Aled

Boy · AL-ed · Welsh

Aled is a boys' name of Welsh origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,329th for boys in the UK (6 babies).

What does Aled mean?

Welsh: from the name of a river in north Wales

Taken from the River Aled in Denbighshire, north Wales.

Say it: AL-ed

Is Aled a girl's or a boy's name?

Aled is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Aled in the UK?

Rank in 2025: #3,329among boys
Babies in 2025: 6about 1 in 50,000 boys
Five-year trend: Falling fastdown 65% in five years
Same name in a class: under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 6 boys in the UK were named Aled, making it the 3,329th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,581st. Its busiest year was 1997, with 78 boys.

Half of all the boys named Aled in the UK since 1996 were born between 1999 and 2011. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.

Among boys in 2025, it was 3,239th in England and Wales.

1996Busiest: 78 in 19972025

Aled in the UK, year by year

Year	Boys	Rank
2025	6	#3,329
2024	6	#3,335
2023	8	#2,691
2022	9	#2,457
2021	11	#2,100
2020	16	#1,581
2019	21	#1,302
2018	20	#1,362
2017	13	#1,922
2016	23	#1,268
2015	20	#1,367
2014	16	#1,573
2013	23	#1,199
2012	32	#1,003
2011	28	#1,056
2010	25	#1,149
2009	38	#839
2008	42	#766
2007	45	#699
2006	52	#614
2005	46	#632
2004	41	#649
2003	29	#790
2002	54	#460
2001	42	#531
2000	46	#496
1999	60	#412
1998	72	#367
1997	78	#351
1996	69	#367

Names like Aled

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Asad Hassan Azeem Saeed Aamir Saif Qasim Haseeb Hammad Fahad Hamid Zohaib

Names related to Aled

Waleed Aldo

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