Fun Facts About the Name Aydon
- 698 babies named Aydon: U.S. records list 698 babies given the name Aydon from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Aydon Mean?
Aydon is used in English as a spelling variant of the name Aidan (also written Aiden). The name goes back to Irish Gaelic Áedán, a diminutive of the earlier Irish name Áed. Áed means "fire," and the diminutive ending -án gives the sense "little fire" or "fiery one." That is the meaning the modern spellings share. The language of origin is Irish; the name is used today mainly in English-speaking countries.
Aydon Name History & Origins
The base name Áed was common in early Ireland, and its diminutive Áedán was borne by many early Irish figures. The best known outside Ireland is Saint Aidan of Lindisfarne, a seventh-century Irish monk who founded the monastery on Lindisfarne and led the conversion of Northumbria. Through that church connection the name entered English usage in the form Aidan.
The spelling Aydon belongs to a later set of English respellings. From the late twentieth century, Aidan and its variants returned to wide use in the English-speaking world, and a range of phonetic spellings appeared alongside it, including Aiden, Ayden, Aden, and Aydon. These forms follow the English pronunciation rather than the Irish spelling, and Aydon is one of several such variants of the same underlying name.
How Popular is the Name Aydon?
Aydon 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 2011. Its best rank was #2,321 in 2011.
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 | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #12,242 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2024 | #9,043 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 2023 | #7,331 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2022 | #7,312 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2021 | #6,367 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 2020 | #6,332 | 13 | 0.0008% |
| 2019 | #6,815 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 2018 | #4,238 | 24 | 0.0013% |
| 2017 | #5,550 | 16 | 0.0009% |
| 2016 | #4,107 | 25 | 0.0013% |
| 2015 | #2,606 | 47 | 0.0025% |
| 2014 | #3,158 | 35 | 0.0018% |
| 2013 | #2,852 | 40 | 0.0021% |
| 2012 | #2,637 | 46 | 0.0024% |
| 2011 | #2,321 | 55 | 0.0029% |
| 2010 | #2,582 | 47 | 0.0024% |
| 2009 | #2,704 | 45 | 0.0023% |
| 2008 | #2,406 | 53 | 0.0026% |
| 2007 | #2,611 | 47 | 0.0023% |
| 2006 | #3,029 | 36 | 0.0018% |
| 2005 | #3,395 | 29 | 0.0015% |
| 2004 | #3,023 | 33 | 0.0017% |
| 2003 | #3,368 | 27 | 0.0014% |
| 2002 | #6,576 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 2000 | #10,514 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1999 | #10,054 | 5 | 0.0003% |
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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