Meaning and history
Áedán is an Old Irish diminutive of Áed, meaning "fire," and therefore means "little fire." It was borne by Áedán mac Gabráin, a sixth-century king of Dál Riata, and several Irish saints. Aidan is its familiar modern anglicized form.
20062006: 278 births, rank #759
2007: 283 births, rank #774
2008: 265 births, rank #827
2009: 261 births, rank #831
2010: 235 births, rank #886
20112011: 184 births, rank #1,031
2012: 165 births, rank #1,115
2013: 166 births, rank #1,107
2014: 171 births, rank #1,117
2015: 168 births, rank #1,132
20162016: 162 births, rank #1,175
2017: 144 births, rank #1,264
2018: 114 births, rank #1,506
2019: 95 births, rank #1,678
2020: 77 births, rank #1,911
20212021: 49 births, rank #2,623
2022: 54 births, rank #2,517
2023: 36 births, rank #3,293
2024: 52 births, rank #2,559
20252025: 30 births, rank #3,658
Áedán moved from #831 to #886 for boys between 2009 and 2010. Its highest annual birth count came in 2007, with 283 births.