# Aharon (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/aharon/  
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 | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 2,584 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 2,584 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 178, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Transliteration of Hebrew אהרן (Ahărōn).

## 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, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 70 | 1,968 |
| 2012 | 53 | 2,381 |
| 2013 | 59 | 2,205 |
| 2014 | 65 | 2,117 |
| 2015 | 85 | 1,780 |
| 2016 | 79 | 1,875 |
| 2017 | 67 | 2,066 |
| 2018 | 89 | 1,733 |
| 2019 | 72 | 2,020 |
| 2020 | 77 | 1,912 |
| 2021 | 94 | 1,721 |
| 2022 | 90 | 1,804 |
| 2023 | 82 | 1,910 |
| 2024 | 89 | 1,821 |
| 2025 | 71 | 2,077 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 8 | 2,390 |
| 2012 | 4 | 3,987 |
| 2013 | 8 | 2,403 |
| 2014 | 9 | 2,248 |
| 2015 | 7 | 2,707 |
| 2016 | 7 | 2,804 |
| 2017 | 5 | 3,449 |
| 2018 | 6 | 3,011 |
| 2019 | 11 | 1,986 |
| 2020 | 4 | 3,848 |
| 2021 | 9 | 2,301 |
| 2022 | 4 | 4,001 |
| 2023 | 9 | 2,325 |
| 2024 | 6 | 3,254 |
| 2025 | 8 | 2,664 |

## People named Aharon

- Aharon Kotler, American rabbi; founder of Beth Medrash Govoha
- Adolf Jellinek, Czech rabbi (1821–1893)

## 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.