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Boy's name · #326 in the US (2025) · 2000s wave
Aidan first appeared in 1936, vanished from the records entirely for 20 years, then climbed to #39 by 2003 — it has faded to #326 since. About 118,000 boys have carried it in all.
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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 44 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.
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#82 in Ireland (2025) · #95 in N. Ireland (2025) · #125 in Scotland (2025) · #202 in Ecuador (2025) · #265 in England & Wales (2025) · #287 in New Zealand (2025) · #638 in Netherlands (2025) · #722 in Switzerland (2025) · #1,447 in France (2025) · #1,447 in Sweden (2025) · #265 in Canada (2024).
Among 393 notable people named Aidan:
Sports figures appear 2.68× more often than among typical names — e.g. Aidan White, Irish footballer.
Popular twin pairings with Aidan include Ethan for a boy, and Nadia for a girl.
Together with its spelling variants Aiden (#62) and Ayden (#257), Aidan would rank around #29 with about 7,400 births last year — the newborns split about 68/18/14 across Aiden, Ayden, and Aidan.
Similar names: Ayden · Conner · Hayes · Colin · Keegan · Tristan
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