Boys' name · since 2008
Aithen
Aithen has 58 recorded births since 2008 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2012 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #21,065 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 58
- born since 2008
- 2010s
- peak decade
Aithen is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 58 have been recorded since 2008.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Aithen has been recorded 58 times among boys since 2008, though it is not among the currently most-used boys names, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2008 to 2016.
- #21,065 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 58 born since 2008
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Aithen ranks #21,065 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 58 born since 2008, peaking in the 2010s.
- #21,065 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 58
- born since 2008
- 2010s
- peak decade
Aithen's 58 recorded births place it above 53.4% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Aithen's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Aithen splits its recorded history at 2012: 67% of all births land in the more recent half, 33% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 2010 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2012 peak of 11 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Aithen popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2008–2016
- Peak year (2012)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 9 years of records
Aithen by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (51 births, 88% of the file).
2010s was Aithen's strongest decade.
51 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 88% of all-time use.
Aithen births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 7
2000s
7 births
- 2010s
2010s
51 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 51 births (88% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Aithen: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~8 yrs)
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, 2008–2016 (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 Aithen 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.