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Aron

Aron means "Hebrew, high mountain or exalted" and comes from Hebrew, giving it real etymological depth as a boy's name. It has been climbing steadily, peaking most recently in the 2000s. Today, it is on the rarer side without being unusual in the registry. Its single strongest year on record was 2008.

EtymologyVariant of Aaron
HebrewHebrew – "high mountain" or "exalted"
Births by decade
1900s
179
1910s
528
1920s
782
1930s
544
1940s
425
1950s
602
1960s
836
1970s
2,567
1980s
2,822
1990s
3,125
2000s
3,507
2010s
2,716
Peaked in the 2000s · 18,633 total U.S. births since 1900