Aidan is a distinctive girls' name in United States, ranking #1994 in 1996 with 70 recorded births. This places Aidan in the top 13% of ranked US girls' names for the year. Its actual usage is classified as Rare. The name reached its all-time peak in 2003 with 229 births ranking #1006. In 1996, approximately 1 in every 25,042 girls born was named Aidan. FALLING Recent data shows the name is currently falling.
Aidan is the anglicised form of an old Irish name meaning "little fire". It has a warm, lively feel and strong roots in Gaelic tradition.
The name comes from Aodhan, which was borne by several early Irish saints. It became especially popular in the English-speaking world in the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries.