2,715 |
| 2023 | 55 | #2,440 |
| 2022 | 59 | #2,378 |
| 2021 | 34 | #3,360 |
| 2020 | 50 | #2,545 |
| 2019 | 49 | #2,625 |
| 2018 | 34 | #3,298 |
| 2017 | 33 | #3,376 |
| 2016 | 32 | #3,440 |
| 2015 | 35 | #3,230 |
| 2014 | 17 | #5,248 |
| 2013 | 13 | #6,236 |
| 2012 | 15 | #5,714 |
| 2011 | 15 | #5,670 |
| 2010 | 9 | #8,133 |
| 2009 | 5 | #12,486 |
| 2008 | 8 | #9,013 |
| 2007 | 9 | #8,169 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 5 | #11,464 |
Names like Aero
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ares Thiago Apollo Atlas Luca Cairo Arlo Draco Astro Nico Atreus Ander
Other spellings of Aero
Names related to Aero
More Greek names
Theodore Sophia George Theo Lucas Sofia Alexander Sebastian Penelope Phoebe Margot Luke Chloe Sophie Zoe Iris
Sources
Figures from 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, “Aero: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/aero, updated 20 October 2026.