Primarily a boy's name · 99% boys
Origin: HebrewAaron 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
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.
15,311 in 1989 marks Aaron's biggest year by count; the rank caught up five years later, reaching #28 in 1994. Both have receded since — 4,225 births and #79 in 2024, 43% down from what it counted a decade back.
Six hundred thousand-plus US births trace to this name since 1880, a solid mid-tier history — not among the dataset's largest names, but no recent arrival either.
Aaron Swartz, Aaron Burr, and Nobel-winning biologist Aaron Klug share almost nothing career-wise beyond this one name spanning tech activism, early American politics, and science.
Why did you choose this name — or what does it mean to you? Approved stories appear on this page.
→ See names similar to Aaron · Compare Aaron with another name → · Popular names of the 1980s · Boys names starting with A
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 |
