# Aidan (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/aidan/  
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 | Irish |
| Meaning | “fire” |
| Pronunciation | /ˈeɪdən/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Aden, Aiden, Ayden, Aydan, Aayden |
| US babies named this | 121,158 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 118,431 / 2,727 (2% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 16,962, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Name of an Irish saint, Anglicized from Irish Aodhán and Scottish Gaelic Aodhan, diminutives of Aodh (literally "fire", the name of a Celtic sun god).

## What it means

Aidan is grouped under fire.

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 49 | 3,309 |
| 2011 | 53 | 3,132 |
| 2012 | 42 | 3,712 |
| 2013 | 28 | 4,890 |
| 2014 | 21 | 5,995 |
| 2015 | 24 | 5,468 |
| 2016 | 20 | 6,191 |
| 2017 | 20 | 6,051 |
| 2018 | 15 | 7,420 |
| 2019 | 15 | 7,352 |
| 2020 | 25 | 5,008 |
| 2021 | 21 | 5,752 |
| 2022 | 11 | 9,075 |
| 2024 | 7 | 12,202 |
| 2025 | 8 | 10,953 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 3,721 | 107 |
| 2012 | 3,225 | 116 |
| 2013 | 2,676 | 146 |
| 2014 | 2,280 | 187 |
| 2015 | 2,265 | 185 |
| 2016 | 2,118 | 191 |
| 2017 | 1,735 | 221 |
| 2018 | 1,571 | 242 |
| 2019 | 1,544 | 243 |
| 2020 | 1,331 | 261 |
| 2021 | 1,209 | 286 |
| 2022 | 1,161 | 296 |
| 2023 | 1,113 | 300 |
| 2024 | 1,098 | 312 |
| 2025 | 1,043 | 326 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 4 | 3,225 |
| 2000 | 3 | 3,912 |
| 2002 | 4 | 3,409 |
| 2009 | 4 | 4,564 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 637 | 101 |
| 2012 | 535 | 120 |
| 2013 | 415 | 143 |
| 2014 | 364 | 156 |
| 2015 | 421 | 138 |
| 2016 | 365 | 161 |
| 2017 | 341 | 164 |
| 2018 | 352 | 161 |
| 2019 | 361 | 154 |
| 2020 | 273 | 189 |
| 2021 | 289 | 188 |
| 2022 | 228 | 220 |
| 2023 | 196 | 243 |
| 2024 | 186 | 255 |
| 2025 | 171 | 265 |

## In other languages

- Arabic: أيْدِين
- Catalan: Eidan
- Chinese: 阿丹
- Hindi: ऐडन
- Icelandic: Eiður
- Irish: Aodhán
- Korean: 애듣
- Latin: Aedanus, Aidanus
- Portuguese: Áidano
- Russian: А́йдан
- Scottish Gaelic: Aodhàn
- Spanish: Eidan
- Welsh: Aeddan

## People named Aidan

- Aidan Quinn, American actor
- Aidan Gallagher, American actor
- Aidan of Lindisfarne, 7th-century Irish monk and missionary bishop, Catholic and Orthodox saint, first bishop of
- Francis Aidan Gasquet, Catholic cardinal (1846–1929)
- Aidan Chambers, British children's writer (1934–2025)
- Aidan Dodson, English Egyptologist and historian (born 1962)
- Aidan Morris, American soccer player
- Aidan Barlow, association football player (born 2000)
- Aidan Hutchinson, American football player (born 2000)
- Aidan Devine, British actor
- Aidan Nichols, British theologian and Dominican priest

## 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.