Aaron

Primarily a boy's name · 99% boys

Meaning

Aaron is an English masculine given name. The 'h' phoneme in the original Hebrew pronunciation "Aharon" is dropped in the Greek, Ἀαρών, from which the English form, Aaron, is derived. Aaron, the brother of Moses, is described in the Torah, the Quran and the Baha'i Iqan.

From Wikipedia

Aaron first appears in the data in 1880 and has been recorded in 145 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 1989 with 15,311 babies (rank #31 that year). In 2024 it was given to 4,225 boys (rank #79). The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Aaron

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Aaron yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.

22Destiny numberThe master builderTurns visions into structures — a heightened 4.Sum of every letter. The overall character a name carries.
8Soul urgeThe achieverDriven, capable, comfortable wielding influence.Sum of the vowels — what's said to drive the heart.
5PersonalityThe free spiritCurious, restless, energised by change.Sum of the consonants — the outer impression.

614,747

Total babies (all years)

145

Years in the data

15,311

Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Boys

Famous people named Aaron

Aaron Swartzhacktivist · b. 1986
Aaron Burrbretteur · b. 1756
Aaron Ramseyassociation football player · b. 1990
Aaron Klugmolecular biologist · b. 1926
Aaron Ciechanoverbiochemist · b. 1947

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year	Babies	Rank
1880	102	#131
1881	94	#127
1882	85	#161
1883	105	#121
1884	97	#142
1885	88	#153
1886	86	#161
1887	78	#160
1888	90	#166
1889	85	#158
1890	96	#147
1891	69	#184
1892	95	#166
1893	81	#176
1894	79	#188
1895	94	#166
1896	69	#216
1897	87	#177
1898	89	#177
1899	71	#191
1900	104	#193
1901	80	#179
1902	78	#201
1903	93	#175
1904	117	#162
1905	96	#188
1906	96	#188
1907	130	#166
1908	114	#187
1909	142	#173
1910	145	#187
1911	187	#171
1912	303	#190
1913	417	#166
1914	485	#183
1915	553	#198
1916	583	#195
1917	596	#197
1918	656	#196
1919	645	#195
1920	668	#199
1921	697	#197
1922	699	#196
1923	618	#209
1924	682	#203
1925	644	#215
1926	593	#227
1927	546	#240
1928	561	#233
1929	469	#258
1930	499	#252
1931	457	#250
1932	514	#233
1933	464	#242
1934	477	#240
1935	460	#250
1936	443	#250
1937	465	#249
1938	477	#247
1939	471	#244
1940	514	#234
1941	562	#227
1942	569	#236
1943	551	#255
1944	506	#264
1945	484	#270
1946	578	#261
1947	681	#252
1948	701	#244
1949	794	#227
1950	798	#230
1951	865	#223
1952	939	#216
1953	900	#223
1954	972	#223
1955	1,099	#217
1956	1,277	#206
1957	1,349	#200
1958	1,402	#199
1959	1,541	#191
1960	1,769	#178
1961	1,887	#167
1962	2,011	#159
1963	2,079	#160
1964	2,381	#138
1965	2,411	#130
1966	2,598	#117
1967	2,911	#106
1968	3,427	#88
1969	4,597	#61
1970	6,583	#52
1971	8,403	#41
1972	7,863	#40
1973	9,231	#34
1974	10,508	#32
1975	10,548	#32
1976	11,345	#30
1977	11,631	#32
1978	12,298	#32
1979	13,075	#32
1980	13,169	#34
1981	14,692	#30
1982	14,407	#30
1983	14,461	#29
1984	13,404	#29
1985	13,138	#33
1986	12,691	#33
1987	12,684	#34
1988	14,409	#31
1989	15,311	#31
1990	14,555	#34
1991	14,242	#31
1992	14,510	#30
1993	13,837	#30
1994	14,385	#28
1995	13,291	#30
1996	11,971	#34
1997	11,170	#33
1998	10,552	#37
1999	9,859	#38
2000	9,561	#41
2001	9,552	#42
2002	9,008	#43
2003	8,874	#50
2004	8,399	#53
2005	7,810	#57
2006	8,309	#57
2007	8,947	#51
2008	8,545	#50
2009	7,983	#54
2010	7,468	#55
2011	7,623	#51
2012	7,543	#51
2013	7,319	#51
2014	7,411	#50
2015	7,176	#52
2016	7,175	#49
2017	7,218	#47
2018	5,994	#60
2019	5,544	#61
2020	5,098	#63
2021	4,851	#65
2022	4,524	#71
2023	4,573	#68
2024	4,225	#79