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Aiden
OriginIrish
Meaning"little and fiery"
About Aiden
Aiden/Aidan is just beginning to wander into the girls' side of the name popularity list, but it's so huge for boys in all its spellings that it will be a long time before it can be called a unisex name.
Nearly 8000 baby boys were given the Aiden spelling alone in the US last year, and only 43 baby girls -- less than one percent of the total.
Pronounced AY-den.
As of October 2026, Aiden ranked #4882 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #1370 in 2007.
Editor's take: The name Aiden is a girl's name of Irish origin meaning "little and fiery".
Popularity & trends
US popularity — history
US rank, lower is more popular · SSA data 2014–2025
Actual · SSA
20142025
18802025
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #2,922 | 58 | 32.5 |
| 2015 | #2,889 | 60 | 33.6 |
| 2016 | #3,657 | 42 | 23.7 |
| 2017 | #3,480 | 44 | 25.5 |
| 2018 | #3,918 | 37 | 21.8 |
| 2019 | #3,501 | 44 | 26.2 |
| 2020 | #3,178 | 49 | 30.3 |
| 2021 | #4,506 | 30 | 18.3 |
| 2022 | #3,467 | 45 | 27.4 |
| 2023 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | #4,882 | 27 | 16.8 |
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