Eydan
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- AY-dun
- Origin
- Irish
- US rank, 2025
- #1,668 for boys
Eydan is a boys' name of Irish origin, meaning “little fire”. In 2025 it ranked 1,668th for boys in the US (99 babies).
What does Eydan mean?
Irish: spelling of Aidan, from Irish Aodhán
“little fire”
Aidan comes from Irish Aodhán, a diminutive of Aodh, 'fire'.
Is Eydan a girl's or a boy's name?
Eydan is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 99 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Eydan in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,668among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 99about 1 in 17,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 262% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 99 boys in the US were named Eydan, making it the 1,668th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,805th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 192 boys. It first appears in the records in 2006.
Half of all the boys named Eydan in the US since 1880 were born between 2020 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 9,761 boys in the US were given Eydan or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #16, up from #1,668 for this spelling alone.
Eydan in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 99 | #1,668 |
| 2024 | 107 | #1,599 |
| 2023 | 192 | #1,105 |
| 2022 | 84 | #1,874 |
| 2021 | 104 | #1,621 |
| 2020 | 43 | #2,805 |
| 2019 | 33 | #3,423 |
| 2018 | 34 | #3,298 |
| 2017 | 22 | #4,462 |
| 2016 | 23 | #4,326 |
| 2015 | 13 | #6,320 |
| 2014 | 10 | #7,557 |
| 2013 | 10 | #7,532 |
| 2012 | 5 | #12,267 |
| 2011 | 13 | #6,250 |
| 2010 | 7 | #9,686 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 6 | #11,030 |
| 2007 | 9 | #8,169 |
| 2006 | 5 | #12,048 |
Names like Eydan
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Declan Ronan Finnegan Callan Finn Keegan Rogan Brayden Kellan Deegan Teagan Conan
Other spellings of Eydan
Aiden Ayden Aidan Adan Eiden Aden Eidan Eyden Aydin Aydan Adin
Names related to Eydan
More Irish names
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Sources
Figures from 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, “Eydan: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/eydan, updated 20 October 2026.