Aaron

Meaning: Uncertain; possibly 'exalted' or 'high mountain'
Origin: Hebrew

Boy's name · #80 in the US (2025) · 80s wave

Popularity over time

Aaron reached its best rank, #28, in 1994 and ranked #80 in 2025. Roughly 614,000 boys have been named Aaron since 1880. In all that time it has never once missed a year of the national records.

Across the states

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 50 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

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#17 in Puerto Rico (2025) · #20 in France (2025) · #28 in Switzerland (2025) · #33 in Finland (Finnish-sp.) (2025) · #37 in Finland (other-lang.) (2025) · #54 in Mexico (2024) · #60 in Spain (2024) · #69 in Ecuador (2025) · #71 in Ireland (2025) · #74 in Austria (2025) · #75 in Belgium (2025) · #95 in Scotland (2025) and 8 more.

Famous Aarons

Aaron Swartz — American computer programmer and internet-political activist (1986–2013)
Aaron Burr — Vice president of the United States from 1801 to 1805, lived (1756–1836)
Aaron Ramsey — Welsh association football player (born 1990)
Aaron Klug — British chemist and biophysicist
Aaron Ciechanover — Israeli physician and biochemist, Nobel Laureate

In stories & tradition

Aaron — Qur’an (book)
Aaron Pierce^es — 24 (TV series)
Aaron Doral — Battlestar Galactica (TV series)

What Aarons become

Among 2,932 notable people named Aaron:

Sports figures appear 2.03× more often than among typical names — e.g. Aaron Ramsey, Welsh association football player (born 1990).

Similar names: Aron · Jonathan · Ariel · Adam · Nathan · Jordan

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