Aldous
Boy · Old English
Aldous is a boys' name of Old English origin, meaning “old”. In 2025 it ranked 8,239th for boys in the US (9 babies).
What does Aldous mean?
Old English
“old”
A male given name from Old English.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Aldous a girl's or a boy's name?
Aldous is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Aldous in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2016, with 8 boys.
Aldous in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 3 | #5,193 |
| 2022 | 8 | #2,678 |
| 2021 | 3 | #4,989 |
| 2020 | 5 | #3,502 |
| 2019 | 8 | #2,633 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 3 | #4,995 |
| 2016 | 8 | #2,690 |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,086 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 1 | #6,198 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 1 | #4,262 |
How popular is Aldous in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,239among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 9about 1 in 190,000 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, 9 boys in the US were named Aldous, making it the 8,239th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 9,548th. Its busiest year was 2014, with 14 boys. It first appears in the records in 1969.
Half of all the boys named Aldous in the US since 1880 were born between 2014 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Aldous in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #8,239 |
| 2024 | 7 | #9,888 |
| 2023 | 11 | #7,284 |
| 2022 | 13 | #6,473 |
| 2021 | 11 | #7,084 |
| 2020 | 7 | #9,548 |
| 2019 | 11 | #7,168 |
| 2018 | 11 | #7,132 |
| 2017 | 10 | #7,542 |
| 2016 | 13 | #6,344 |
| 2015 | 12 | #6,671 |
| 2014 | 14 | #5,993 |
| 2013 | 6 | #10,722 |
| 2012 | 8 | #8,858 |
| 2011 | 11 | #7,002 |
| 2010 | 8 | #8,797 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 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 | 5 | #4,403 |
Names like Aldous
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