Aeron
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- EYE-ron
- Origin
- Welsh
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,065 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #8,906 for boys
Aeron is a boys' name of Welsh origin. In 2025 it ranked 5,065th for boys in the UK (3 babies) and 8,906th for boys in the US (8 babies).
What does Aeron mean?
Welsh: from the River Aeron, perhaps after the Celtic goddess Agrona
Taken from the River Aeron in Ceredigion; aeron is also the Welsh word for berries or fruit.
Is Aeron a girl's or a boy's name?
Aeron is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 boys in the UK and 8 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Aeron in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,065among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 3about 1 in 100,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 36% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 3 boys in the UK were named Aeron, making it the 5,065th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2007, with 19 boys.
2025 had fewer boys named Aeron than any year since 2020.
Half of all the boys named Aeron in the UK since 1996 were born between 2003 and 2015. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Girls were 9% of the babies named Aeron in the UK in 1996, and 20% in 2001.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,974th in England and Wales.
Aeron in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,065 |
| 2024 | 5 | #3,772 |
| 2023 | 8 | #2,691 |
| 2022 | 8 | #2,678 |
| 2021 | 8 | #2,619 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 12 | #1,974 |
| 2018 | 13 | #1,902 |
| 2017 | 6 | #3,191 |
| 2016 | 9 | #2,468 |
| 2015 | 13 | #1,888 |
| 2014 | 11 | #2,054 |
| 2013 | 12 | #1,901 |
| 2012 | 13 | #1,850 |
| 2011 | 7 | #2,736 |
| 2010 | 12 | #1,887 |
| 2009 | 16 | #1,507 |
| 2008 | 13 | #1,696 |
| 2007 | 19 | #1,290 |
| 2006 | 12 | #1,640 |
| 2005 | 12 | #1,599 |
| 2004 | 15 | #1,301 |
| 2003 | 10 | #1,608 |
| 2002 | 10 | #1,490 |
| 2001 | 12 | #1,283 |
| 2000 | 9 | #1,503 |
| 1999 | 10 | #1,352 |
| 1998 | 9 | #1,446 |
| 1997 | 9 | #1,412 |
| 1996 | 10 | #1,290 |
How popular is Aeron in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,906among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 8about 1 in 210,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 8 boys in the US were named Aeron, making it the 8,906th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,062nd. Its busiest year was 1994, with 26 boys. It first appears in the records in 1970.
Half of all the boys named Aeron in the US since 1880 were born between 1994 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.
Aeron in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #8,906 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 9 | #8,250 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 7 | #9,709 |
| 2020 | 9 | #8,062 |
| 2019 | 18 | #5,149 |
| 2018 | 14 | #6,032 |
| 2017 | 15 | #5,784 |
| 2016 | 19 | #4,941 |
| 2015 | 20 | #4,709 |
| 2014 | 18 | #5,062 |
| 2013 | 12 | #6,598 |
| 2012 | 25 | #4,000 |
| 2011 | 20 | #4,657 |
| 2010 | 12 | #6,692 |
| 2009 | 15 | #5,796 |
| 2008 | 20 | #4,710 |
| 2007 | 16 | #5,431 |
| 2006 | 21 | #4,366 |
| 2005 | 14 | #5,572 |
| 2004 | 13 | #5,807 |
| 2003 | 22 | #3,833 |
| 2002 | 16 | #4,697 |
| 2001 | 13 | #5,383 |
| 2000 | 20 | #3,916 |
| 1999 | 16 | #4,336 |
| 1998 | 22 | #3,386 |
| 1997 | 12 | #4,954 |
| 1996 | 17 | #3,824 |
| 1995 | 15 | #4,046 |
| 1994 | 26 | #2,761 |
| 1993 | 22 | #3,036 |
| 1992 | 9 | #5,652 |
| 1991 | 16 | #3,629 |
| 1990 | 8 | #5,816 |
| 1989 | 12 | #4,265 |
| 1988 | 5 | #7,264 |
| 1987 | 7 | #5,453 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 8 | #4,549 |
| 1983 | 5 | #6,234 |
| 1982 | 6 | #5,617 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 5 | #6,248 |
| 1979 | 7 | #4,840 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 6 | #5,121 |
| 1976 | 11 | #3,262 |
| 1975 | 6 | #4,795 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 6 | #4,373 |
| 1970 | 5 | #4,722 |
Names like Aeron
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aiden Finn Kayden Kian Declan Brody Ronan Keegan Dylan Conan Brayden Caelan
Names related to Aeron
More Welsh names
Owen Winnie Maddox Morgan Idris Reese Bowen Griffin Rhys Gavin Reece Nia Seren Gwendolyn Winifred Meredith
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, “Aeron: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/aeron, updated 20 October 2026.