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Alden

Boy's name · #598 in the US (2025) · 2020s wave

Popularity over time

Alden reached its best rank, #426, in 1911 and ranked #598 in 2025. About 18,000 boys have carried it since 1880. In all that time it has never once missed a year of the national records.

Across the states

In recent years, Alden ran about 6× its national rate in Maine.

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 37 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

See how Alden ranks in other countries and regions.

#770 in Scotland (2025) · #1,616 in England & Wales (2025) · #720 in Canada (2024).

Famous Aldens

• Alden Ehrenreich — American actor
• Alden Sanborn — American rower (1899–1991)
• Alden Richards — Filipino actor and television personality
• Alden W. Clausen — American businessman, President of the World Bank, 1981-1986
• Alden McLaughlin — Caymanian politician

In stories & tradition

• Alden — The Walking Dead (TV series)
• Alden Parker — NCIS (TV series)

What Aldens become

Among 112 notable people named Alden:

Artists & writers appear 1.5× more often than among typical names — e.g. Alden B. Dow, American architect (1904–1983).

Similar names: Denver · Alder · Emmitt · Holden · Harlan · Boden

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