Aidan
Boy · AY-dan · Irish
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Aidan is a boys' name of Irish origin, meaning “little fire”. In 2025 it ranked 235th for boys in the UK (234 babies) and 326th for boys in the US (1,043 babies).
What does Aidan mean?
Irish: from Aodhan, diminutive of Aodh, 'fire'
“little fire”
Saint Aidan, an Irish monk, founded the monastery of Lindisfarne in Northumbria in the 7th century.
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Is Aidan a girl's or a boy's name?
Aidan is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 234 boys in the UK and 8 girls and 1,043 boys in the US.
How popular is Aidan in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #235among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 234about 1 in 1,300 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 44% in five years
- Same name in a class
- 1.1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 234 boys in the UK were named Aidan, making it the 235th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 165th. Its busiest year was 2004, with 1,291 boys.
Half of all the boys named Aidan in the UK since 1996 were born between 2001 and 2012. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
In 2025, 908 boys in the UK were given Aidan or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #65, up from #235 for this spelling alone.
Among boys in 2025, it was 265th in England and Wales, 125th in Scotland and 95th in Northern Ireland.
In the England and Wales top 100 for boys, which the ONS has published every ten years since 1904: 2004 (#70).
Aidan in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 234 | #235 |
| 2024 | 231 | #235 |
| 2023 | 263 | #211 |
| 2022 | 308 | #189 |
| 2021 | 384 | #162 |
| 2020 | 365 | #165 |
| 2019 | 464 | #141 |
| 2018 | 481 | #137 |
| 2017 | 459 | #145 |
| 2016 | 497 | #137 |
| 2015 | 537 | #130 |
| 2014 | 473 | #142 |
| 2013 | 540 | #128 |
| 2012 | 691 | #103 |
| 2011 | 841 | #89 |
| 2010 | 873 | #88 |
| 2009 | 1,067 | #73 |
| 2008 | 1,002 | #80 |
| 2007 | 1,138 | #71 |
| 2006 | 1,127 | #71 |
| 2005 | 1,212 | #64 |
| 2004 | 1,291 | #57 |
| 2003 | 1,201 | #60 |
| 2002 | 1,243 | #59 |
| 2001 | 1,022 | #64 |
| 2000 | 1,010 | #65 |
| 1999 | 977 | #71 |
| 1998 | 949 | #72 |
| 1997 | 987 | #75 |
| 1996 | 853 | #80 |
How popular is Aidan in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #326among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 1,043about 1 in 1,600 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 27% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 1,043 boys in the US were named Aidan, making it the 326th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 261st. Its busiest year was 2003, with 10,067 boys. It first appears in the records in 1936. 8 girls were also named Aidan in 2025 (10,913th for girls).
It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 19 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Aidan than any year since 1995.
Half of all the boys named Aidan in the US since 1880 were born between 2003 and 2010, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 9,761 boys in the US were given Aidan or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #16, up from #326 for this spelling alone.
Girls were 28% of the babies named Aidan in the US in 1980, and under 1% in 2025.
Aidan in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,043 | #326 |
| 2024 | 1,098 | #312 |
| 2023 | 1,113 | #300 |
| 2022 | 1,161 | #296 |
| 2021 | 1,209 | #286 |
| 2020 | 1,331 | #261 |
| 2019 | 1,544 | #243 |
| 2018 | 1,571 | #242 |
| 2017 | 1,735 | #221 |
| 2016 | 2,118 | #191 |
| 2015 | 2,265 | #185 |
| 2014 | 2,280 | #187 |
| 2013 | 2,676 | #146 |
| 2012 | 3,225 | #116 |
| 2011 | 3,721 | #107 |
| 2010 | 4,311 | #94 |
| 2009 | 5,811 | #72 |
| 2008 | 7,709 | #59 |
| 2007 | 8,426 | #54 |
| 2006 | 10,035 | #44 |
| 2005 | 9,759 | #43 |
| 2004 | 9,824 | #40 |
| 2003 | 10,067 | #39 |
| 2002 | 6,954 | #60 |
| 2001 | 4,632 | #86 |
| 2000 | 3,296 | #114 |
| 1999 | 2,213 | #166 |
| 1998 | 1,703 | #196 |
| 1997 | 1,382 | #222 |
| 1996 | 1,093 | #259 |
| 1995 | 973 | #282 |
| 1994 | 517 | #440 |
| 1993 | 332 | #557 |
| 1992 | 269 | #628 |
| 1991 | 167 | #793 |
| 1990 | 134 | #886 |
| 1989 | 81 | #1,180 |
| 1988 | 54 | #1,422 |
| 1987 | 52 | #1,398 |
| 1986 | 71 | #1,117 |
| 1985 | 54 | #1,303 |
| 1984 | 34 | #1,689 |
| 1983 | 28 | #1,904 |
| 1982 | 28 | #1,928 |
| 1981 | 35 | #1,660 |
| 1980 | 28 | #1,965 |
| 1979 | 21 | #2,309 |
| 1978 | 31 | #1,718 |
| 1977 | 17 | #2,555 |
| 1976 | 24 | #1,998 |
| 1975 | 20 | #2,204 |
| 1974 | 13 | #2,797 |
| 1973 | 16 | #2,403 |
| 1972 | 10 | #3,150 |
| 1971 | 6 | #4,373 |
| 1970 | 14 | #2,508 |
| 1969 | 13 | #2,414 |
| 1968 | 11 | #2,575 |
| 1967 | 9 | #2,759 |
| 1966 | 11 | #2,464 |
| 1965 | 7 | #3,242 |
| 1964 | 5 | #4,038 |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 7 | #3,303 |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 8 | #3,075 |
| 1959 | 9 | #2,820 |
| 1958 | 6 | #3,557 |
| 1957 | 6 | #3,550 |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 5 | #3,548 |
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