Aiken — #11019 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Aiken

The Social Security Administration has registered 347 babies named Aiken between 1920 and 2024, spanning 105 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Aiken currently holds the #11019 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2012, when 26 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Aiken performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 191 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Aiken shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in South Carolina, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Aiken in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Aiken 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 347 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.