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Aidan
An Irish name (from the 7th-century Saint Aidan) that surged in American use starting in the 1990s. It is having a real moment, more popular in the 2000s than ever before. These days, it is neither rare nor overly common.
IrishIrish "Aodhán"
EtymologyMeaning "little fire"
Also spelled: Aiden
Births by decade
1900s
0
1910s
0
1920s
0
1930s
5
1940s
0
1950s
22
1960s
70
1970s
192
1980s
593
1990s
9,392
2000s
78,092
2010s
22,519
Peaked in the 2000s · 110,885 total U.S. births since 1900