Aden

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Aden: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Aden: Recorded every year since 1996, it reached #375 in 2011, and it stood at #1,675 in 2024.

3registrars recorded it
51times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#375highest recorded position
12groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 2007–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2007	#5201
2011	#5785
2012	#4838
2014	#4684
2015	#4103
2016	#4096
2017	#4763
2018	#4684
2020	#5493
2021	#3961
2022	#3970
2023	#2927
2024	#2411

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in every year from 1996 to 2024.

In 2023: #770 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #1071 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #680 among boys in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded2011–2013
Highest recorded position: #375 among boys in Northern Ireland, in 2011 (recorded 2011–2013).
Northern Ireland · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #2411 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Aden appears in 4 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, which has ranked it in 29 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 1,104 births with the name.

Aden across 4 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Aden's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Boys	#680 (1996)	#396 (2009)	#1675 (2024)	29 of 29	1,104 (1996–2024)	100 (2010)
England and Wales · Girls	#5201 (2007)	#2411 (2024)	#2411 (2024)	13 of 18	64 (2007–2024)	11 (2024)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#604 (2009)	#542 (2010)	#770 (2023)	7 of 15	25 (2009–2023)	5 (2010)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#375 (2011)	#375 (2011)	#398 (2013)	2 of 3	6 (2011–2013)	3 (2011)

Aden by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Aden in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	79	4 of 10	20
2000s	434	10 of 10	43
2010sbusiest	467	10 of 10	47
2020s	124	5 of 10	25

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 47 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2010 and 2011, when recorded births fell by 44, from 100 to 56.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Aden appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #375 in Northern Ireland in 2011.

Aden's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#2411	11	High	Verified
2024	England and Wales	male	#1675	15	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#2927	8	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#1071	27	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#3970	5	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#1143	24	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#3961	5	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#963	31	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#5493	3	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#1019	27	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#908	32	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#4684	4	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#851	36	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#4763	4	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#943	32	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#4096	5	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#774	42	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#4103	5	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#927	32	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#4684	4	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#730	44	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#709	46	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#4838	4	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#704	47	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#5785	3	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#615	56	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#397	100	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#396	99	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#500	69	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#5201	3	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#883	29	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#711	37	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#653	40	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#576	43	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#642	34	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#611	32	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#686	26	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#710	25	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#750	22	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#850	18	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#914	16	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#680	23	High	Verified
2013	Northern Ireland	male	#398	3	High	Verified
2011	Northern Ireland	male	#375	3	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	male	#770	3	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	male	#657	4	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	male	#749	3	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	male	#711	3	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#730	3	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	male	#542	5	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#604	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 3 registrars between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 29 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #375, first reached in 2011.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 100 births, registered in England and Wales in 2010.

1 registrar publishes it in more than one category list, holding a place in each for at least five years — an observation about those lists rather than about the name.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2009, and 15 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 3 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Bryson · #375, 25y
Izaac · #375, 29y
Kayne · #375, 29y
Sultan · #375, 29y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Anisah · #375, 27y
Bryson · #375, 25y
Izaac · #375, 29y
Kayne · #375, 29y

Aden was ranked #375 in Northern Ireland · Boys in 2011. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Aden and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Aden without appearing here.

Aden moved ahead of

Hayden Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2927 and #2346 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #2411 and #5891.
Kristine Compare
In 2023 they stood at #5493 and #5493 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #2411 and #5891.
Teddy Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2927 and #2689 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #2411 and #5891.
Kristin Compare
In 2022 they stood at #5493 and #5493 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #2927 and #5687.

Moved ahead of Aden

Fiadh Compare
In 2014 they stood at #4684 and #5691 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2015 that had become #4103 and #2705.
Aksel Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1071 and #1461 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #1675 and #1132.
Markus Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1071 and #1108 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #1675 and #1162.
Carter Compare
In 1996 they stood at #680 and #755 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1997 that had become #914 and #476.

Moved the opposite way to Aden

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Aden went from #680 to #1675 while Albie went from #853 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Aden went from #680 to #1675 while Alfie went from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Aden went from #680 to #1675 while Alfred went from #218 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Aden went from #680 to #1675 while Archie went from #192 to #10.

Moved the same way as Aden

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Aden went from #680 to #1675 and Aaron from #33 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Aden went from #680 to #1675 and Adam from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Aden went from #680 to #1675 and Alan from #163 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Aden went from #680 to #1675 and Alex from #43 to #171.

What's not yet available

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #375 in Northern Ireland in 2011. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Aden

Aden at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Aden across 4 official records

Aden by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Popularity data

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Aden at a glance

Aden across 4 official records

Aden by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Aden appears in

What the record shows

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Next in the catalogue

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Aden

Aden and the names beside it

Aden moved ahead of

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