Ayden
Aidan, Aiden and Ayden are anglicised versions of the Irish male given name Aodhán. The Irish language female equivalent is Aodhnait.
Meaning & Origin of Ayden
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Aidan, Aiden and Ayden are anglicised versions of the Irish male given name Aodhán. The Irish language female equivalent is Aodhnait.
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The Story of Ayden
Ayden first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1990, with 5 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 2012, when 6,233 Aydens were born — ranking #68 that year. As of 2026, Ayden ranks #257 for baby boys with 1,350 births, falling sharply (-48%). In total, more than 91K Aydens have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1990s through the 2020s.
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About the name Ayden
Ayden is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1990 and has accumulated 91K births in the dataset. Ayden's peak popularity came in 2012 when it ranked #68. Use the chart and map above to compare Ayden'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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