Fun Facts About the Name Aayden
- More than 1 thousand babies named Aayden: U.S. records list 1,720 babies given the name Aayden from 1880 through 2025. Even 5 girls received the name Aayden - about 1 girl for every 343 boys.
What Does the Name Aayden Mean?
Aayden is an English spelling variant of Aidan, a name of Irish origin meaning "little fire." Aidan comes from the Irish Aodhán, a diminutive of Aodh, an old Irish personal name meaning "fire"; the suffix -án supplies the diminutive sense.
Aayden Name History & Origins
The root is the Old Irish personal name Áed (later Aodh), a common name in early Ireland. Its diminutive Áedán (later Aodhán) produced the English form Aidan. The name entered English and Latin records through St. Aidan of Lindisfarne, a seventh-century Irish monk and bishop; Bede calls him Aidanus. The spelling Aiden is an English variant, and Aayden is a further English respelling of Aidan rather than a traditional Irish form.
How Popular is the Name Aayden?
Aayden has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2014. Its best rank was #1,048 in 2014.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | #16,773 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #6,144 | 14 | 0.0008% |
| 2024 | #9,871 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2023 | #5,071 | 19 | 0.0011% |
| 2022 | #4,701 | 21 | 0.0012% |
| 2021 | #3,648 | 30 | 0.0017% |
| 2020 | #2,728 | 45 | 0.0026% |
| 2019 | #2,213 | 63 | 0.0035% |
| 2018 | #1,663 | 96 | 0.0053% |
| 2017 | #1,642 | 96 | 0.0052% |
| 2016 | #1,324 | 135 | 0.0071% |
| 2015 | #1,089 | 179 | 0.0093% |
| 2014 | #1,048 | 190 | 0.0099% |
| 2013 | #1,216 | 147 | 0.0078% |
| 2012 | #1,273 | 138 | 0.0073% |
| 2011 | #1,193 | 148 | 0.0078% |
| 2010 | #1,331 | 128 | 0.0067% |
| 2009 | #1,604 | 99 | 0.0050% |
| 2008 | #2,039 | 68 | 0.0033% |
| 2007 | #3,135 | 36 | 0.0017% |
| 2006 | #3,384 | 31 | 0.0015% |
| 2005 | #11,479 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2004 | #7,537 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2003 | #6,258 | 11 | 0.0006% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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