Aidden — boys' name
340 babies named Aidden in U.S. Social Security records since 2003, with the highest year being 2011. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
340 boys have been named Aidden since 2003, peaking in the 2010s, last recorded in 2021.
- 340
- total births
- 2003–2021
- years on record
- 2010s
- peak decade
- 58%
- born in that decade
58% of everyone ever named Aidden was born in this single decade.
35 babies were named Aidden in 2011 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Aidden
The Social Security Administration has registered 340 babies named Aidden between 2003 and 2021, spanning 19 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Aidden currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2021. The name reached its historical peak in 2011, when 35 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Aidden performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 198 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Aidden shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 16 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Missouri. In total, SSA state-level files list Aidden in 4 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Aidden 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 340 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.
Aidden at a glance
Last recorded 2021Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Aidden popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2021–2003
- Peak year (2011)
- 35
- Annual births at peak — across 19 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2021.
340 total births across 19 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2011 with 35 births in a single year.
Aidden by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 198 births that decade — 58% of Aidden's all-time total
Aidden decade highlights
- Peak decade 198 births
- Runner-up 127 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Aidden's strongest decade
198 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 58% of all-time use.
Aidden by state
Where Aidden concentrates geographically — total births since 2003
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 16 | 4.7% |
| #2 | California | | 7 | 2.1% |
| #3 | Missouri | | 5 | 1.5% |
| #4 | New York | | 5 | 1.5% |
16 of 340 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 4 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Texas 4.7% of nationwide
- California 2.1% of nationwide
- Missouri 1.5% of nationwide
- New York 1.5% of nationwide
Recorded in 4 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 4.7% 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, 2003–2021 (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.