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Aydin

#1,315 in 2025Boys' name

Light; clarity; shining; bright; enlightened, educated, intelligent

Aydin has been given to 6,696 babies in the U.S. since 1984. In 2025 it ranked #1,315 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2008, with 393 recorded.

Babies named Aydin, 2025

1 in 22,600

Aydin over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
010020030040018801900192019401960198020002020

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Aydin: meaning, origin, and history

Light; clarity; shining; bright; enlightened, educated, intelligent

Turkish

What Aydin means

Aydin means “light; clarity; shining; bright; enlightened, educated, intelligent”, associated with aydın.

Dictionary etymologyReferences, data & attribution

From Turkish Aydın, from Ottoman Turkish آیدین (Aydın) named for Aydin Mehmet Bey, from آیدین (aydın, “light; clarity; shining; bright; enlightened, educated, intelligent”).

Excerpt from Wiktionary: Aydin (English) · CC BY-SA 4.0

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Origin, language, and formation

Aydin is used in English. Its origins include Turkish.

Aydin comes through Turkish Aydın and Ottoman Turkish آیدین.

Pronunciation and spelling

In English, Aydin is pronounced /ˈaɪdɪn/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 6,491 boys were recorded with the name Aydin between 1984 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 393 in 2008; its best national rank was #629 in 2008.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #869 in 2020 to #1,315 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #802 in 2015 to #1,315 in 2025.

In the United States, 205 girls were recorded with the name Aydin between 2001 and 2020. Its highest annual count was 22 in 2009; its best national rank was #6,128 in 2009.

How common is Aydin?

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

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 22,600
147 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 11,600
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#1,315
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
15,633 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Aydin 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 5002%

Put another way: gather 15,633 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Aydin. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Aydins were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Aydin was born before 2012 — so the typical Aydin is around 13 today.

Median birth year
2012
About 13 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
47.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
97.6%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
6,491
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2010s — 47.0% of all recorded uses (3,051).

Is Aydin 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
−104
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−446
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−513
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.51×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
37.4%
Peak was 2008 (393)
Years since peak
17
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Steady
8.6% average annual change
Best rank ever
#629
2008

Spellings of Aydin

Aydin is not the most common spelling — Aiden is, with 18.1% against Aydin's 0.46%.

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 Aydin is used

Across 2016–2025, Aydin was most concentrated in New Jersey — about 1 in 3,448 boys, against 1 in 7,164 across all states with data. It was least common in Kentucky (1 in 33,333).

329 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1New Jersey1 in 3,448
  2. 2New York1 in 3,571
  3. 3Virginia1 in 3,846
  4. 4Illinois1 in 5,000
  5. 5Georgia1 in 5,263
  6. 6Pennsylvania1 in 6,250
  7. 7Michigan1 in 6,667
  8. 8Washington1 in 6,667

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.

Aydin around the world

Where Aydin 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
    #469
    in 2025
  • Scotland
    2004–2025
    #560
    in 2025
  • Ireland
    2010–2024
    #785
    in 2024
  • France
    1976–2025
    #1,082
    in 2025
  • Canada
    1999–2024
    #1,011
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    1996–2013
    #754
    in 2013

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, National Records of Scotland, Central Statistics Office, 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. 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 Aydin

People whose public names include Aydin, 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.

Aydin by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#1,315
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 446
Best rank ever
#629
2008
Peak year
2008
393 that year
First recorded
1984
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
6,491
Count in 2025
147

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#6,128
2009
Peak year
2009
22 that year
First recorded
2001
Last recorded
2020
All-time count
205
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Aydin

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

AydanKadinAydonAydenAdinOdinJaydinLandinJordinAydennAidinAldinEldinCadinHardinKaydinBrandinEdinJadinAydynBodinAjdinAydrianZaydin

Names with a curve like Aydin

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

DavianKrishMakhiMalakiIzayahAryanMaximMarleyJayvionKymaniTeaganHaiden

Sibling names for Aydin

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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