Aberdeen — #6937 US girls' name
259 babies named Aberdeen in U.S. Social Security records since 1919, with the highest year being 2017. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 61% of names given to girls today.
59% of everyone ever named Aberdeen was born in this single decade.
26 babies were named Aberdeen in 2017 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Aberdeen
The Social Security Administration has registered 259 babies named Aberdeen between 1919 and 2024, spanning 106 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Aberdeen currently holds the #6937 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2017, when 26 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Aberdeen performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 154 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Aberdeen shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 11 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Aberdeen in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Aberdeen in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 259 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Aberdeen at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Aberdeen popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1919
- Peak year (2017)
- 26
- Annual births at peak — across 106 years of records
Currently ranks #6937 among girls.
259 total births across 106 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2017 with 26 births in a single year.
Aberdeen by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 154 births that decade — 59% of Aberdeen's all-time total
Aberdeen decade highlights
- Peak decade 154 births
- Runner-up 70 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Aberdeen's strongest decade
154 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 59% of all-time use.
Aberdeen by state
Where Aberdeen concentrates geographically — total births since 1919
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 11 | 4.2% |
| #2 | Texas | | 5 | 1.9% |
11 of 259 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 4.2% of nationwide
- Texas 1.9% of nationwide
Recorded in 2 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 4.2% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1919–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.