Aydan
Aydan is a Guanche and Irish male name or Turkish and Azerbaijani feminine given name and surname.
Meaning & Origin of Aydan
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Aydan is a Guanche and Irish male name or Turkish and Azerbaijani feminine given name and surname.
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The Story of Aydan
As a girl name
Aydan first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a girl name in 1997, with 5 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 2008, when 41 Aydans were born — ranking #3,859 that year. As of 2026, Aydan ranks #15,244 for girls with 5 births, with steady use. In total, more than 448 Aydans have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1990s through the 2020s.
As a boy name
Aydan first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a boy name in 1993, with 9 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 2008, when 454 Aydans were born — ranking #570 that year. As of 2026, Aydan ranks #1,642 for boys with 104 births, falling sharply (-23%). In total, more than 6K Aydans have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1990s through the 2020s.
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Popularity by State
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About the name Aydan
Aydan is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1993 and has accumulated 6K births in the dataset. Aydan's peak popularity came in 2008 when it ranked #570. Use the chart and map above to compare Aydan'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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