Given name & surname
Aldan
“an old friend”
Aldan is a variant of Alden. One English interpretation is “an old friend.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Aldan is a variant of Alden. One English interpretation is “an old friend.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Aldan is a variant of Alden. An origin associated with Alden is English.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1981. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Aldan through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 199
- 199 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2004
- 16 babies
- 2025
- 5
- #12,092 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −82%
- Cooling
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 5 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 12,092 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for boys was 16 in 2004. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 291 as a first name in 2020; 308 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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