Ayden Boy
How popular is Ayden?
#257 boy name in 2025
1,343 baby boys were named Ayden in the US in 2025, making it the 257th most popular boy name. Another 22 girls got the name (#5,553 for girls).
Ayden popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #257 for boys (▼ 44 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 1,343 boys, 22 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-73% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #87 in 2015, #122 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2012 (6,234 boys) |
| Highest rank | #68 in 2012 |
| First recorded | 1990 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 99% boys, 1% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 1.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Ayden counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Aiden family of names ranked #27 for boys in 2025 (#15 the year before), with 8,066 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Aiden | 5,046 | 63% |
| Ayden | 1,343 | 17% |
| Aidan | 1,043 | 13% |
| Aden | 224 | 3% |
| Aydin | 147 | 2% |
| Aydan | 85 | 1% |
| Aidyn | 41 | 1% |
| Aaden | 8 | 0% |
| Adin | 46 | 1% |
| Aayden | 14 | 0% |
| Aaiden | 12 | 0% |
| Adon | 19 | 0% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Ayden is most popular
Babies named Ayden per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Mississippi: 2.5 per 1,000 (144 boys)
- Rhode Island: 2.3 per 1,000 (37 boys)
- Louisiana: 1.9 per 1,000 (195 boys)
- Hawaii: 1.8 per 1,000 (28 boys)
- New Mexico: 1.7 per 1,000 (57 boys)
Ayden by decade
Boy names about as popular as Ayden
Questions
- Is Ayden a boy or girl name?
- Ayden is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 99% of babies named Ayden were boys.
- How popular is the name Ayden?
- 1,343 baby boys were named Ayden in the US in 2025, making it the 257th most popular boy name. Another 22 girls got the name (#5,553 for girls).
- When was Ayden most popular?
- Ayden peaked in 2012, when 6,234 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #68 in 2012.
- How many people are named Ayden?
- 91,630 babies have been named Ayden in the US since 1880. We estimate about 90,827 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 14.
- Where is Ayden most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Ayden was most common in Mississippi, at 2.5 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.