Aidan

maleStatistical record

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

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

Aidan: Recorded every year since 1964, its highest recorded position is #33, and it was still inside the top 100 in 2025.

6registrars recorded it
166times a registrar ranked it
62years from first to last
#33highest recorded position
34groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Aidan's record

Ranked every year since 1964, without a single year missing. Names by continuity of record
Held a top-100 place for 62 years running. Names by top-100 run

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1999–2009

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1999	#3225
2000	#3912
2002	#3409
2009	#4564

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

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among boys in Republic of Ireland in every year from 1964 to 2025.

In 2024: #84 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #136 among boys in Northern Ireland, #155 among boys in Scotland, #255 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 6 national registrars across 6 regions, 1964–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1964
First recorded at #37 among boys in Republic of Ireland in 1964 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Highest recorded1964–2025
Highest recorded position: #33 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 1965 (recorded 1964–2025).
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #82 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Boys

Aidan appears in 6 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Boys, which has ranked it in 62 years beginning in 1964, and has registered 10,061 births with the name.

Aidan across 6 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.

Aidan'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
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#37 (1964)	#33 (1965)	#82 (2025)	62 of 62	10,061 (1964–2025)	258 (1974)
England and Wales · Boys	#83 (1996)	#67 (2002)	#255 (2024)	29 of 29	16,776 (1996–2024)	901 (2004)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#62 (1997)	#43 (2011)	#136 (2024)	28 of 28	1,278 (1997–2024)	73 (2011)
New Zealand · Boys	#81 (1993)	#54 (2001)	#99 (2014)	22 of 22	1,521 (1993–2014)	92 (2008)
New South Wales, Australia · Boys	#95 (1993)	#50 (2008)	#87 (2012)	20 of 20	2,782 (1993–2012)	182 (2007)
England and Wales · Girls	#3225 (1999)	#3225 (1999)	#4564 (2009)	4 of 11	15 (1999–2009)	4 (1999)

Aidan by decade in Republic of Ireland · 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 Aidan in Republic of Ireland · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1960s	1,182	6 of 10	197
1970sbusiest	2,289	10 of 10	229
1980s	2,050	10 of 10	205
1990s	1,175	10 of 10	118
2000s	1,224	10 of 10	122
2010s	1,650	10 of 10	165
2020s	491	6 of 10	82

Across Republic of Ireland · Boys, the 1970s were its busiest decade, averaging 229 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 1974 and 1975, when recorded births fell by 69, from 258 to 189.

See the names Republic of Irelandhas recorded the most births with →

Aidan 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 6 regions, from 1964 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #33 in Republic of Ireland in 1965.

Aidan'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	male	#255	186	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#243	196	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#220	228	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#188	289	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#189	273	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#154	361	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#161	352	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#164	341	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#161	365	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#138	421	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#156	364	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#143	415	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#120	535	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#101	637	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#91	710	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#4564	4	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#78	858	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#91	749	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#78	867	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#86	804	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#78	865	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#70	901	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#72	838	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#3409	4	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#67	891	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#80	717	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#3912	3	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#72	741	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#3225	4	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#75	748	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#81	712	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#82	732	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#83	680	High	Verified
2012	New South Wales, Australia	male	#87	123	Insufficient	Not yet available
2011	New South Wales, Australia	male	#85	125	Insufficient	Not yet available
2010	New South Wales, Australia	male	#59	163	Insufficient	Not yet available
2009	New South Wales, Australia	male	#56	172	Insufficient	Not yet available
2008	New South Wales, Australia	male	#50	182	Insufficient	Not yet available
2007	New South Wales, Australia	male	#53	182	Insufficient	Not yet available
2006	New South Wales, Australia	male	#60	156	Insufficient	Not yet available
2005	New South Wales, Australia	male	#58	161	Insufficient	Not yet available
2004	New South Wales, Australia	male	#63	139	Insufficient	Not yet available
2003	New South Wales, Australia	male	#54	163	Insufficient	Not yet available
2002	New South Wales, Australia	male	#53	170	Insufficient	Not yet available
2001	New South Wales, Australia	male	#79	109	Insufficient	Not yet available
2000	New South Wales, Australia	male	#66	139	Insufficient	Not yet available
1999	New South Wales, Australia	male	#68	147	Insufficient	Not yet available
1998	New South Wales, Australia	male	#74	123	Insufficient	Not yet available
1997	New South Wales, Australia	male	#81	111	Insufficient	Not yet available
1996	New South Wales, Australia	male	#80	110	Insufficient	Not yet available
1995	New South Wales, Australia	male	#79	104	Insufficient	Not yet available
1994	New South Wales, Australia	male	#76	119	Insufficient	Not yet available
1993	New South Wales, Australia	male	#95	84	Insufficient	Not yet available
2014	New Zealand	male	#99	45	High	Verified
2013	New Zealand	male	#92	53	High	Verified
2012	New Zealand	male	#94	51	High	Verified
2011	New Zealand	male	#75	61	High	Verified
2010	New Zealand	male	#76	69	High	Verified
2009	New Zealand	male	#62	79	High	Verified
2008	New Zealand	male	#57	92	High	Verified
2007	New Zealand	male	#97	55	High	Verified
2006	New Zealand	male	#74	74	High	Verified
2005	New Zealand	male	#64	76	High	Verified
2004	New Zealand	male	#78	68	High	Verified
2003	New Zealand	male	#59	86	High	Verified
2002	New Zealand	male	#66	73	High	Verified
2001	New Zealand	male	#54	87	High	Verified
2000	New Zealand	male	#75	69	High	Verified
1999	New Zealand	male	#79	67	High	Verified
1998	New Zealand	male	#64	82	High	Verified
1997	New Zealand	male	#67	82	High	Verified
1996	New Zealand	male	#96	55	High	Verified
1995	New Zealand	male	#92	60	High	Verified
1994	New Zealand	male	#92	60	High	Verified
1993	New Zealand	male	#81	77	High	Verified
2024	Northern Ireland	male	#136	16	High	Verified
2023	Northern Ireland	male	#108	23	High	Verified
2022	Northern Ireland	male	#91	28	High	Verified
2021	Northern Ireland	male	#70	42	High	Verified
2020	Northern Ireland	male	#77	38	High	Verified
2019	Northern Ireland	male	#86	35	High	Verified
2018	Northern Ireland	male	#83	35	High	Verified
2017	Northern Ireland	male	#72	45	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	male	#73	46	High	Verified
2015	Northern Ireland	male	#89	35	High	Verified
2014	Northern Ireland	male	#86	36	High	Verified
2013	Northern Ireland	male	#71	44	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	male	#43	72	High	Verified
2011	Northern Ireland	male	#43	73	High	Verified
2010	Northern Ireland	male	#58	60	High	Verified
2009	Northern Ireland	male	#57	61	High	Verified
2008	Northern Ireland	male	#63	57	High	Verified
2007	Northern Ireland	male	#56	57	High	Verified
2006	Northern Ireland	male	#56	55	High	Verified
2005	Northern Ireland	male	#68	47	High	Verified
2004	Northern Ireland	male	#52	58	High	Verified
2003	Northern Ireland	male	#60	51	High	Verified
2002	Northern Ireland	male	#58	51	High	Verified
2001	Northern Ireland	male	#78	36	High	Verified
2000	Northern Ireland	male	#61	48	High	Verified
1999	Northern Ireland	male	#73	40	High	Verified
1998	Northern Ireland	male	#73	41	High	Verified
1997	Northern Ireland	male	#62	48	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	male	#82	72	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	male	#84	70	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	male	#88	69	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	male	#73	92	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	male	#73	94	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	male	#70	94	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	male	#48	142	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	male	#51	149	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	male	#56	127	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	male	#52	152	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	male	#52	154	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	male	#51	159	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	male	#48	179	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	male	#50	172	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#40	229	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	male	#48	187	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#46	197	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	male	#60	151	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	male	#55	149	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	male	#65	120	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	male	#71	106	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	male	#62	124	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	male	#64	109	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	male	#62	109	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	male	#73	84	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	male	#74	75	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	male	#69	87	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	male	#65	86	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	male	#62	121	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	male	#63	113	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	male	#63	120	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	male	#62	110	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	male	#53	146	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	male	#60	126	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	male	#55	143	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	male	#61	123	High	Verified
1989	Republic of Ireland	male	#50	149	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	male	#50	147	High	Verified
1987	Republic of Ireland	male	#47	185	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	male	#47	191	High	Verified
1985	Republic of Ireland	male	#46	201	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	male	#45	225	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	male	#46	229	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	male	#46	240	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	male	#46	240	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	male	#50	243	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	male	#47	230	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	male	#47	221	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	male	#44	227	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	male	#38	257	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	male	#54	189	High	Verified
1974	Republic of Ireland	male	#39	258	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	male	#41	242	High	Verified
1972	Republic of Ireland	male	#45	218	High	Verified
1971	Republic of Ireland	male	#44	213	High	Verified
1970	Republic of Ireland	male	#35	234	High	Verified
1969	Republic of Ireland	male	#41	185	High	Verified
1968	Republic of Ireland	male	#36	215	High	Verified
1967	Republic of Ireland	male	#38	198	High	Verified
1966	Republic of Ireland	male	#41	169	High	Verified
1965	Republic of Ireland	male	#33	233	High	Verified
1964	Republic of Ireland	male	#37	182	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	male	#155	29	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
New South Wales, Australia hub — collected by NSW Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages
New Zealand hub — collected by NZ Department of Internal Affairs
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 6 registrars between 1964 and 2025, ranked in 62 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #33, first reached in 1965.

It held a top-100 place in 62 years, 62 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 901 births, registered in England and Wales in 2004.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1993, and 60 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.

Aida · #237, 69y
Aidah · #2286, 12y
Aideen · #106, 62y
Aiden · #33, 62y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 6 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.

Georgina · #33, 62y
Gabrielle · #32, 62y
Madeline · #32, 60y
Shaun · #34, 61y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1960 and 1969.

Aiden · #33, 62y
Cora · #33, 62y
Georgina · #33, 62y
Melinda · #33, 61y

Aidan was ranked #33 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 1965. 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.

Aidan 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 Aidan without appearing here.

Aidan moved ahead of

Martin Compare
In 2001 they stood at #78 and #72 in Northern Ireland · Boys; by 2002 that had become #58 and #100.
Peter Compare
In 2014 they stood at #156 and #152 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2015 that had become #138 and #177.
Christopher Compare
In 2007 they stood at #97 and #73 in New Zealand · Boys; by 2008 that had become #57 and #93.
Brendan Compare
In 2001 they stood at #79 and #61 in New South Wales, Australia · Boys; by 2002 that had become #53 and #84.

Moved ahead of Aidan

Beau Compare
In 2019 they stood at #154 and #167 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2020 that had become #189 and #131.
Teddy Compare
In 2012 they stood at #120 and #141 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2013 that had become #143 and #86.
Cillian Compare
In 2022 they stood at #220 and #223 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #243 and #204.
Brodie Compare
In 2020 they stood at #189 and #195 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2021 that had become #188 and #150.

Moved the opposite way to Aidan

Alexander Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Aidan went from #37 to #82 while Alexander went from #116 to #55.
Benjamin Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Aidan went from #37 to #82 while Benjamin went from #139 to #83.
Conor Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Aidan went from #37 to #82 while Conor went from #56 to #16.
Liam Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Aidan went from #37 to #82 while Liam went from #54 to #7.

Moved the same way as Aidan

Alfred Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Aidan went from #37 to #82 and Alfred from #134 to #286.
Denis Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Aidan went from #37 to #82 and Denis from #21 to #232.
Frank Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Aidan went from #37 to #82 and Frank from #164 to #286.
George Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Aidan went from #37 to #82 and George from #52 to #112.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

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 6 regions, from 1964 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #33 in Republic of Ireland in 1965. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Aidan

Aidan at a glance

What stands out in Aidan's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Aidan across 6 official records

Aidan by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Aidan appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

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Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Aidan

Aidan and the names beside it

Aidan moved ahead of

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Aidan at a glance

What stands out in Aidan's record

Aidan across 6 official records

Aidan by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Aidan appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Aidan

Aidan and the names beside it

Aidan moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Aidan

Moved the opposite way to Aidan

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