Aldis
Aldis is both a given name and surname. As a given name, it is predominantly a masculine Latvian name.
Meaning & Origin of Aldis
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Aldis is both a given name and surname. As a given name, it is predominantly a masculine Latvian name.
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The Story of Aldis
The earliest SSA record of Aldis as a baby boy name dates back to 1917, when 5 babies received it. 1920 was its biggest year on record, with 8 newborns named Aldis — #3,208 in the national rankings. About 33% of every Aldis on record arrived during the 1920s, its defining decade. Aldis last appeared in the published SSA data in 1967, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 24 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1910s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
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About the name Aldis
Aldis is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1917 and has accumulated 24 births in the dataset. Aldis's peak popularity came in 1920 when it ranked #3,208. Use the chart and map above to compare Aldis'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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