Aladdin
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- ah-LAD-in
- Origin
- Arabic
- US rank, 2025
- #8,906 for boys
Aladdin is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “nobility of the faith”. In 2025 it ranked 8,906th for boys in the US (8 babies).
What does Aladdin mean?
Arabic: from Arabic Ala al-Din
“nobility of the faith”
Best known from the tale of Aladdin, added to the Thousand and One Nights by its French translator Antoine Galland.
Is Aladdin a girl's or a boy's name?
Aladdin is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Aladdin 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 Aladdin, making it the 8,906th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,497th. Its busiest year was 1993, with 24 boys. It first appears in the records in 1980.
2025 had fewer boys named Aladdin than any year since 2015.
Half of all the boys named Aladdin in the US since 1880 were born between 1996 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Aladdin in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #8,906 |
| 2024 | 19 | #5,063 |
| 2023 | 14 | #6,215 |
| 2022 | 21 | #4,697 |
| 2021 | 13 | #6,330 |
| 2020 | 10 | #7,497 |
| 2019 | 11 | #7,168 |
| 2018 | 15 | #5,766 |
| 2017 | 15 | #5,784 |
| 2016 | 9 | #8,141 |
| 2015 | 8 | #8,739 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 6 | #10,722 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 5 | #12,224 |
| 2009 | 6 | #10,989 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 5 | #10,660 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 14 | #5,034 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 8 | #6,837 |
| 1997 | 7 | #7,275 |
| 1996 | 10 | #5,528 |
| 1995 | 6 | #7,785 |
| 1994 | 13 | #4,531 |
| 1993 | 24 | #2,859 |
| 1992 | 6 | #7,414 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 5 | #7,264 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 6 | #5,780 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 6 | #5,523 |
Names like Aladdin
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Abdullah Muhammad Amir Zayn Azaiah Hamza Abdulrahman Asaiah Amiri Mustafa Zahir Zayd
Names related to Aladdin
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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, “Aladdin: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/aladdin, updated 20 October 2026.