Aladdin
Aladdin is a name with a single cultural origin: Literature.
- Literature
Meaning & Origin of Aladdin
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Aladdin is a name with a single cultural origin: Literature.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Literature
The Story of Aladdin
Aladdin first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1980, with 6 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1993: 24 births, good for #2,864 nationwide. About 38% of every Aladdin on record arrived during the 2020s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Aladdin ranks #4,847 for baby boys with 20 births, rising sharply (+44% over the past five years). All told, over 300 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1980s to the 2020s.
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About the name Aladdin
Aladdin is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1980 and has accumulated 300 births in the dataset. Aladdin's peak popularity came in 1993 when it ranked #2,864. Use the chart and map above to compare Aladdin'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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