Male name
Aaron
36,653 births (England and Wales, 1996–2025), peaking in 1998. Expression number: 22.
Origin
From Latin Aaron, from Ancient Greek Ἀαρών (Aarṓn), from Hebrew אַהֲרֹן (ʾAhărōn), of unknown meaning, possibly meaning “bearer of martyrs”, or perhaps also, or instead, related to the Ancient Egyptian ꜥḥꜣ rw (“warrior lion”), though it has been suggested to also mean “elevated”, “exalted” or “high mountain”. Doublet of Harun.From Wiktionary, entry “Aaron”, text under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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How many babies received it
From the official birth registers.
In England and Wales
Peak in 1998: 2,512 births. 36,653 births from 1996 to 2025. A name given mostly in the 1990s and 2000s. At its peak, it ranked 31st among boys' names in 1998. It is still given: 1,871 births from 2021 to 2025.
Source: Office for National Statistics, Baby names in England and Wales, Open Government Licence v3.0.
In the United States
Peak in 1989: 15,407 births. 618,857 births from 1880 to 2025. A name given steadily, decade after decade, from the 1970s to the 2010s. At its peak, it ranked 28th among boys' names in 1994. It is still given: 22,303 births from 2021 to 2025.
Source: Social Security Administration, Popular Baby Names, public domain.
In Ireland
Peak in 1997: 594 births. 13,706 births from 1964 to 2025. A name given mostly in the 1990s, 2000s and 2010s. At its peak, it ranked 6th among boys' names in 1998. It really came into use around 1973. It is still given: 527 births from 2021 to 2025.
Source: Central Statistics Office, Irish Babies' Names, CC BY 4.0.
Elsewhere in the world
The name in the birth records of the 10 countries we track. The period covered varies from country to country.
| Country | Births | Period | Best rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 39,850 | 1900–2025 | 16th in 2021 |
| Argentina | 32,087 | 2012–2023 | 80th in 2016 |
| Switzerland | 5,413* | 1915–2025 | — |
| Austria | 2,261 | 1984–2025 | 63rd in 2024 |
| Quebec | 1,217 | 1980–2025 | — |
| Belgium | 1,184 | 2014–2023 | — |
| Berlin | 983 | 2012–2023 | 51st in 2021 |
* These are the people living in the country, counted by year of birth, not the number of births.
Source: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms, Etalab Open Licence 2.0; RENAPER, Nombres propios en Argentina, CC BY 4.0 (the registry doesn't record sex); Federal Statistical Office, First names of the population by year of birth, free use with attribution; Statistik Austria, Vornamen, CC BY 4.0; Retraite Québec, Banque de prénoms, CC BY 4.0; Statbel, first names of newborns, CC BY 4.0 (one total for the whole period, no yearly breakdown); Open Data Berlin, Häufige Vornamen, CC BY 3.0 DE (every name a child carries, not only the first).
The numbers of the name
Each letter has a value: A = 1, B = 2… I = 9, then J = 1 again (Pythagorean method). We add them up, then reduce to a single digit, except 11, 22 and 33.
■ vowel · ■ consonant
Expression
All the letters: talents, the way you act.
22
the large-scale builder (master number)
1 + 1 + 9 + 6 + 5 = 22
Soul
The vowels: what drives you deep down.
8
power, achievement, your relationship with money
1 + 1 + 6 = 8
Personality
The consonants: what others notice first.
5
freedom, change, movement
9 + 5 = 14 → 5
- Digits missing from the name
- 2, 3, 4, 7, 8
- Most frequent digit
- 1 · initiative, independence, beginnings
The meaning of the numbers comes from numerological tradition; it isn't a measure of your personality. A full portrait needs your first and middle names, your last name at birth, and your date of birth. How we calculate
Your name and theirs
The number of each name, and the number of the bond, which comes from adding them together. A symbolic game: what your two names say together, to be read as a metaphor, not as a verdict on your relationship.