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Alden Name Popularity

How popular is the name Alden? Here’s everything we know.

Year Rank # Births % Births
1910 — 0 0%
1911 — 17 0.0046%
1912 — 43 0.0085%
1913 — 41 0.0072%
1914 — 51 0.0073%
1915 — 109 0.012%
1916 — 120 0.0124%
1917 — 117 0.0117%
1918 — 114 0.0106%
1919 — 110 0.0105%
1920 — 115 0.0103%
1921 — 143 0.0125%
1922 — 117 0.0105%
1923 — 120 0.0107%
1924 — 134 0.0115%
1925 — 107 0.0095%
1926 — 125 0.0114%
1927 — 83 0.0075%
1928 — 124 0.0116%
1929 — 96 0.0093%
1930 — 85 0.0081%
1931 — 97 0.0098%
1932 — 107 0.0108%
1933 — 57 0.0061%
1934 — 81 0.0084%
1935 — 36 0.0037%
1936 — 64 0.0066%
1937 — 68 0.0069%
1938 — 56 0.0055%
1939 — 50 0.0049%
1940 — 64 0.006%
1941 — 33 0.0029%
1942 — 52 0.0041%
1943 — 57 0.0044%
1944 — 48 0.0039%
1945 — 44 0.0036%
1946 — 31 0.0021%
1947 — 65 0.0039%
1948 — 30 0.0019%
1949 — 17 0.0011%
1950 — 24 0.0015%
1951 — 37 0.0022%
1952 — 45 0.0026%
1953 — 34 0.0019%
1954 — 16 0.0009%
1955 — 44 0.0024%
1956 — 51 0.0027%
1957 — 24 0.0012%
1958 — 27 0.0014%
1959 — 41 0.0022%
1960 — 34 0.0018%
1961 — 25 0.0013%
1962 — 11 0.0006%
1963 — 42 0.0023%
1964 — 15 0.0009%
1965 — 20 0.0012%
1966 — 19 0.0012%
1967 — 12 0.0008%
1968 — 21 0.0014%
1969 — 12 0.0008%
1970 — 20 0.0013%
1971 — 11 0.0007%
1972 — 0 0%
1973 — 7 0.0005%
1974 — 10 0.0008%
1975 — 20 0.0016%
1976 — 8 0.0006%
1977 — 0 0%
1978 — 15 0.0011%
1979 — 10 0.0007%
1980 — 23 0.0016%
1981 — 15 0.001%
1982 — 33 0.0022%
1983 — 7 0.0005%
1984 — 41 0.0028%
1985 — 33 0.0022%
1986 — 36 0.0024%
1987 — 19 0.0012%
1988 — 41 0.0026%
1989 — 32 0.002%
1990 — 63 0.0038%
1991 — 29 0.0018%
1992 — 54 0.0034%
1993 — 34 0.0022%
1994 — 69 0.0045%
1995 — 76 0.005%
1996 — 72 0.0048%
1997 — 75 0.0051%
1998 — 131 0.0088%
1999 — 77 0.0051%
2000 — 124 0.0081%
2001 — 97 0.0064%
2002 — 118 0.0079%
2003 — 192 0.0126%
2004 — 203 0.0133%
2005 — 177 0.0116%
2006 — 193 0.0123%
2007 — 207 0.0131%
2008 — 148 0.0096%
2009 — 195 0.013%
2010 — 204 0.0142%
2011 — 188 0.0132%
2012 — 244 0.0171%
2013 — 275 0.0193%
2014 — 300 0.0206%
2015 — 284 0.0195%
2016 — 345 0.0239%
2017 — 342 0.0245%
2018 — 353 0.0257%
2019 — 384 0.0284%
2020 — 324 0.0255%
2021 — 338 0.0276%
2022 — 409 0.031%
2023 — 388 0.03%

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Names Like Alden

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What names are variants of Alden?

Mix it up with these names that are a variation of the name Alden.

Name Meaning Origin Popularity Other Gender
Al
Aldan

Old friend

English

Aldin

Old friend

English

Aldwin

Old friend

English

Aldwyn

Old friend

English

Aldwynn

Old friend

English

Alwine

Old friend

English

Elden

Ella's hill

English

Eldin

Old friend; Ella's hill

German

Eldwin

Old friend; Ella's hill

English

Eldwyn

Old friend; Ella's hill

English

Eldwynn

Old friend

English

What names sound like Alden?

If you like how Alden sounds, you might also like these names that sound like Alden.

Name Meaning Origin Popularity Other Gender
Aldon

Old one, elder; old town

Italian

Alten

Old town

English

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3 Comments

  1. My son’s middle name but suited him better so that’s what he goes by. Easy to spell and pronounce plus Ollie is a really cute nickname. There is some confusion with Aiden when spelling. Oddly unprepared for people who think he says Odin when he introducing himself. It’s unique and not hard once people realize what it is.

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  2. My husband and I are both “A” names with February birthdays. We found it fitting to keep our baby’s name an A name. I wanted something different with little chance of a nickname, it couldn’t be in the top 200 (what a task to find).
    Now having a 2 week old, we’ve had more than a fair share of people calling him Aiden which has been upsetting after taking all the time to find the perfect name.
    I am still more than in love with the name and of course overly in love with our son, just have to be more active to correct people on his name.

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  3. We liked the meaning behind it- it means “wise friend” in old English, which is also where my name “Raleigh” comes from. Also, it was attached to some prominent explorers- John Alden was the first European to set foot here on Plymouth Rock, and Neil Armstrong’s middle name is Alden as well.

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