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Aedan

#3,658 in 2025Boys' name

Meaning and linguistic origin unconfirmed

Aedan has been given to 3,905 babies in the U.S. since 1988. In 2025 it ranked #3,658 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2007, with 283 recorded.

Babies named Aedan, 2025

1 in 111,000

Aedan over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
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Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Aedan: meaning, origin, and history

Meaning and linguistic origin unconfirmed

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Aedan means

Aedan is a given name.

The naming story behind Aedan

Wikidata records Aedan as a male given name. The entity identifier is Q30133220, and the classification was checked on 2026-10-20. The spelling matches a source label or alias exactly, without removing accents or linking it to a name merely because the letters look similar.

A database classification is different from an etymological explanation, so those questions remain open in the short meaning.

A modern root explanation needs an additional naming or linguistic reference.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 3,862 boys were recorded with the name Aedan between 1988 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 283 in 2007; its best national rank was #759 in 2006.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #1,911 in 2020 to #3,658 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #1,132 in 2015 to #3,658 in 2025.

In the United States, 43 girls were recorded with the name Aedan between 2002 and 2008. Its highest annual count was 10 in 2006; its best national rank was #10,623 in 2006.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

How common is Aedan?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 111,000
30 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 56,900
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#3,658
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
76,598 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Aedan sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 76,598 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Aedan. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Aedans were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Aedan was born before 2009 — so the typical Aedan is around 16 today.

Median birth year
2009
About 16 years old
Biggest decade
2000s
46.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
93.7%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
3,862
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2000s — 46.0% of all recorded uses (1,778).

Is Aedan rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
−1,097
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−1,747
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−2,526
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.18×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
10.6%
Peak was 2007 (283)
Years since peak
18
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
16.5% average annual change
Best rank ever
#759
2006

Spellings of Aedan

Aedan is not the most common spelling — Adam is, with 20.3% against Aedan's 0.14%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Aedan is used

Across 2016–2025, Aedan was most concentrated in Colorado — about 1 in 11,111 boys, against 1 in 26,305 across all states with data. It was least common in Ohio (1 in 100,000).

19 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Colorado1 in 11,111
  2. 2California1 in 20,000
  3. 3Illinois1 in 20,000
  4. 4Massachusetts1 in 25,000
  5. 5Maryland1 in 25,000
  6. 6North Carolina1 in 25,000
  7. 7New York1 in 25,000
  8. 8Pennsylvania1 in 25,000

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings.

Aedan around the world

Where Aedan ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    1996–2025
    #5,137
    in 2025
  • Scotland
    1997–2023
    #533
    in 2023
  • Northern Ireland
    1997–2021
    #374
    in 2021
  • Ireland
    1996–2024
    #785
    in 2024
  • France
    2004–2025
    #2,314
    in 2025
  • Canada
    1994–2024
    #1,817
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    1990–2013
    #754
    in 2013

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, National Records of Scotland, Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency, Central Statistics Office, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS, NRS, NISRA data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CSO, CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Notable people named Aedan

People whose public names include Aedan, backed by Wikidata given-name records and ordered by linked Wikimedia pages. The name may be a middle name.

People data from Wikidata (CC0). Fame is measured, not judged — the order reflects how widely each person is documented, not the U.S. birth records popularity this page is otherwise about.

Aedan in other languages

Cross-language forms and variants of Aedan. Linked forms have their own page here.

AidanAeddan

Variant forms from Wikidata (CC0). Most are used mainly outside the United States; U.S. birth records statistics cover US usage only.

Aedan by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#3,658
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 1,747
Best rank ever
#759
2006
Peak year
2007
283 that year
First recorded
1988
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
3,862
Count in 2025
30

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#10,623
2006
Peak year
2006
10 that year
First recorded
2002
Last recorded
2008
All-time count
43
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Aedan

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

AedenAydanJaydanJadanLandanEidanEydanEdanAedynBrandanKaidanZidanJaidanKadanBohdanJourdanBogdanKaydanZaydanCadanSheridanIdanBraydanAdan

Names with a curve like Aedan

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Aedan, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

KadynJaidynDemarionKyanDamarionCaelAlexavierJavianBradynTeaganBroganLandin

Sibling names for Aedan

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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