Aeron
Aeron is a name with a single cultural origin: Welsh.
- Welsh
Meaning & Origin of Aeron
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Aeron is a name with a single cultural origin: Welsh.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Welsh
The Story of Aeron
As a girl name
Aeron first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a girl name in 1974, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1999: 7 births, good for #11,386 nationwide. About 26% of every Aeron on record arrived during the 1990s, its defining decade. Aeron last appeared in the published SSA data in 2016, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 65 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1970s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
The earliest SSA record of Aeron as a boy name dates back to 1970, when 5 babies received it. 1994 was its biggest year on record, with 26 newborns named Aeron — #2,765 in the national rankings. About 27% of every Aeron on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Aeron ranks #7,856 for boys with 5 births, falling sharply (-47%). All told, over 631 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1970s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
Variants & Related Forms of Aeron
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Aeron. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
- Aerona
- Aeronwy
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About the name Aeron
Aeron is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1970 and has accumulated 631 births in the dataset. Aeron's peak popularity came in 1994 when it ranked #2,765. Use the chart and map above to compare Aeron'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.