# Aydin (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/aydin/  
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 | Turkish |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈaɪdɪn/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 6,696 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 6,491 / 205 (3% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 1,554, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

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

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 10 | 9,772 |
| 2004 | 13 | 8,319 |
| 2005 | 12 | 8,973 |
| 2006 | 13 | 8,794 |
| 2007 | 15 | 8,154 |
| 2008 | 21 | 6,383 |
| 2009 | 22 | 6,131 |
| 2010 | 15 | 7,939 |
| 2011 | 11 | 9,817 |
| 2012 | 13 | 8,698 |
| 2013 | 15 | 7,802 |
| 2014 | 6 | 14,838 |
| 2016 | 7 | 13,089 |
| 2019 | 8 | 11,515 |
| 2020 | 6 | 13,695 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 358 | 655 |
| 2012 | 332 | 713 |
| 2013 | 332 | 707 |
| 2014 | 321 | 741 |
| 2015 | 288 | 802 |
| 2016 | 280 | 818 |
| 2017 | 255 | 855 |
| 2018 | 254 | 863 |
| 2019 | 273 | 826 |
| 2020 | 259 | 869 |
| 2021 | 256 | 897 |
| 2022 | 187 | 1,130 |
| 2023 | 176 | 1,169 |
| 2024 | 167 | 1,211 |
| 2025 | 147 | 1,315 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 52 | 638 |
| 2012 | 74 | 507 |
| 2013 | 84 | 461 |
| 2014 | 85 | 463 |
| 2015 | 91 | 445 |
| 2016 | 102 | 412 |
| 2017 | 91 | 454 |
| 2018 | 86 | 471 |
| 2019 | 105 | 408 |
| 2020 | 77 | 496 |
| 2021 | 98 | 425 |
| 2022 | 77 | 509 |
| 2023 | 85 | 472 |
| 2024 | 68 | 560 |
| 2025 | 83 | 469 |

## In other languages

- Latin: Tralles
- Turkish: Aydın

## People named Aydin

- Aydin Mirzazade, Azerbaijani politician (born 1957)

## 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.