Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Aaron

#54 most common boys' name of all time · #96 across all names · 99% male / 1% female · used 1880–2025

Rank among boys
#54
Rank overall
#96 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
618,857
Since 2016
53,431
Peak year
1989 #31
Best rank
#28 1994
Girls Boys peak 15,407/yr
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Aaron is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 17 4,041 4,058 #80
2024 7 4,245 4,252 #79
2023 6 4,577 4,583 #68
2022 11 4,527 4,538 #71
2021 16 4,856 4,872 #65
2020 9 5,100 5,109 #63
2019 20 5,548 5,568 #61
2018 15 5,996 6,011 #60
2017 20 7,219 7,239 #47
2016 23 7,178 7,201 #49
2015 20 7,177 7,197 #52
2014 24 7,412 7,436 #50
2013 11 7,319 7,330 #51
2012 21 7,545 7,566 #51
2011 21 7,624 7,645 #51
2010 23 7,470 7,493 #55
2009 32 7,983 8,015 #54
2008 29 8,545 8,574 #50
2007 23 8,948 8,971 #51
2006 24 8,310 8,334 #57
2005 25 7,811 7,836 #57
2004 57 8,400 8,457 #53
2003 38 8,874 8,912 #50
2002 42 9,008 9,050 #43
2001 37 9,552 9,589 #42
2000 35 9,561 9,596 #41
1999 50 9,860 9,910 #38
1998 59 10,552 10,611 #37
1997 68 11,170 11,238 #33
1996 80 11,971 12,051 #34
1995 85 13,291 13,376 #30
1994 105 14,385 14,490 #28
1993 108 13,837 13,945 #30
1992 91 14,512 14,603 #30
1991 102 14,242 14,344 #31
1990 84 14,557 14,641 #34
1989 99 15,308 15,407 #31
1988 131 14,408 14,539 #31
1987 143 12,685 12,828 #34
1986 134 12,692 12,826 #33
1985 139 13,137 13,276 #33
1984 135 13,401 13,536 #29
1983 172 14,460 14,632 #29
1982 152 14,406 14,558 #30
1981 153 14,694 14,847 #30
1980 173 13,166 13,339 #34
1979 144 13,076 13,220 #32
1978 155 12,299 12,454 #32
1977 146 11,631 11,777 #32
1976 154 11,344 11,498 #30
1975 122 10,548 10,670 #32
1974 89 10,507 10,596 #32
1973 74 9,232 9,306 #34
1972 60 7,863 7,923 #40
1971 68 8,403 8,471 #41
1970 70 6,584 6,654 #52
1969 43 4,596 4,639 #61
1968 23 3,428 3,451 #88
1967 19 2,910 2,929 #106
1966 19 2,599 2,618 #117
1965 28 2,411 2,439 #130
1964 29 2,381 2,410 #138
1963 12 2,079 2,091 #160
1962 12 2,008 2,020 #159
1961 10 1,890 1,900 #167
1960 20 1,768 1,788 #178
1959 13 1,540 1,553 #191
1958 — 1,402 1,402 #199
1957 11 1,349 1,360 #200
1956 14 1,277 1,291 #206
1955 11 1,099 1,110 #217
1954 7 972 979 #223
1953 8 901 909 #223
1952 6 939 945 #216
1951 11 864 875 #223
1950 7 798 805 #230
1949 7 794 801 #227
1948 8 701 709 #244
1947 8 681 689 #252
1946 — 578 578 #261
1945 — 484 484 #270
1944 7 506 513 #264
1943 8 551 559 #255
1942 6 569 575 #236
1941 — 562 562 #227
1940 — 514 514 #235
1939 — 471 471 #245
1938 5 477 482 #247
1937 5 465 470 #249
1936 — 443 443 #250
1935 5 460 465 #251
1934 — 477 477 #239
1933 — 464 464 #242
1932 — 514 514 #234
1931 9 457 466 #250
1930 6 499 505 #252
1929 6 469 475 #258
1928 — 561 561 #233
1927 6 546 552 #240
1926 8 593 601 #227
1925 11 644 655 #215
1924 — 682 682 #203
1923 8 618 626 #209
1922 6 699 705 #196
1921 — 697 697 #197
1920 — 668 668 #199
1919 — 645 645 #195
1918 7 656 663 #196
1917 5 596 601 #197
1916 5 583 588 #195
1915 — 553 553 #198
1914 5 485 490 #183
1913 — 417 417 #166
1912 — 303 303 #190
1911 — 187 187 #171
1910 — 145 145 #187
1909 — 142 142 #173
1908 — 114 114 #187
1907 — 130 130 #166
1906 — 96 96 #188
1905 — 96 96 #188
1904 — 117 117 #162
1903 — 93 93 #175
1902 — 78 78 #201
1901 — 80 80 #179
1900 — 104 104 #193
1899 — 71 71 #191
1898 — 89 89 #177
1897 — 87 87 #177
1896 — 69 69 #217
1895 — 94 94 #166
1894 — 79 79 #188
1893 — 81 81 #177
1892 — 95 95 #166
1891 — 69 69 #184
1890 — 96 96 #147
1889 — 85 85 #159
1888 — 90 90 #166
1887 — 78 78 #160
1886 — 86 86 #161
1885 — 88 88 #153
1884 — 97 97 #142
1883 — 105 105 #121
1882 — 85 85 #162
1881 — 94 94 #127
1880 — 102 102 #131