Aaron
Aaron is an English masculine given name. The 'h' phoneme in the original Hebrew pronunciation "Aharon" (אהרן) is dropped in the Greek, Ἀαρών, from which the English form, Aaron, is derived.
Meaning & Origin of Aaron
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Aaron is an English masculine given name. The 'h' phoneme in the original Hebrew pronunciation "Aharon" (אהרן) is dropped in the Greek, Ἀαρών, from which the English form, Aaron, is derived.
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The Story of Aaron
Aaron first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1880, with 102 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 1989, when 15,311 Aarons were born — ranking #31 that year. As of 2026, Aaron ranks #82 for baby boys with 4,078 births, falling sharply (-25%). In total, more than 619K Aarons have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1880s through the 2020s.
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About the name Aaron
Aaron is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1880 and has accumulated 619K births in the dataset. Aaron's peak popularity came in 1989 when it ranked #28. Use the chart and map above to compare Aaron'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 .
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