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Aiken Name Popularity

    

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How popular is Aiken?

In 2018 the rare name Aiken, ranked the 5,745th Most Popular Boys Name in the United States.

Uncommon, Aiken would be a striking name choice.

Position 3877, its highest popularity RANKING, was reached in 1921.

However, the name was bestowed upon the greatest number of babies in 2012 with 26 occurrences.

In any year, the least number of babies named Aiken was less than 5, most recently in 2001.

Decidely upward trends in the number of babies given the name Aiken occurred roughly during the years 2008-2012.

The popularity trend for Aiken has been soaring upward for a while. Of late however, the number of parents selecting the name Aiken for their newborn has dropped.

What does the future hold for the popularity of Aiken?

Overall, when compared to its most prominent year, the name's popularity is at a mid point.

The name Aiken is mostly unused and has recently started to drift downward in popularity.

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   Aiken (Boy)
Year %No. of Babies Given NamePopul. Rank
2018 15 5,745
2017 16 5,516
2016 19 4,938
2015 15 5,741
2014 22 4,388
2013 22 4,312
2012 26 3,893
2011 23 4,225
2010 16 5,484
2009 15 5,805
2008 13 6,401
2007 13 6,269
2006 12 6,469
2005 7 9,129
2004 6 9,971
2003 9 7,253
2002 6 9,418
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United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.