Ayden

What Ayden means

Variant of Aidan, meaning “fire”

spelling variant of Aidan || Name of an Irish saint, Anglicized from Irish Aodhán and Scottish Gaelic Aodhan, diminutives of Aodh (literally "fire", the name of a Celtic sun god).

Source: Wiktionary, “Ayden” (revision 83830562) and “Aidan” (revision 93764782), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Ayden?

US: Falling: down from #87 in 2015. England & Wales: Falling: down from #312 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2012, when 6,234 boys got the name (#68 that year). First in the US records in 1990.

How common

• About 1 in 1,272 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 2,285 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 3,274 baby boys in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in DE (2.04 per 1,000 boys), MS (1.48 per 1,000 boys), NV (1.42 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed boys born in each state.

US vs UK

Ayden is #257 in the US and #352 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (boys). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 98.4% of US babies named Ayden were boys.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Aiden5,046 US · 298 E&W
• Aidan1,043 US · 171 E&W
• Eden551 US · 180 E&W
• Adan625 US · 10 E&W
• Eiden558 US · 13 E&W
• Aden224 US · 25 E&W
• Aydin147 US · 83 E&W
• Eyden168 US · 8 E&W

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Ayden

Boys

• Owen#31Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #31 vs #170 in 2025
• Finn#206“the Sami”^*
• Ronan#247Irish, meaning “little seal”^*
• Declan#139Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #139 vs #372 in 2025
• Lochlan#644Editor’s note Up from #841 in 2015 to #644 in 2025 in the US
• Kian#400Editor’s note Up from #489 in 2015 to #400 in 2025 in the US

For a sister

• Alayna#332Editor’s note Down from #223 in 2015 to #332 in 2025 in the US
• Ava#11Editor’s note Down from #4 in 2015 to #11 in 2025 in the US. About 1 in 210 US girls in the 2025 records
• Fiona#470“fair, white”^*
• Brynn#407Editor’s note Down from #259 in 2015 to #407 in 2025 in the US
• Teagan#340Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1979, with 6 babies
• Alaina#224Form of Elon, meaning “oak tree”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under Irish & Celtic, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Ayden’s. Rank is US 2025.