Aaron
given name · Latin script
Meaning: from the male personal name Aaron, from Hebrew Aharon, traditionally interpreted as “mountain of strength”
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/æɹən/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Aaron is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country. In Israel it is the 30th most common given name.
- AUAustralia≈1 in 649(inferred from the name graph)
- USUnited States1 in 673
- GBUnited Kingdom≈1 in 983
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Aaron itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- United States (measured from records)
- #155 (measured from records)
- 10 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 645 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 649 (inferred from the name graph)
494,237 people, 2020
of 15M given names
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Australia, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Locally spelled אהרן in IL Israel, PL Poland, Arron in HU Hungary and Arun in FI Finland.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
from the male personal name Aaron, from Hebrew Aharon, traditionally interpreted as “mountain of strength”
Sources 1
- Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history]
Attested across 15 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Aaron counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | #119 | 494,237 | 1 in 673 | 492K | Aaron | 645 |
| BR Brazil | — | 203,321as Alan | 1 in 1K | 207K | Aaron | 115 |
| GB United Kingdom | #158 | ≈67,000 est. | ≈1 in 983 | 14 | Aaron | 359 |
| PL Poland | #296 | 53,215as Alan | 1 in 719 | 53K | אהרן | 16 |
| AU Australia | #107 | ≈39,000 est. | ≈1 in 649 | 195 | Aaron | 325 |
| HU Hungary | — | 21,727as Áron | 1 in 450 | 22K | Arron | 10 |
| SE Sweden | — | 18,422as Allan | 1 in 554 | 18K | Aaron | 79 |
| DK Denmark | #898 | 16,095as Allan | 1 in 365 | 16K | Aaron | 65 |
| IL Israel | #30 | ≈10,000 est. | ≈1 in 851 | 5.3K | אהרן | 106 |
| FI Finland | — | 10,012as Allan | 1 in 556 | 20K | Arun | 59 |
494,237 people counted by Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex, 2020. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; CBS Israel — Family names in Israel, 2017 ("שמות משפחה בישראל 2017"); Surnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register); IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror); IBGE — Nomes (census name API); Australian national given names (aggregated state BDM); dane.gov.pl — PESEL given names (first + second name position, 2026-01-20); Nyilvántartó — Top-100 given names in population (2020–2025); DVV — Etunimitilasto (Finnish given names register); DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup); Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population); Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Aaron is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
The etymology is uncertain; while often associated with Hebrew roots meaning 'exalted' or 'mountain of strength', modern scholarship suggests it is likely of Egyptian origin, similar to the name Moses.
as a nameBiblical Names Compiled Database
A classic biblical name representing strength, leadership, and priestly dignity.
as a nameBiblical Names Compiled Database
In English, name of the brother of Moses; rare in medieval England and usually Jewish; first attested Aaron Iudeus 1189 DC (L)
as a nameA Dictionary of English Surnames
In French, From Hebrew ʾAharon, biblical name of uncertain origin; possibly Egyptian.
as a nameLe grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)
In Arabic, Aaron; brother of Moses, biblical/Qur'anic prophet.
as a nameAfrican Muslim Names
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Aaron Coplandb. 1900USAmerican composer, composition teacher, writer, and conductor (1900-1990)
- Aaron Klugb. 1926GBBritish chemist and biophysicist
- Elvis Aaron Presleyb. 1935USAmerican singer and actor (1935–1977)
- Aaron Ciechanoverb. 1947ILIsraeli physician and biochemist, Nobel Laureate
- Aaron Eckhartb. 1968USAmerican actor (born 1968)
- Aaron Paulb. 1979USAmerican actor
- Ben Shapirob. 1984USnot in their usual nameAmerican conservative political commentator
- Aaron Swartzb. 1986USAmerican computer programmer and internet-political activist (1986–2013)
- Aaron Carterb. 1987USAmerican pop singer, actor and songwriter (1987–2022)
- Aaron Taylor-Johnsonb. 1990GBEnglish actor (born 1990)
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 141 sources across 74 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 492K | #89 |
| FI Finland | DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup) | — | 8.9K | #214 |
| FI Finland | DVV — Etunimitilasto (Finnish given names register) | — | 7.8K | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2025 | 4K | — |
| SE Sweden | Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population) | — | 2.7K | #890 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 2.7K | #89 |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror) | 2022 | 2.1K | — |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname) | — | 2.1K | #4,956 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL given names (first + second name position, 2026-01-20) | 2026 | 1.5K | #407 |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2020 | 1.4K | — |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names) | — | 1.4K | #407 |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Nomes (census name API) | — | 646 | #12,194 |
Reference works 7
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- jeantosti.com — Dictionnaire des noms de famille de France et d'ailleurs (Jean Tosti)
- Ethiopian name tokens (GitHub lehagere/ethiopian-names, 40/60 condominium list)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- Is Aaron a male or female name?
- Aaron is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- What does the name Aaron mean, and where does it come from?
- from the male personal name Aaron, from Hebrew Aharon, traditionally interpreted as “mountain of strength” Recorded by Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history].
- How do you pronounce Aaron?
- A machine transcription gives /æɹən/ (IPA) for English.
- What are other forms of the name Aaron?
- In the etymology graph, Harun, Aron and Arron are forms of the same name in other languages.
- How common is the name Aaron?
- In the United States, the national register counted 494,237 people named Aaron in 2020, about 1 in 673 residents.
- How common is Aaron compared with other names?
- In the United States, Aaron is the 119th most common given name of 2,815,431 given names recorded there.
- In which country does Aaron have the most bearers?
- In the United States, the national register counted about 494 thousand people named Aaron, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled aaron.
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/aaronThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Aaron” — the 119th most common given name in United States. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.