Aida
Aida or Aïda is a female given name of Arabic origin.
- Arabic
- Bosnian
- Albanian
- Kazakh
Meaning & Origin of Aida
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Aida or Aïda is a female given name of Arabic origin.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Arabic
- Bosnian
- Albanian
- Kazakh
- Kyrgyz
- Tatar
- Bashkir
- Literature
- Spanish
The Story of Aida
Aida first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1881, with 6 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2005: 243 births, good for #1,004 nationwide. As of 2026, Aida ranks #1,227 for baby girls with 190 births, gradually rising (+6%). All told, over 14K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1880s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Variants & Related Forms of Aida
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Aida. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Names that sound like Aida
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About the name Aida
Aida is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1881 and has accumulated 14K births in the dataset. Aida's peak popularity came in 2005 when it ranked #669. Use the chart and map above to compare Aida'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.