Aldan — boys' name
199 babies named Aldan in U.S. Social Security records since 1981, with the highest year being 2004. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
199 boys have been named Aldan since 1981, peaking in the 2000s, last recorded in 2025.
- 199
- total births
- 1981–2025
- years on record
- 2000s
- peak decade
- 41%
- born in that decade
41% of everyone ever named Aldan was born in this single decade.
16 babies were named Aldan in 2004 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Aldan
The Social Security Administration has registered 199 babies named Aldan between 1981 and 2025, spanning 45 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Aldan currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2025. The name reached its historical peak in 2004, when 16 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Aldan performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 81 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Aldan shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Aldan 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 199 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.
Aldan at a glance
Last recorded 2025Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Aldan popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2025–1981
- Peak year (2004)
- 16
- Annual births at peak — across 45 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2025.
199 total births across 45 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2004 with 16 births in a single year.
Aldan by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 81 births that decade — 41% of Aldan's all-time total
Aldan decade highlights
- Peak decade 81 births
- Runner-up 56 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Aldan's strongest decade
81 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 41% of all-time use.
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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, 1981–2025 (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.