Unisex name · since 1999
Aideen
Aideen has 140 recorded births since 1999 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2018 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #23,452 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 140
- born since 1999
- 2010s
- peak decade
Aideen sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 140 recorded since 1999.
Social Security Administration records show Aideen recorded 140 times among girls since 1999, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 2010s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1999 to 2020.
- #23,452 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 140 born since 1999
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Aideen ranks #23,452 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 140 born since 1999, peaking in the 2010s.
- #23,452 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 140
- born since 1999
- 2010s
- peak decade
Aideen's 140 recorded births place it above 67.47% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Aideen's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Aideen's SSA record in two at 2010 and the more recent half accounts for 60% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 40%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1999, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2018 peak of 13, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Aideen popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1999–2020
- Peak year (2018)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 22 years of records
Aideen popularity over time - boys
60 total births recorded since 2009 (Aideen as boys' name)
Aideen by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (79 births, 56% of the file).
2010s was Aideen's strongest decade.
79 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 56% of all-time use.
Aideen births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
- 2000s
2000s
51 births
- 2010s
2010s
79 births
- 2020s 5
2020s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 79 births (56% of all-time use).
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- Aideen's decade-level peak was the 2010s (79 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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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, 1999–2020 (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 Aideen 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.