Recorded 2002–2018 Boys' name Peak 2006 145 births

Aedon — boys' name

145 babies named Aedon in U.S. Social Security records since 2002, with the highest year being 2006. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

2000s912010s54
2000s
Peak decade

63% of everyone ever named Aedon was born in this single decade.

2006
Single peak year

22 babies were named Aedon in 2006 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Aedon

The Social Security Administration has registered 145 babies named Aedon between 2002 and 2018, spanning 17 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Aedon currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2018. The name reached its historical peak in 2006, when 22 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Aedon performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 91 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Aedon shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Aedon 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 145 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.

Aedon at a glance

Last recorded 2018

Total births

145

Since 2002

17 years of records

Peak year

2006

22 births that year

Strongest decade: 2000s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2018

Active since

2002

Recorded for 17 years

Last year on file: 2018

Aedon popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2018–2002

Last recorded 2018
Peak year (2006)
22
Annual births at peak — across 17 years of records
0510152025 20182014201220102008200620042002 7

Aedon by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2000s
Peak decade
2000s
91 births that decade — 63% of Aedon's all-time total
2000s912010s54

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Aedon?
145 babies have been named Aedon since 2002. It was last recorded in 2018. The peak year was 2006 with 22 births.
When was Aedon most popular?
Aedon was most popular in the 2000s decade with 91 total births. The single peak year was 2006.
How long has the name Aedon been used?
Aedon has been recorded in Social Security data since 2002, spanning 17 years of data through 2018.
What names are similar to Aedon?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Aedan, Aeden, Aedyn, Aedin, and 2 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

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, 2002–2018 (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.