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Aaron

Boys' name · Late 20th-century perennial

Living in the US
~568,600 survival-weighted estimate
2025 rank
#80 among boys
Births in 2025
4,058 618,857 since 1880
Typical age
34 years, median

Aaron popularity over time

Aaron rank by birth year, 1880–2025Aaron ranked #131 in 1880 and #80 in 2025. Its best rank in the period was #28, in 1994.#100#80best #28 in 199418901920195019802010
Rank among US baby names by birth year, 1880–2025. Lower is more popular; the scale is logarithmic so the top of the chart is not compressed.

Aaron was used most in 1989, when 15,407 babies were given the name. It is present from 1880, the first year of the record. Across the record, 58 years put Aaron in the top 100.

The 2025 position is #80, on 4,058 births. Over ten years the count has fallen 44%.

Babies named Aaron per yearPeaks at 15,407 births in 1989.15,407 in 1989018901920195019802010
Recorded US births by year. The peak is labelled; the axis starts at zero.

How many people are named Aaron?

An estimated 568,600 living Americans are called Aaron. SSA has recorded 618,857 births under the name since 1880.

This is a survival-weighted estimate, not a headcount: every recorded birth year is multiplied by the chance someone born that year is still alive, using the SSA period life table. How the estimate works.

How old is the average Aaron?

Median age among living Aarons: 34. The 1980s produced the largest surviving cohort. By the site’s era rules that makes Aaron a late 20th-century perennial name.

Your Aaron

Ages of living people named AaronHalf of living Aarons are older than 34 and half younger.median 34020406080100
Estimated living bearers by age today. Each bar is a birth year, weighted by the chance someone born then is still alive.

Where Aaron is most common

Relative to births, Nevada carries 1.8× the national share of Aarons. California, New Jersey and Delaware follow.

Where Aaron is used more than average5 states use the name Aaron more than the national average.Alaska: not over-representedAKMaine: not over-representedMEVermont: not over-representedVTNew Hampshire: not over-representedNHWashington: not over-representedWAIdaho: not over-representedIDMontana: not over-representedMTNorth Dakota: not over-representedNDMinnesota: not over-representedMNIllinois: not over-representedILWisconsin: not over-representedWIMichigan: not over-representedMINew York: not over-representedNYOregon: not over-representedORNevada: 1.8× the national rateNVWyoming: not over-representedWYSouth Dakota: not over-representedSDIowa: not over-representedIAIndiana: not over-representedINOhio: not over-representedOHPennsylvania: not over-representedPANew Jersey: 1.7× the national rateNJConnecticut: not over-representedCTRhode Island: not over-representedRICalifornia: 1.8× the national rateCAUtah: not over-representedUTColorado: not over-representedCONebraska: not over-representedNEMissouri: not over-representedMOKentucky: not over-representedKYWest Virginia: not over-representedWVVirginia: not over-representedVAMaryland: not over-representedMDDelaware: 1.6× the national rateDEMassachusetts: not over-representedMAArizona: not over-representedAZNew Mexico: 1.5× the national rateNMKansas: not over-representedKSArkansas: not over-representedARTennessee: not over-representedTNNorth Carolina: not over-representedNCSouth Carolina: not over-representedSCDistrict of Columbia: not over-representedDCOklahoma: not over-representedOKLouisiana: not over-representedLAMississippi: not over-representedMSAlabama: not over-representedALGeorgia: not over-representedGAHawaii: not over-representedHITexas: not over-representedTXFlorida: not over-representedFL
Same as national3× or more
Location quotient, 2016–2025. Shaded states use the name more than the country does, relative to their own births. Exact figures are in the table below.
States where Aaron is over-represented, 2016–2025. The location quotient compares the state's share of the name with the national share.
StateBirthsvs national rate
Nevada 621 1.8×
California 10,441 1.8×
New Jersey 1,955 1.7×
Delaware 139 1.6×
New Mexico 299 1.5×

Aaron in England and Wales

In England and Wales, Aaron ranked #180 in 2025 on 287 births. That is 39% lower than five years earlier.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Counts below three are suppressed by ONS.

Where the name Aaron comes from

From Latin Aaron, from Ancient Greek Ἀαρών, from Hebrew אַהֲרֹן, of unknown meaning, possibly meaning “bearer of martyrs”, or perhaps also, or instead, related to the Ancient Egyptian ꜥḥꜣ rw (“warrior lion”), though it has been suggested to also mean “elevated”, “exalted” or “high mountain”. Doublet of Harun.

Etymology summarised from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0. Wiktionary entry.

Notable people named Aaron

Ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions have an article about them — a measure of reach, not of importance.
NameKnown forYearsEditions
Aaron Swartz American computer programmer and internet-political activist 1986–2013 82
Aaron Burr vice president of the United States from 1801 to 1805, lived 1756–1836 76
Aaron Ramsey Welsh association football player 1990 72
Aaron Klug British chemist and biophysicist 1926–2018 65
Aaron Ciechanover Israeli physician and biochemist, Nobel Laureate 1947 64
Aaron Eckhart American actor 1968 64
Aaron Copland American composer, composition teacher, writer, and conductor 1900–1990 61
Aaron Paul American actor 1979 58
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People and dates from Wikidata (CC0), limited to those with an English Wikipedia article who are known by this name as their first name.

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