Aida
Aida was given to 154 girls in 2025, #1,414 among girls’ names; 13,782 Americans have been recorded with it since 1881 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 11,100 Americans named Aida and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (81% of everyone recorded); the median is 39 years old and half are between 17 and 59.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Aida by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Aida mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Aida is “a female given name from Italian in quiet use since the 1870s.”
Borrowed from Italian Aida, made famous by Giuseppe Verdi’s opera Aida, which premiered in 1871.
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Aida?
#1,414 among girls’ names, 2025
Aida fell from #1,302 in 2015 to #1,414 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born held at 0.10 per 1,000.
243 babies in 2005, the peak
Aida peaked in 2005, when 243 girls were given it, #1,004 among girls’ names. The 154 births of 2025 are 63% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 154 | #1,414 | 0.10 |
| 2024 | 187 | #1,242 | 0.12 |
| 2023 | 190 | #1,232 | 0.12 |
| 2022 | 196 | #1,227 | 0.12 |
| 2021 | 179 | #1,284 | 0.11 |
| 2020 | 190 | #1,206 | 0.12 |
| 2019 | 186 | #1,251 | 0.11 |
| 2018 | 175 | #1,299 | 0.10 |
| 2017 | 167 | #1,379 | 0.10 |
| 2016 | 196 | #1,241 | 0.11 |
Every recorded year (141)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 184 | #1,302 | 0.10 |
| 2014 | 153 | #1,464 | 0.09 |
| 2013 | 150 | #1,479 | 0.09 |
| 2012 | 167 | #1,390 | 0.09 |
| 2011 | 147 | #1,509 | 0.08 |
| 2010 | 154 | #1,468 | 0.09 |
| 2009 | 180 | #1,335 | 0.10 |
| 2008 | 176 | #1,368 | 0.09 |
| 2007 | 166 | #1,424 | 0.09 |
| 2006 | 150 | #1,473 | 0.08 |
| 2005 | 243 | #1,004 | 0.13 |
| 2004 | 185 | #1,208 | 0.10 |
| 2003 | 137 | #1,438 | 0.07 |
| 2002 | 115 | #1,605 | 0.06 |
| 2001 | 100 | #1,774 | 0.06 |
| 2000 | 95 | #1,813 | 0.05 |
| 1999 | 91 | #1,750 | 0.05 |
| 1998 | 109 | #1,531 | 0.06 |
| 1997 | 98 | #1,614 | 0.06 |
| 1996 | 97 | #1,597 | 0.06 |
| 1995 | 97 | #1,560 | 0.06 |
| 1994 | 107 | #1,474 | 0.06 |
| 1993 | 115 | #1,408 | 0.06 |
| 1992 | 107 | #1,471 | 0.06 |
| 1991 | 114 | #1,403 | 0.06 |
| 1990 | 115 | #1,368 | 0.06 |
| 1989 | 121 | #1,298 | 0.07 |
| 1988 | 113 | #1,285 | 0.06 |
| 1987 | 99 | #1,370 | 0.06 |
| 1986 | 102 | #1,304 | 0.06 |
| 1985 | 109 | #1,249 | 0.06 |
| 1984 | 113 | #1,173 | 0.07 |
| 1983 | 128 | #1,080 | 0.08 |
| 1982 | 126 | #1,117 | 0.07 |
| 1981 | 128 | #1,089 | 0.08 |
| 1980 | 135 | #1,053 | 0.08 |
| 1979 | 124 | #1,097 | 0.08 |
| 1978 | 115 | #1,126 | 0.08 |
| 1977 | 128 | #1,034 | 0.08 |
| 1976 | 153 | #874 | 0.10 |
| 1975 | 159 | #842 | 0.11 |
| 1974 | 146 | #882 | 0.10 |
| 1973 | 175 | #767 | 0.12 |
| 1972 | 153 | #848 | 0.10 |
| 1971 | 193 | #757 | 0.12 |
| 1970 | 181 | #781 | 0.10 |
| 1969 | 171 | #783 | 0.10 |
| 1968 | 175 | #749 | 0.11 |
| 1967 | 180 | #730 | 0.11 |
| 1966 | 181 | #730 | 0.11 |
| 1965 | 179 | #749 | 0.10 |
| 1964 | 175 | #780 | 0.09 |
| 1963 | 182 | #762 | 0.09 |
| 1962 | 164 | #816 | 0.08 |
| 1961 | 180 | #781 | 0.09 |
| 1960 | 163 | #813 | 0.08 |
| 1959 | 187 | #744 | 0.09 |
| 1958 | 155 | #807 | 0.08 |
| 1957 | 191 | #722 | 0.09 |
| 1956 | 162 | #767 | 0.08 |
| 1955 | 173 | #717 | 0.09 |
| 1954 | 193 | #667 | 0.10 |
| 1953 | 129 | #809 | 0.07 |
| 1952 | 128 | #799 | 0.07 |
| 1951 | 105 | #875 | 0.06 |
| 1950 | 107 | #854 | 0.06 |
| 1949 | 112 | #832 | 0.07 |
| 1948 | 73 | #1,030 | 0.04 |
| 1947 | 76 | #1,012 | 0.04 |
| 1946 | 62 | #1,077 | 0.04 |
| 1945 | 59 | #1,003 | 0.05 |
| 1944 | 39 | #1,272 | 0.03 |
| 1943 | 47 | #1,180 | 0.03 |
| 1942 | 65 | #969 | 0.05 |
| 1941 | 44 | #1,117 | 0.04 |
| 1940 | 32 | #1,313 | 0.03 |
| 1939 | 44 | #1,079 | 0.04 |
| 1938 | 46 | #1,055 | 0.04 |
| 1937 | 39 | #1,144 | 0.04 |
| 1936 | 63 | #853 | 0.06 |
| 1935 | 53 | #954 | 0.05 |
| 1934 | 41 | #1,098 | 0.04 |
| 1933 | 52 | #948 | 0.05 |
| 1932 | 56 | #940 | 0.05 |
| 1931 | 50 | #984 | 0.05 |
| 1930 | 67 | #880 | 0.06 |
| 1929 | 59 | #933 | 0.05 |
| 1928 | 62 | #947 | 0.05 |
| 1927 | 62 | #964 | 0.05 |
| 1926 | 63 | #942 | 0.05 |
| 1925 | 70 | #885 | 0.06 |
| 1924 | 70 | #903 | 0.06 |
| 1923 | 60 | #953 | 0.05 |
| 1922 | 58 | #978 | 0.05 |
| 1921 | 81 | #813 | 0.07 |
| 1920 | 45 | #1,119 | 0.04 |
| 1919 | 56 | #944 | 0.05 |
| 1918 | 63 | #900 | 0.05 |
| 1917 | 49 | #1,002 | 0.05 |
| 1916 | 43 | #1,059 | 0.04 |
| 1915 | 54 | #892 | 0.05 |
| 1914 | 50 | #827 | 0.07 |
| 1913 | 37 | #867 | 0.06 |
| 1912 | 30 | #919 | 0.05 |
| 1911 | 27 | #825 | 0.06 |
| 1910 | 13 | #1,267 | 0.03 |
| 1909 | 20 | #909 | 0.06 |
| 1908 | 14 | #1,084 | 0.04 |
| 1907 | 17 | #924 | 0.05 |
| 1906 | 16 | #917 | 0.05 |
| 1905 | 14 | #1,012 | 0.05 |
| 1904 | 5 | #1,882 | 0.02 |
| 1903 | 13 | #969 | 0.05 |
| 1902 | 13 | #974 | 0.05 |
| 1900 | 9 | #1,319 | 0.03 |
| 1899 | 7 | #1,279 | 0.03 |
| 1898 | 14 | #922 | 0.05 |
| 1897 | 16 | #788 | 0.07 |
| 1896 | 7 | #1,294 | 0.03 |
| 1895 | 14 | #858 | 0.06 |
| 1894 | 7 | #1,238 | 0.03 |
| 1893 | 6 | #1,279 | 0.03 |
| 1892 | 8 | #1,086 | 0.04 |
| 1891 | 8 | #1,008 | 0.04 |
| 1890 | 9 | #941 | 0.05 |
| 1889 | 6 | #1,146 | 0.03 |
| 1888 | 8 | #961 | 0.04 |
| 1887 | 5 | #1,150 | 0.03 |
| 1886 | 5 | #1,108 | 0.03 |
| 1883 | 5 | #920 | 0.04 |
| 1881 | 6 | #740 | 0.07 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Aida a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Aida has been given almost only to girls: 5 boys in 141 years of records.
Girls and boys named Aida: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Aida, and how old are they?
11,100 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 81% of the 13,782 Americans ever recorded as Aida. The median Aida alive today is 39 years old; half are between 17 and 59.
The 2020 Census counted 33,710 people named Aida (33,602 women and girls, 108 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 10,514 born in the U.S. The Census count is 3.2 times that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 260 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 2,160 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 2,360 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 1,750 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 2,290 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 2,290 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Aida born?
The states with the most babies named Aida are California, Texas and New York, with 37% of its births recorded by state in 2025.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 15 | #1,492 | 1.5× |
| Texas | 15 | #1,537 | 2.0× |
| New York | 11 | #1,236 | 2.9× |
| Pennsylvania | 11 | #813 | 0.5× |
| Florida | 10 | #1,328 | 0.8× |
| Massachusetts | 7 | #682 | 0.6× |
| Washington | 7 | #811 | 0.3× |
| New Jersey | 5 | #1,173 | 1.4× |
| Illinois | 5 | #1,415 | 0.8× |
| Georgia | 5 | #1,536 | 0.3× |
Where Aida is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Aida is most over-represented in New York: since 1910 it was given 2.9 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Aida with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 8 names spelled alike, given to 135,391 babies since 1880, Aida is the second most given (10% of them). In 2025 it was given to 154 of their 1,938 babies (7.9%), again the second most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Aida
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Aida and names like it
- Compare Aida and AdaBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 2000sAida peaked in 2005.
- New York’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Aida since 1910.
- Italian namesWiktionary’s origin for Aida: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 2005The year the most babies were named Aida.
- The names of Generation XMost people named Aida alive today were born 1965-1980.
- Names starting with AMost given first.