Aldis

Boys' name

Literal meaning not recorded

Aldis has been given to 24 babies in the U.S. since 1917. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1920, with 8 recorded.

Babies named Aldis, 1967

1 in 566,000

Aldis over time, 1880–2025

Boys

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Aldis: meaning, origin, and history

Literal meaning not recorded

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Aldis means

Aldis is a given name.

Origin, language, and formation

Aldis is used in Faroese.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 24 boys were recorded with the name Aldis between 1917 and 1967. Its highest annual count was 8 in 1920; its best national rank was #3,214 in 1920.

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.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Aldis?

Aldis had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1967, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1967: 1 in 566,000; 6 of 3,394,772 births
Among boys only: 1 in 291,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 1967: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 392,181 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Aldis 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 1967 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 392,181 children born in 1967 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Aldis. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Aldiss were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Aldis was born before 1920 — so the typical Aldis is around 105 today.

Median birth year: 1920; About 105 years old
Biggest decade: 1920s; 33.3% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 25.0%; Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950: 6; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1920s — 33.3% of all recorded uses (8).

Is Aldis 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: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1920 (8)
Years since peak: 105; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Not enough data; Too few years
Best rank ever: #3,214; 1920

Spellings of Aldis

Aldis is not the most common spelling — Luis is, with 39.2% against Aldis's <0.01%.

Luis39.2%292,959
Alvin21.6%161,414
Alexis9.1%68,075
Ellis6.7%50,403
Ali4.6%34,383
Alden2.4%18,221
Elvis2.4%17,971
Aldo2.4%17,728

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.

Aldis around the world

Where Aldis 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.

South Australia
1957–1981
#425
in 1981

Popularity data from Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Aldis by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #3,214; 1920
Peak year: 1920; 8 that year
First recorded: 1917
Last recorded: 1967
All-time count: 24
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Aldis

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

Aldrik Aldie Aldus Aldor Aldan Aldren Aldyn Alduin Aldous Alda Audis Eddis Rudis Aldred Aldolfo Alderic Lodis Aldin Thadis Aldene Aldayr Mardis Aldwin Ordis

Sibling names for Aldis

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

For a sister

Norine Vina Mozelle Marcelle Oleta Syble Mittie Melvina

For a brother

Junius Dock Rupert Orin Otha Hilton Casimir Edd

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