Aristotle — #4210 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Aristotle

The Social Security Administration has registered 999 babies named Aristotle between 1925 and 2024, spanning 100 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Aristotle currently holds the #4210 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2001, when 31 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Aristotle performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 256 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Aristotle shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 82 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Aristotle in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Aristotle 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 999 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.