Ayden — #213 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Ayden

The Social Security Administration has registered 87,801 babies named Ayden between 1990 and 2024, spanning 35 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Ayden currently holds the #213 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2012, when 6,233 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Ayden performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 49,621 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Ayden shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 9,696 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Ayden in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Ayden 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 87,801 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.