Boys' name · since 1989
Aldair
1,454 babies named Aldair in U.S. Social Security records since 1989, with the highest year being 1998. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #4,041 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #4,091 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,454
- born since 1989
- 2000s
- peak decade
Yes -- Aldair is the #4091 most popular boys' name in the U.S. today, with 1,454 recorded since 1989.
Aldair has 1,454 recorded births among boys since 1989, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #4091 as of the latest data, more common than 71% of boys, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1989 to 2025.
- #4,041 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #4,091 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 1,454 born since 1989
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Aldair ranks #4,041 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #4,091 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 1,454 born since 1989, peaking in the 2000s.
- #4,041 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #4,091 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,454
- born since 1989
- 2000s
- peak decade
Aldair's 1,454 recorded births place it above 91.11% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
8 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Aldair compares
1,454 Top 26% higher than 74% of 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Aldair's all-time total is 4x the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Aldair | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 1,454 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 102 | 34 | 22,252 |
Aldair's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Aldair's full recorded timeline at 2008, 42% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 58% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1989, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1998 peak of 102 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Aldair popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1989–2025
- Peak year (1998)
- 102
- Annual births at peak, across 37 years of records
Aldair by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (580 births, 40% of the file).
2000s was Aldair's strongest decade.
580 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 40% of all-time use.
Aldair births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
- 1990s
1990s
343 births
- 2000s
2000s
580 births
- 2010s
2010s
362 births
- 2020s 164
2020s
164 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 580 births (40% of all-time use).
How Aldair compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Aldair's total volume
Aldair by state
Where Aldair concentrates geographically, total births since 1989
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 428 | 29.4% |
| #2 | Texas | | 194 | 13.3% |
| #3 | New York | | 47 | 3.2% |
| #4 | Illinois | | 31 | 2.1% |
| #5 | Georgia | | 24 | 1.7% |
| #6 | North Carolina | | 14 | 1.0% |
| #7 | New Jersey | | 6 | 0.4% |
| #8 | Washington | | 5 | 0.3% |
428 of 1,454 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 8 reporting states.
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What to do with Aldair's data
- Aldair's decade-level peak was the 2000s (580 total births); usage has since declined to 164 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Aldairs (428 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Aldair: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1998)
Similar record span (~36 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, 1989–2025 (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 Aldair 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.