Spellings
Aiden or Ayden?
In the US in 2025, 60% of babies in this name family were spelled Aiden and 16% Ayden. Same name, slightly different impression: here are the figures for each spelling.
Ten years ago
Aiden already led in 2015, with 65% of the family's births; it has 60% in 2025. All spellings together, the family went from 20,785 to 8,345 births (−60%).
| Spelling | 2015 | 2025 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aiden | 13,506 | 5,046 | −63% |
| Ayden | 4,891 | 1,343 | −73% |
| Aidan | 2,265 | 1,043 | −54% |
| Eiden | 55 | 558 | ×10 |
| Eidan | 35 | 187 | ×5 |
| Eyden | 33 | 168 | ×5 |
How they sound
All of these spellings are said the same way: /ˈeɪdən/ (AY-dun). So the choice is about how it looks: it is the spelling people will read on a birth card, a name tag or an email address, and the one your child will sometimes spell out.
In France
In France in 2025: Aiden 110 births (#418 among boys), Ayden 1,710 births (#24 among boys), Aidan 15 births, Eiden 15 births, Eidan 5 births and Eyden 250 births (#212 among boys).
Sources: Social Security Administration (SSA), Insee (France), 2025 data. How we calculate these figures.
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