Aldon — #5062 US boys' name
1,604 babies named Aldon in U.S. Social Security records since 1908, with the highest year being 1929. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 64% of names given to boys today.
15% of everyone ever named Aldon was born in this single decade.
30 babies were named Aldon in 1929 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Aldon
The Social Security Administration has registered 1,604 babies named Aldon between 1908 and 2024, spanning 117 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Aldon currently holds the #5062 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1929, when 30 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Aldon performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 235 births during that ten-year window. Across the 13 decades of recorded activity, Aldon shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 17 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Louisiana. In total, SSA state-level files list Aldon in 4 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Aldon 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 1,604 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.
Aldon at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
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Aldon popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1908
- Peak year (1929)
- 30
- Annual births at peak — across 117 years of records
Currently ranks #5062 among boys.
1,604 total births across 117 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1929 with 30 births in a single year.
Aldon by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 235 births that decade — 15% of Aldon's all-time total
Aldon decade highlights
- Peak decade 235 births
- Runner-up 199 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Aldon's strongest decade
235 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 15% of all-time use.
Aldon by state
Where Aldon concentrates geographically — total births since 1908
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 17 | 1.1% |
| #2 | Texas | | 10 | 0.6% |
| #3 | Louisiana | | 5 | 0.3% |
| #4 | Pennsylvania | | 5 | 0.3% |
17 of 1,604 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 4 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 1.1% of nationwide
- Texas 0.6% of nationwide
- Louisiana 0.3% of nationwide
- Pennsylvania 0.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 4 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 1.1% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile 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, 1908–2024 (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.