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Aydin

Boy · AY-din · Turkish

Aydin is a boys' name of Turkish origin, meaning “bright, enlightened”. In 2025 it ranked 488th for boys in the UK (88 babies) and 1,315th for boys in the US (147 babies).

What does Aydin mean?

Turkish

“bright, enlightened”

Also the name of a city in western Turkey.

Say it
AY-din

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

Aydin is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 88 boys in the UK and 147 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Aydin in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#488among boys
Babies in 2025
88about 1 in 3,400 boys
Five-year trend
Steadydown 11% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 88 boys in the UK were named Aydin, making it the 488th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 509th. Its busiest year was 2019, with 112 boys.

Half of all the boys named Aydin in the UK since 1996 were born between 2012 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 908 boys in the UK were given Aydin or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #65, up from #488 for this spelling alone.

Among boys in 2025, it was 469th in England and Wales and 560th in Scotland.

1996Busiest: 112 in 20192025
Aydin in the UK, year by year
YearBoysRank
202588#488
202476#564
202390#490
202282#527
2021104#453
202084#509
2019112#429
201890#496
201793#488
2016105#443
201596#470
201492#488
201390#484
201279#532
201160#635
201053#670
200957#629
200846#724
200732#896
200629#914
200516#1,326
200411#1,583
200310#1,608
200210#1,490
20018#1,690
20004#2,612
199911#1,267
199814#1,062
199711#1,241
199617#897

How popular is Aydin in the US?

Rank in 2025
#1,315among boys
Babies in 2025
147about 1 in 12,000 boys
Five-year trend
Fallingdown 38% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 147 boys in the US were named Aydin, making it the 1,315th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 869th. Its busiest year was 2008, with 393 boys. It first appears in the records in 1984.

It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 6 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Aydin than any year since 2003.

Half of all the boys named Aydin in the US since 1880 were born between 2008 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 9,761 boys in the US were given Aydin or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #16, up from #1,315 for this spelling alone.

1984Busiest: 393 in 20082025
Aydin in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
2025147#1,315
2024167#1,211
2023176#1,169
2022187#1,130
2021256#897
2020259#869
2019273#826
2018254#862
2017255#854
2016280#818
2015288#802
2014321#741
2013332#707
2012332#713
2011358#655
2010358#670
2009384#645
2008393#629
2007325#712
2006289#738
2005216#849
2004197#877
2003141#1,092
200288#1,444
200162#1,796
200047#2,132
199930#2,791
199822#3,386
199720#3,450
19960–
19959#5,922
19940–
19938#6,221
19920–
19910–
19900–
19890–
19885#7,264
19870–
19860–
19856#5,780
19846#5,557

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