Boys' name · since 1990
Aodhan
Aodhan has 317 recorded births since 1990 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2004 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #10,276 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #6,280 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 317
- born since 1990
- 2000s
- peak decade
Aodhan currently ranks #6280 among boys' names in America, with 317 babies recorded since 1990.
Aodhan has 317 recorded births among boys since 1990, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #6280 as of the latest data, more common than 55% 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 1990 to 2025.
- #10,276 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #6,280 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 317 born since 1990
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Aodhan ranks #10,276 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #6,280 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 317 born since 1990, peaking in the 2000s.
- #10,276 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #6,280 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 317
- born since 1990
- 2000s
- peak decade
Aodhan's 317 recorded births place it above 77.38% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Aodhan compares
317 47th percentile among 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
Aodhan's all-time total is 14% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Aodhan | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 317 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 25 | 34 | 22,252 |
Aodhan's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Aodhan splits its recorded history at 2011: 46% of all births land in the more recent half, 54% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1990 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2004 peak of 25 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Aodhan popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1990–2025
- Peak year (2004)
- 25
- Annual births at peak, across 36 years of records
Aodhan by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (130 births, 41% of the file).
2000s was Aodhan's strongest decade.
130 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 41% of all-time use.
Aodhan births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 40
1990s
40 births
- 2000s
2000s
130 births
- 2010s
2010s
94 births
- 2020s
2020s
53 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 130 births (41% of all-time use).
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- Aodhan's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (130 total births) through the 2020s (53) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Aodhan: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2004)
Similar record span (~35 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, 1990–2025 (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 Aodhan 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.