Boys' name · peaked in 2009
Aden name popularity since 1925
22,331 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Aden (3.0% girls, 97.0% boys). Half of them were born in 2009 or earlier, so the typical Aden is about 17 years old in 2026. Aden peaked in 2009 as the #253 name for boys, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 22,331
- Named Aden, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #1,008 for boys in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 97.0% boys
- 663 girls · 21,668 boys
- Most popular in
- Arizona
- 1.75× its national share
Peak year is the year Aden made up the largest share of US boys, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Aden births per year, 1925–2025
The biggest year by count was 2006. Measured as a share of all babies, Aden peaked in 2009.
- Fastest rise: Between 1999 and 2004, Aden became 8.3× more common, from 1 in 15,900 baby boys to 1 in 1,920.
- Steepest fall: Between 2014 and 2019, its share of baby boys fell by 53%, from 1 in 1,920 to 1 in 4,050.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Aden's share of all US boys five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Aden.
Decade by decade
Babies named Aden in each decade, and its rank among boys' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 0 | 64 | – |
| 1930s | 0 | 104 | #2,029 |
| 1940s | 0 | 97 | #1,926 |
| 1950s | 0 | 83 | Under 5 |
| 1960s | 0 | 99 | Under 5 |
| 1970s | 0 | 172 | #2,637 |
| 1980s | 6 | 184 | #2,019 |
| 1990s | 86 | 544 | #1,801 |
| 2000s | 305 | 9,677 | #279 |
| 2010s | 191 | 8,809 | #370 |
| 2020–25 | 75 | 1,835 | #1,008 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 boys that year, so they can go past 1,000. "Under 5" means fewer than 5 boys got the name.
Generation fingerprint
62.2% of babies named Aden from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Gen Z years (1997–2012). The full split by generation:
Where Aden is most popular
The index compares Aden's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Aden.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Arizona | 1.75× | 456 |
| Florida | 1.59× | 1,158 |
| Georgia | 1.50× | 834 |
| Tennessee | 1.40× | 592 |
| Colorado | 1.33× | 331 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Aden and were given to at least 1,000 boys from 1925 to 2025, with the year each one was most popular.
| Spelling | Boys | Peak year |
|---|---|---|
| Aden (this page) | 21,668 | 2009 |
| Adan | 31,242 | 2005 |
| Aaden | 5,074 | 2009 |
| Adin | 3,198 | 2007 |
| Adyn | 1,424 | 2006 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Aden's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Aden.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Aden (2009).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data