Aldus

Boys' name

Literal meaning not recorded

Aldus has been given to 50 babies in the U.S. since 1915. 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 1916, with 8 recorded.

Babies named Aldus, 1961

1 in 828,000

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Aldus: meaning, origin, and history

Literal meaning not recorded

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Aldus means

Aldus is a given name.

Origin, language, and formation

Aldus is used in English.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 50 boys were recorded with the name Aldus between 1915 and 1961. Its highest annual count was 8 in 1916; its best national rank was #2,929 in 1916.

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.

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How common is Aldus?

Aldus had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1961, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1961: 1 in 828,000; 5 of 4,142,426 births
Among boys only: 1 in 425,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 1961: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 574,263 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Aldus 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 1961 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 574,263 children born in 1961 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Aldus. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Alduss were born

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

Median birth year: 1920; About 105 years old
Biggest decade: 1910s; 42.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 20.0%; Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950: 5; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1910s — 42.0% of all recorded uses (21).

Is Aldus 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 1916 (8)
Years since peak: 109; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Shifting; 14.3% average annual change
Best rank ever: #2,929; 1916

Spellings of Aldus

Aldus is not the most common spelling — Alden is, with 26.6% against Aldus's 0.07%.

Alden26.6%18,221
Aldo25.9%17,728
Angus9.9%6,751
Abdul9.5%6,528
Alvis7.6%5,206
Alois3.7%2,525
Aldon2.4%1,618
Klaus2.1%1,471

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.

Aldus 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: #2,929; 1916
Peak year: 1916; 8 that year
First recorded: 1915
Last recorded: 1961
All-time count: 50
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Aldus

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

Aldor Aldan Kudus Aldyn Aldrik Aldous Aldis Aldie Aldred Aldin Aldren Kedus Aldwin Jadus Aldric Aldrin Alduin Aldine Aldahir Alder Aldean Aldon Alda Tydus

Sibling names for Aldus

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

Era Leatha Leone Hettie Cecil Ona Elda Erna

For a brother

Winfield Dorsey Isadore Hyman Regis Sydney Meyer Gustave

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