Boys' name · since 1973
Aaran
264 babies named Aaran in U.S. Social Security records since 1973, with the highest year being 2015. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #11,338 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,349 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 264
- born since 1973
- 2010s
- peak decade
264 babies have been named Aaran since 1973, making it today's #12349 boys' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Aaran has been recorded 264 times among boys since 1973, currently ranked #12349 nationally and more common than 11% of boys, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1973 to 2025.
- #11,338 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #12,349 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 264 born since 1973
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Aaran ranks #11,338 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,349 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 264 born since 1973, peaking in the 2010s.
- #11,338 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,349 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 264
- born since 1973
- 2010s
- peak decade
Aaran's 264 recorded births place it above 75.02% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Aaran compares
264 43rd percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Aaran's all-time total is 28% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Aaran | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 264 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 17 | 34 | 22,252 |
Aaran's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Aaran's full recorded timeline at 2008, 58% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 42% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1975, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2015 peak of 17 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Aaran popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1973–2025
- Peak year (2015)
- 17
- Annual births at peak, across 53 years of records
Aaran by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (80 births, 30% of the file).
2010s was Aaran's strongest decade.
80 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 30% of all-time use.
Aaran births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 12
1970s
12 births
- 1980s 19
1980s
19 births
- 1990s
1990s
44 births
- 2000s
2000s
56 births
- 2010s
2010s
80 births
- 2020s
2020s
53 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 80 births (30% of all-time use).
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- Aaran's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (80 total births) through the 2020s (53) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Aaran: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2015)
Similar record span (~52 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1973–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Aaran draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.