Alden

boys’ nameAt its peakCompare

Alden is ranked 576th among boys in 2024 (492 births). Its best rank was 426th, in 1911.

Rank in 2024: #576up 63 from 2023
Births in 2024: 4920.03% of boys
Peak year: 2024492 births
Best rank: #426in 1911
Since 1880: 18,672people given the name

Babies named Alden, by year of birthboys

The story in the numbers

17,739 boys have been named Alden in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2024, with 492 births.

It has never been more used than now: its record year is 2024, within the last few years of data.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 1992, and the 2010s alone account for 19%. It has spent 122 of 145 years in the top 1,000.

It is overwhelmingly a boy’s name: 933 girls have also been given it, 5.0% of the total.

Rank among boys, year by year

Higher on the chart = more popularrank (gaps = outside the top 1,000)

By decade

Decade	boys named Alden
1880s	77
1890s	94
1900s	159
1910s	1,187
1920s	1,748
1930s	1,290
1940s	1,049
1950s	939
1960s	720
1970s	497
1980s	800
1990s	1,310
2000s	2,277
2010s	3,443
2020s	2,149

In 2024, its biggest year

Alden was the 576th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 2024 were Liam, Noah, Oliver, Theodore and James. See all of 2024.

Names that rose and fell with Alden

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.