Aidan

Meaning and origin of Aidan

Popularity of Aidan in France since 1986

• It peaked in 2008.
• Over recent years, Aidan has been falling sharply (−13.6% a year).
• In schools of 200 children born in those years, you would find one Aidan every 27 schools, all spellings combined.

Aidan in English-speaking countries

Aidan ranks 81^st in Ireland, 110^th in Northern Ireland and 127^th in Scotland, against 1,573^rd in France.

• IrelandCSO · 2023-25

  81^st boys’ name211 babies in 3 years1 boy in 340−9.1% a year

• Northern IrelandNISRA · 2023-25

  110^th boys’ name64 babies in 3 years1 boy in 398−6.9% a year

• ScotlandNRS · 2023-25

  127^th boys’ name111 babies in 3 years1 boy in 540−10.5% a year

• British Columbia (Canada)BC Vital Statistics · 2021-23

  178^th boys’ name66 babies in 3 years1 boy in 675−1.6% a year

• New ZealandDIA · 2023-25

  212^th boys’ name66 babies in 3 years1 boy in 746−2.9% a year

• Ontario (Canada)ServiceOntario · 2022-24

  200^th boys’ name193 babies in 3 years1 boy in 881−7.1% a year

• England and WalesONS · 2023-25

  258^th boys’ name553 babies in 3 years1 boy in 1,494−9.3% a year

• United StatesSSA · 2023-25

  312^th boys’ name3,254 babies in 3 years1 boy in 1,580−5.3% a year

Official figures from each country, over their latest three published years. The spellings Aidan and Aïdan are counted together; other spellings are counted apart.

Same sound, other spellings

• Aïdan50
• Aydan (in French)195
• Aïdann5
• Aydann5

Births 2023–2025. At school they sound the same: this total tells you whether your child is likely to share the name.

Names similar to Aidan

• Awen
• Allan
• Kian
• Kieran
• Aël
• Ronan
• Brian
• Nohlan
• Farell
• Conor
• Kelvin
• Maywen

See also

• →French names of Celtic origin