# Aaron (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/aaron/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | Hebrew |
| Meaning | “bearer of martyrs”, “warrior lion”, “elevated”, “exalted”, “high mountain” |
| Pronunciation | /ˈɛəɹ.ən/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Aron, Arron |
| US babies named this | 618,857 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 614,462 / 4,395 (1% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 36,653, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Latin Aaron, from Ancient Greek Ἀαρών (Aarṓn), from Hebrew אַהֲרֹן (ʾAhărōn), of unknown meaning, possibly meaning “bearer of martyrs”, or perhaps also, or instead, related to the Ancient Egyptian ꜥḥꜣ rw (“warrior lion”), though it has been suggested to also mean “elevated”, “exalted” or “high mountain”. Doublet of Harun.

## What it means

Aaron is grouped under lion and mountain.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 21 | 6,148 |
| 2012 | 21 | 6,111 |
| 2013 | 11 | 9,613 |
| 2014 | 24 | 5,458 |
| 2015 | 20 | 6,236 |
| 2016 | 23 | 5,624 |
| 2017 | 20 | 6,046 |
| 2018 | 15 | 7,410 |
| 2019 | 20 | 5,987 |
| 2020 | 9 | 10,254 |
| 2021 | 16 | 6,969 |
| 2022 | 11 | 9,059 |
| 2023 | 6 | 13,467 |
| 2024 | 7 | 12,167 |
| 2025 | 17 | 6,546 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 7,624 | 51 |
| 2012 | 7,545 | 51 |
| 2013 | 7,319 | 51 |
| 2014 | 7,412 | 50 |
| 2015 | 7,177 | 52 |
| 2016 | 7,178 | 49 |
| 2017 | 7,219 | 47 |
| 2018 | 5,996 | 60 |
| 2019 | 5,548 | 61 |
| 2020 | 5,100 | 63 |
| 2021 | 4,856 | 65 |
| 2022 | 4,527 | 71 |
| 2023 | 4,577 | 68 |
| 2024 | 4,245 | 79 |
| 2025 | 4,041 | 80 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 1,147 | 58 |
| 2012 | 959 | 69 |
| 2013 | 778 | 81 |
| 2014 | 819 | 80 |
| 2015 | 773 | 87 |
| 2016 | 704 | 95 |
| 2017 | 646 | 101 |
| 2018 | 543 | 113 |
| 2019 | 543 | 113 |
| 2020 | 468 | 120 |
| 2021 | 481 | 119 |
| 2022 | 410 | 135 |
| 2023 | 360 | 146 |
| 2024 | 333 | 154 |
| 2025 | 287 | 180 |

## In other languages

- Arabic: هَارُون
- Armenian: Ահարոն
- Catalan: Aaró
- Chinese: 亞倫 /亚伦
- Danish: Aron
- Dutch: Aäron
- Estonian: Aaron
- Finnish: Aaro
- French: Aaron
- German: Aaron
- Greek: Ααρών
- Hebrew: אַהֲרֹן
- Hindi: ऐरॉन
- Hungarian: Áron
- Indonesian: Harun
- Irish: Árón, Aaron
- Italian: Aronne
- Latin: Aaron
- Lithuanian: Aronas
- Norwegian: Aron

## People named Aaron

- Aaron Swartz, American computer programmer and internet-political activist (1986–2013)
- Aaron Klug, British chemist and biophysicist
- Aaron Eckhart, American actor (born 1968)
- Aaron Copland, American composer, composition teacher, writer, and conductor (1900-1990)
- Aaron Paul, American actor (born 1979)
- Aaron Sorkin, American filmmaker (born 1961)
- Aaron Lennon, English association football player (born 1987)
- Aaron Taylor-Johnson, English actor (born 1990)
- Aaron Ramsdale, English association football player (born 1998)
- Aaron Carter, American pop singer, actor and songwriter (1987–2022)
- Aaron Wan-Bissaka, DR Congo footballer (born 1997)
- Aaron Beck, American psychiatrist, researcher, therapist

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.