Ayden
Boy · AY-den · Irish
Ayden is a boys' name of Irish origin, meaning “little fire”. In 2025 it ranked 375th for boys in the UK (125 babies) and 257th for boys in the US (1,343 babies).
What does Ayden mean?
Irish: modern spelling of Aidan
“little fire”
- Say it
- AY-den
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Is Ayden a girl's or a boy's name?
Ayden is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 125 boys in the UK and 22 girls and 1,343 boys in the US.
How popular is Ayden in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #375among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 125about 1 in 2,400 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 8% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 125 boys in the UK were named Ayden, making it the 375th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 304th. Its busiest year was 2013, with 188 boys.
2025 had fewer boys named Ayden than any year since 2011.
Half of all the boys named Ayden in the UK since 1996 were born between 2010 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 908 boys in the UK were given Ayden or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #65, up from #375 for this spelling alone.
Among boys in 2025, it was 352nd in England and Wales and 495th in Scotland.
Ayden in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 125 | #375 |
| 2024 | 149 | #332 |
| 2023 | 143 | #343 |
| 2022 | 136 | #356 |
| 2021 | 163 | #321 |
| 2020 | 171 | #304 |
| 2019 | 144 | #355 |
| 2018 | 140 | #364 |
| 2017 | 146 | #365 |
| 2016 | 170 | #324 |
| 2015 | 161 | #328 |
| 2014 | 158 | #320 |
| 2013 | 188 | #282 |
| 2012 | 147 | #340 |
| 2011 | 123 | #377 |
| 2010 | 159 | #311 |
| 2009 | 127 | #351 |
| 2008 | 92 | #448 |
| 2007 | 85 | #452 |
| 2006 | 77 | #463 |
| 2005 | 67 | #470 |
| 2004 | 57 | #504 |
| 2003 | 32 | #737 |
| 2002 | 27 | #770 |
| 2001 | 28 | #707 |
| 2000 | 39 | #562 |
| 1999 | 29 | #667 |
| 1998 | 32 | #620 |
| 1997 | 30 | #625 |
| 1996 | 30 | #601 |
How popular is Ayden in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #257among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 1,343about 1 in 1,300 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 51% in five years
- Same name in a class
- 1.1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 1,343 boys in the US were named Ayden, making it the 257th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 122nd. Its busiest year was 2012, with 6,234 boys. It first appears in the records in 1990. 22 girls were also named Ayden in 2025 (5,553rd for girls).
It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 13 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Ayden than any year since 2002.
Half of all the boys named Ayden in the US since 1880 were born between 2009 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 9,761 boys in the US were given Ayden or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #16, up from #257 for this spelling alone.
Ayden in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,343 | #257 |
| 2024 | 1,684 | #213 |
| 2023 | 1,912 | #190 |
| 2022 | 2,198 | #171 |
| 2021 | 2,642 | #143 |
| 2020 | 3,025 | #122 |
| 2019 | 3,367 | #114 |
| 2018 | 3,685 | #104 |
| 2017 | 3,964 | #99 |
| 2016 | 4,506 | #92 |
| 2015 | 4,891 | #87 |
| 2014 | 5,632 | #74 |
| 2013 | 6,084 | #71 |
| 2012 | 6,234 | #68 |
| 2011 | 6,129 | #70 |
| 2010 | 5,144 | #78 |
| 2009 | 4,998 | #87 |
| 2008 | 5,058 | #91 |
| 2007 | 4,325 | #102 |
| 2006 | 3,596 | #119 |
| 2005 | 2,722 | #147 |
| 2004 | 2,183 | #182 |
| 2003 | 1,830 | #201 |
| 2002 | 863 | #321 |
| 2001 | 452 | #506 |
| 2000 | 268 | #666 |
| 1999 | 149 | #964 |
| 1998 | 120 | #1,077 |
| 1997 | 63 | #1,596 |
| 1996 | 39 | #2,140 |
| 1995 | 33 | #2,341 |
| 1994 | 17 | #3,745 |
| 1993 | 12 | #4,690 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 7 | #6,511 |
| 1990 | 5 | #8,108 |
Names like Ayden
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Other spellings of Ayden
Aiden Aidan Aydin Aodhan Aden Aydan Eiden Adan Eyden Adin Adon Eidan Eydan
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