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Aydan

#1,853 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Multiple documented origins; meaning depends on tradition

Aydan has been given to 6,582 babies in the U.S. since 1993. In 2025 it ranked #1,853 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2008, with 454 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 93% boys, 7% girls all-time.

Babies named Aydan, 2025

1 in 39,000

Aydan over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
020040060018801900192019401960198020002020

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Aydan over time

In 2025, Aydan went to 0% girls and 100% boys.

19932025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Aydan: meaning, origin, and history

Multiple documented origins; meaning depends on tradition

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Aydan means

Aydan has more than one naming route in the cited origin entries: distinct naming traditions.

The naming story behind Aydan

One of the source’s documented entries for Aydan records a meaning of from the moon + moon.

A separate documented entry treats Aydan as a variant of Aidan. That is a personal-name relationship, which differs from translating the letters of the modern spelling into one universal English word. The linked origin entry identifies the context of this relationship.

Origin, language, and formation

Aydan is used in Turkish.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Turkish, Aydan is pronounced /ˈajdan/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 6,134 boys were recorded with the name Aydan between 1993 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 454 in 2008; its best national rank was #570 in 2008.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #1,336 in 2020 to #1,853 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #968 in 2015 to #1,853 in 2025.

In the United States, 448 girls were recorded with the name Aydan between 1997 and 2021. Its highest annual count was 41 in 2008; its best national rank was #3,806 in 2003.

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 Aydan?

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

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 39,000
85 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 20,100
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#1,853
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
27,035 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Aydan 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 5001%

Put another way: gather 27,035 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Aydan. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Aydans were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Aydan was born before 2010 — so the typical Aydan is around 15 today.

Median birth year
2010
About 15 years old
Biggest decade
2000s
46.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
97.0%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
6,134
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2000s — 46.0% of all recorded uses (2,822).

Is Aydan 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
−243
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−517
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−885
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.40×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
18.7%
Peak was 2008 (454)
Years since peak
17
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
12.1% average annual change
Best rank ever
#570
2008

Spellings of Aydan

Aydan is not the most common spelling — Ryan is, with 24.8% against Aydan's 0.16%.

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 Aydan is used — boys

Across 2016–2025, Aydan was most concentrated in Texas — about 1 in 8,333 boys, against 1 in 13,885 across all states with data. It was least common in Michigan (1 in 100,000).

112 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Texas1 in 8,333
  2. 2Arizona1 in 9,091
  3. 3California1 in 10,000
  4. 4New York1 in 10,000
  5. 5North Carolina1 in 11,111
  6. 6Florida1 in 12,500
  7. 7Georgia1 in 16,667
  8. 8Illinois1 in 16,667

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.

Where Aydan is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Aydan was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 2,066,972 across all states with data. It was least common in North Carolina (1 in —).

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in —
  2. 2North Carolina1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls 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. Aydan has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Aydan around the world

Where Aydan 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
    #1,406
    in 2025
  • Scotland
    2008–2023
    #614
    in 2023
  • France
    2003–2025
    #743
    in 2025
  • Canada
    1996–2024
    #2,328
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    1991–2012
    #771
    in 2012

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

Notable people named Aydan

People whose public names include Aydan, 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.

Aydan by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#1,853
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 517
Best rank ever
#570
2008
Peak year
2008
454 that year
First recorded
1993
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
6,134
Count in 2025
85

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#3,806
2003
Peak year
2008
41 that year
First recorded
1997
Last recorded
2021
All-time count
448
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Aydan

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

AydinAedanAydonJaydanAydenBrandanJadanAydennLandanEidanEydanEdanAdanKaidanZidanJaidanKadanBohdanJourdanAydynBogdanKaydanZaydanCadan

Names with a curve like Aydan

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

TeaganKaedenDamarionJamarionJavionBraidenJaidynKadynDavianYairRyleeKael

Sibling names for Aydan

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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