Aadan
Aadan is a name with a single cultural origin: Somali.
- Somali
Meaning & Origin of Aadan
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Aadan is a name with a single cultural origin: Somali.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Somali
The Story of Aadan
American parents first put Aadan on the record books as a baby boy name in 2003, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 2009, when 23 Aadans were born — ranking #4,277 that year. About 53% of every Aadan on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. Aadan last appeared in the published SSA data in 2022, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 136 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 2000s to the 2020s.
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About the name Aadan
Aadan is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 2003 and has accumulated 136 births in the dataset. Aadan's peak popularity came in 2009 when it ranked #4,277. Use the chart and map above to compare Aadan's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.