Aiken
Boy · AY-ken · Scottish
Aiken is a boys' name of Scottish origin, meaning “little Adam”. In 2025 it ranked 7,190th for boys in the US (11 babies).
What does Aiken mean?
Scottish: surname, a pet form of Adam (compare Aitken)
“little Adam”
From a Scottish and northern English surname, a pet form of Adam; poet Conrad Aiken won the 1930 Pulitzer Prize.
- Say it
- AY-ken
More on Wiktionary.
Is Aiken a girl's or a boy's name?
Aiken is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 11 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Aiken in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2017, with 8 boys.
Aiken in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 3 | #4,959 |
| 2017 | 8 | #2,656 |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,214 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 3 | #4,884 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 6 | #2,906 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 3 | #4,204 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 1 | #4,262 |
How popular is Aiken in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,190among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 11about 1 in 160,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 46% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 11 boys in the US were named Aiken, making it the 7,190th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,694th. Its busiest year was 2012, with 26 boys. It first appears in the records in 1920.
Half of all the boys named Aiken in the US since 1880 were born between 2009 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Aiken in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #7,190 |
| 2024 | 7 | #9,888 |
| 2023 | 10 | #7,733 |
| 2022 | 10 | #7,762 |
| 2021 | 13 | #6,330 |
| 2020 | 20 | #4,694 |
| 2019 | 17 | #5,336 |
| 2018 | 15 | #5,766 |
| 2017 | 16 | #5,522 |
| 2016 | 19 | #4,941 |
| 2015 | 15 | #5,742 |
| 2014 | 22 | #4,389 |
| 2013 | 22 | #4,311 |
| 2012 | 26 | #3,891 |
| 2011 | 23 | #4,219 |
| 2010 | 16 | #5,475 |
| 2009 | 15 | #5,796 |
| 2008 | 13 | #6,388 |
| 2007 | 13 | #6,259 |
| 2006 | 12 | #6,455 |
| 2005 | 7 | #9,108 |
| 2004 | 6 | #9,941 |
| 2003 | 9 | #7,238 |
| 2002 | 6 | #9,385 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 5 | #9,905 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 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 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 6 | #3,867 |
| 1920 | 5 | #4,284 |
Names like Aiken
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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