Aythan — #9524 US boys' name
88 babies named Aythan in U.S. Social Security records since 2006, with the highest year being 2010. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 33% of names given to boys today.
52% of everyone ever named Aythan was born in this single decade.
10 babies were named Aythan in 2010 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Aythan
The Social Security Administration has registered 88 babies named Aythan between 2006 and 2024, spanning 19 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Aythan currently holds the #9524 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2010, when 10 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Aythan performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 46 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Aythan shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Aythan 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 88 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.
Aythan at a glance
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Current rank
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Aythan popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2006
- Peak year (2010)
- 10
- Annual births at peak — across 19 years of records
Currently ranks #9524 among boys.
88 total births across 19 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2010 with 10 births in a single year.
Aythan by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 46 births that decade — 52% of Aythan's all-time total
Aythan decade highlights
- Peak decade 46 births
- Runner-up 29 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Aythan's strongest decade
46 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 52% 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, 2006–2024 (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.