Aigner — girls' name
242 babies named Aigner in U.S. Social Security records since 1984, with the highest year being 1988. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
55% of everyone ever named Aigner was born in this single decade.
19 babies were named Aigner in 1988 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Aigner
The Social Security Administration has registered 242 babies named Aigner between 1984 and 2003, spanning 20 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Aigner currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2003. The name reached its historical peak in 1988, when 19 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Aigner performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 132 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Aigner shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Pennsylvania, which accounts for 69 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Missouri and New Jersey. In total, SSA state-level files list Aigner in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Aigner 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 242 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.
Aigner at a glance
Last recorded 2003Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Aigner popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2003–1984
- Peak year (1988)
- 19
- Annual births at peak — across 20 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2003.
242 total births across 20 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1988 with 19 births in a single year.
Aigner by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 132 births that decade — 55% of Aigner's all-time total
Aigner decade highlights
- Peak decade 132 births
- Runner-up 82 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Aigner's strongest decade
132 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 55% of all-time use.
Aigner by state
Where Aigner concentrates geographically — total births since 1984
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Pennsylvania | | 69 | 28.5% |
| #2 | Missouri | | 56 | 23.1% |
| #3 | New Jersey | | 5 | 2.1% |
69 of 242 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 3 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Pennsylvania 28.5% of nationwide
- Missouri 23.1% of nationwide
- New Jersey 2.1% of nationwide
Recorded in 3 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Pennsylvania accounts for 28.5% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration 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, 1984–2003 (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.