Aldrin
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- AWL-drin
- Origin
- English
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,301 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #8,906 for boys
Aldrin is a boys' name of English origin. In 2025 it ranked 4,301st for boys in the UK (4 babies) and 8,906th for boys in the US (8 babies).
What does Aldrin mean?
English: surname, possibly from the Old English name Ealdred
Known through astronaut Buzz Aldrin, the second person to walk on the Moon in 1969.
Is Aldrin a girl's or a boy's name?
Aldrin is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 boys in the UK and 8 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Aldrin in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,301among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 4about 1 in 75,000 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, 4 boys in the UK were named Aldrin, making it the 4,301st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,143rd. Its busiest year was 2015, with 4 boys.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,212th in England and Wales.
Aldrin in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,301 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,198 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,195 |
| 2021 | 3 | #4,989 |
| 2020 | 1 | #6,143 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 3 | #5,015 |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,086 |
| 2014 | 3 | #4,829 |
| 2013 | 1 | #6,198 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 1 | #6,148 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 3 | #4,615 |
How popular is Aldrin in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,906among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 8about 1 in 210,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 28% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 8 boys in the US were named Aldrin, making it the 8,906th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,695th. Its busiest year was 1969, with 22 boys. It first appears in the records in 1969.
2025 had fewer boys named Aldrin than any year since 2000.
Half of all the boys named Aldrin in the US since 1880 were born between 1995 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
Aldrin in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #8,906 |
| 2024 | 12 | #6,827 |
| 2023 | 13 | #6,512 |
| 2022 | 12 | #6,822 |
| 2021 | 9 | #8,161 |
| 2020 | 15 | #5,695 |
| 2019 | 15 | #5,808 |
| 2018 | 16 | #5,536 |
| 2017 | 14 | #6,056 |
| 2016 | 15 | #5,785 |
| 2015 | 9 | #8,035 |
| 2014 | 14 | #5,993 |
| 2013 | 16 | #5,400 |
| 2012 | 19 | #4,857 |
| 2011 | 13 | #6,250 |
| 2010 | 20 | #4,676 |
| 2009 | 18 | #5,100 |
| 2008 | 14 | #6,065 |
| 2007 | 21 | #4,491 |
| 2006 | 17 | #5,068 |
| 2005 | 12 | #6,220 |
| 2004 | 15 | #5,241 |
| 2003 | 20 | #4,109 |
| 2002 | 12 | #5,718 |
| 2001 | 11 | #6,006 |
| 2000 | 8 | #7,409 |
| 1999 | 8 | #7,132 |
| 1998 | 9 | #6,308 |
| 1997 | 5 | #9,259 |
| 1996 | 11 | #5,180 |
| 1995 | 11 | #5,118 |
| 1994 | 16 | #3,905 |
| 1993 | 13 | #4,440 |
| 1992 | 10 | #5,228 |
| 1991 | 10 | #5,088 |
| 1990 | 10 | #4,986 |
| 1989 | 8 | #5,608 |
| 1988 | 7 | #5,745 |
| 1987 | 9 | #4,567 |
| 1986 | 7 | #5,327 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 7 | #5,001 |
| 1981 | 6 | #5,466 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 5 | #4,722 |
| 1969 | 22 | #1,766 |
Names like Aldrin
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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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, “Aldrin: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/aldrin, updated 20 October 2026.