Aldrin
Old English name meaning "old friend" or "old companion".
Name Census estimates that about 523 living Americans carry the first name Aldrin. The name is used almost exclusively for boys. The average person named Aldrin today is around 22 years old, and the year with the single highest number of Aldrin births was 1969 (22 babies).
This page is the full Name Census profile for Aldrin. Below you will find a gender breakdown showing how the name splits between male and female registrations, a year-by-year popularity chart stretching back to 1880, decade-level totals, the top US states for this name, its meaning and etymology, and a set of frequently asked questions with data-backed answers.
For a British comparison, Name Census UK has a UK baby-name profile for Aldrin with official rankings and popularity over time.
People living today
523
~ 1 in 655,362 Americans
Peak year
1969
22 babies that year
Average age
22
years old
2024 SSA rank
#6,830
Tracked since 1969
Census
Aldrin in the 2020 Census
The 2020 Census recorded 1,203 people with the first name Aldrin, which placed it at #10,879 in the published first-name tables. This is a snapshot of people who already had the name at the time of the Census.
The SSA sections elsewhere on this page answer a different question: how often parents gave the name to babies over time. The "people living today" figure on this page is different again: it is a current estimate built from SSA birth records and age-based survival rates, so the two numbers are not expected to match exactly.
2020 Census rank
#10,879
National first-name rank
People counted
1.2K
1,203 in the published race/origin table
Per 100,000
0.4
People with this name in 2020
Largest reported group
Asian and Pacific Islander
59.0% of people with this name
Demographics
Ancestry and ethnicity for Aldrin
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Aldrin is Asian/Pacific Islander at 59.0%. The next largest groups are Hispanic (26.4%) and Black (6.6%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself.
The bar chart below shows how people with the first name Aldrin described their own race and ethnicity on the 2020 Census form. The Census Bureau groups responses into six broad categories: White, Black or African American, Hispanic or Latino, Asian and Pacific Islander, American Indian and Alaska Native, and Two or More Races. When a category has too few respondents for a given name, the Bureau suppresses the figure to protect individual privacy, which is why some names show fewer than six slices.
Percentages are shown so the breakdown is easy to read across every published category. Because the 2020 Census first-name file also includes raw headcounts for each group, Name Census can show those alongside the percentages in the legend and hover tooltip.
Keep in mind that these are self-reported numbers. A first name does not determine a person's race or ethnicity, and the distribution you see here reflects the specific population who happened to carry the name Aldrin at the time of the 2020 Census, not any inherent property of the name itself.
- Asian and Pacific Islander59.0% · 710
- Hispanic or Latino26.4% · 318
- Black or African American6.6% · 79
- White5.4% · 65
- Two or more races2.6% · 31
Popularity
Aldrin: popularity over time
The SSA tracks Aldrin from the 1960s through to the 2020s, spanning 7 decades of birth certificate data. The biggest single decade for the name was the 2010s, with 151 total registrations. Although the numbers have come down from the 2010s peak, Aldrin remains solidly in use and shows no sign of disappearing from maternity wards.
Babies born per year
Decades
Aldrin by decade
The table below breaks the full SSA timeline into ten-year windows. Each row shows how many male and female babies were given the name Aldrin during that decade, along with a combined total. This is useful for spotting eras where the name surged or retreated.
Geography
Where Aldrins live
The SSA's state-level files cover 3 states and territories. California, New York, Texas recorded the most babies named Aldrin, while Texas, New York, California recorded the fewest. The average across all reporting states is about 32 registrations each.
Origin
Meaning and history of Aldrin
The name Aldrin has its origins in the Germanic languages and is derived from the Old English words "ald" meaning "old" and "rine" meaning "brave" or "strong". It is believed to have emerged as a personal name in the early medieval period, around the 5th to 8th centuries.
One of the earliest recorded examples of the name Aldrin can be found in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, a collection of annals that recorded events in Anglo-Saxon England from the 9th century onwards. The Chronicle mentions an "Aldrin" who was a thegn (nobleman) in the service of King Alfred the Great in the late 9th century.
In the 11th century, the name Aldrin appears in the Domesday Book, a comprehensive survey of land ownership and taxation in England commissioned by William the Conqueror in 1086. This suggests that the name was in use among the Anglo-Saxon population of England before the Norman Conquest.
Throughout the Middle Ages, the name Aldrin was predominantly found in the Germanic regions of Europe, including England, Germany, and the Netherlands. One notable historical figure with this name was Aldrin of Oldenburg, a 13th-century nobleman and count of Oldenburg, a region in modern-day Germany.
In later centuries, the name Aldrin became less common but continued to be used sporadically. One notable bearer of the name was Aldrin Huxley (1594-1663), an English writer and philosopher who was a distant relative of the famous author Aldous Huxley.
Another well-known historical figure named Aldrin was Aldrin Edwin Aldrin (1930-1992), an American astronaut who was the second person to walk on the Moon during the Apollo 11 mission in 1969. His birth name was simply Edwin, but he later adopted the name Aldrin as a legal first name.
Other notable individuals with the name Aldrin include Aldrin Pereira (1935-2011), an Indian cricketer who played for the Bombay cricket team in the 1950s and 1960s, and Aldrin Sampson (1907-1985), a British artist and illustrator known for his work in children's literature.
While the name Aldrin is not as common today as it once was, it has a rich history and heritage that spans centuries and cultures, reflecting the bravery and strength associated with its Germanic roots.
People
Aldrin + last name combinations
How many people share a full name with Aldrin as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
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Other names starting with A
Other first names starting with A with a similar number of bearers.
FAQ
Aldrin: questions and answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Aldrin?
Name Census puts the figure at roughly 523 living Americans. We arrive at this by taking every SSA birth registration for Aldrin going back to 1880 and adjusting each cohort for expected survival using CDC actuarial life tables. The result is an age-weighted living-bearer count, not a raw birth total. That works out to about 1 in 655,362 US residents.
Is Aldrin a common name?
We classify Aldrin as "Very Rare". It ranks above 85% of all first names in the SSA dataset by living bearers. Across the full history of the data, 534 babies have been registered with this name.
When was Aldrin most popular?
The single biggest year for Aldrin was 1969, when 22 babies received the name. The fact that the average living Aldrin is about 22 years old gives you a rough sense of which era contributed the most bearers who are still alive today.
How common was Aldrin in the 2020 Census?
The published 2020 Census first-name tables recorded 1,203 people with the name Aldrin, or 0.40 per 100,000 residents. That placed it at #10,879 in the national Census ranking for first names.
Why is the Census count different from the living estimate?
Because they measure different things. The Census figure is a count of people who had the name Aldrin in 2020. The living estimate aims to answer a current question instead: how many people with the name are alive today, based on SSA birth records and age-based survival rates. Since one number is a 2020 snapshot and the other is a present-day estimate, they are not expected to be identical.
What does the Census say about the gender split for Aldrin?
In the 2020 Census sex table, Aldrin appears almost entirely male. Of the 1,202 people counted with this name, 99.2% were male and only a very small share were female. The Census view is a snapshot of people living with the name in 2020, while the SSA section above tracks births across time.
What does the Census say about the background of people named Aldrin?
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Aldrin is Asian/Pacific Islander at 59.0%. The next largest groups are Hispanic (26.4%) and Black (6.6%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself. The percentages in the chart above come from self-reported race and Hispanic-origin responses in the 2020 Census.
Which group reports the name Aldrin most often in the Census?
Asian/Pacific Islander is the largest reported group for people named Aldrin in the 2020 Census, accounting for 59.0% (710 people in the published table).
Why can the Census sex total and race total differ slightly?
The Census Bureau published separate 2020 tables for sex and for race/Hispanic origin, and the released figures can differ slightly because of privacy protection in the public files. That is why this page treats the gender section and the race/origin section as two related snapshots instead of forcing them into one identical total.
Does every first name have Census demographic data?
No. The public Census first-name release only includes names that met the Bureau's publication rules, so many rarer names in the SSA files have no Census demographic snapshot. When that happens, the SSA trend, gender history, and state sections still appear, but the 2020 Census demographic sections are omitted.
What does the SSA popularity chart show?
The chart tracks births, not the number of people alive with the name today. Each point shows how many babies were given the name Aldrin in that year. That makes it useful for spotting when the name rose, peaked, or faded.
Is Aldrin a male name?
Yes, 100.0% of people registered as Aldrin in the SSA data are male. You can see the full per-sex comparison in the gender distribution section above, which includes the latest year rank, birth count, and peak year for each sex.
Is Aldrin still being used today?
Yes. The SSA still recorded Aldrin in 2024, and the page above shows its latest-year rank where available. A name can be well past its peak and still remain in steady use, especially if it built up a large population over earlier decades.
Why can a name have a lot of living bearers even if it is not trendy now?
Because living-bearer counts and current baby-name popularity measure different things. A name like Aldrin can build up a very large population over many decades, even if fewer parents are choosing it now than they did at its peak.
Where does this data come from?
First-name figures come from the Social Security Administration's national baby name files, which cover every name on a birth certificate from 1880 to 2024. Living-bearer estimates layer in CDC actuarial life tables broken out by sex to account for mortality. The population baseline (342,754,338) is the Census Bureau's latest national estimate. You can read the full calculation on our methodology page.
How many people are called Aldrin?
For a quick modern estimate, our sister site HowManyOfMe.org answers that in one glance, with the living-bearer count front and centre.