Alden
2025 SSA
2025 SSA
About Alden
Hot young actor Alden Ehrenreich, the new Han Solo, gives this formerly-stodgy surname name an attractive new image, making it a fresh successor to Aiden or Holden. Before it got this fresh shine, Alden was among the classic Thanksgiving baby names.
Alden for girls#6125 US
This is one surname-name that may swing decidedly to the male side, thanks to highly-visible young actor Alden Ehrenreich.
Pronounced AWL-den.
As of October 2026, Alden ranked #598 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #426 in 1911, Nameberry popularity #177.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank · boys | Births · boys | US rank · girls | Births · girls |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #714 | 337 | — | 0 |
| 2015 | #725 | 340 | — | 0 |
| 2016 | #662 | 391 | — | 0 |
| 2017 | #634 | 409 | — | 0 |
| 2018 | #638 | 411 | — | 0 |
| 2019 | #623 | 435 | — | 0 |
| 2020 | #672 | 387 | — | 0 |
| 2021 | #676 | 394 | #4,414 | 31 |
| 2022 | #627 | 445 | — | 0 |
| 2023 | #639 | 431 | — | 0 |
| 2024 | #576 | 492 | — | 0 |
| 2025 | #598 | 479 | — | 0 |
World rankings
Alden for boys
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American novelist
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American architect
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- Alden JenksBoy
American composer
- Alden G. BarberBoy
5th Chief Scout Executive of the Boy Scouts of America
- Alden Carlson MasonBoy
American painter
- Alden Albert NowlanBoy
Canadian poet
- Alden John BellBoy
Bishop of Sacramento, California
- Alden PartridgeBoy
American military education pioneer
- Alden Presley Osborn (b. 2019)Boy
son of actress Angelique Cabral
Alden in pop culture
- Alden JonesBoy
character on animated series "Braceface"
- Alden PyleBoy
character in film "The Quiet American"
- Alden VackerBoy
character in Shannon Messenger's series "Keeper of the Lost Cities"
- Kieran AldenBoy
character in the "Sky Chasers" book series by Amy Kathleen Ryan
- Rev. Robert AldenBoy
Church Minister in Laura Ingalls Wilder's "Little House" series