Aedan
Aidan, Aiden and Ayden are anglicised versions of the Irish male given name Aodhán. The Irish language female equivalent is Aodhnait.
- Old Irish
Meaning & Origin of Aedan
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Aidan, Aiden and Ayden are anglicised versions of the Irish male given name Aodhán. The Irish language female equivalent is Aodhnait.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Old Irish
The Story of Aedan
The earliest SSA record of Aedan as a baby boy name dates back to 1988, when 5 babies received it. 2007 was its biggest year on record, with 283 newborns named Aedan — #774 in the national rankings. About 45% of every Aedan on record arrived during the 2000s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Aedan ranks #3,103 for baby boys with 39 births, falling sharply (-54%). All told, over 4K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1980s to the 2020s.
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About the name Aedan
Aedan is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1988 and has accumulated 4K births in the dataset. Aedan's peak popularity came in 2007 when it ranked #759. Use the chart and map above to compare Aedan'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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