Name meaning & stats
Alden
Alden means “old friend” (Old English origin). 14,607 US babies since 1940, peak 2024.
What it means
“old friend”
Old EnglishWell documented
In US birth records
Peak year: 2024
14,607 US babies were named Alden between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Alden (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Spelling family
The most common spelling: 86% of the family
- Alden 86%
- Aldon 6%
- Aldin 4%
- Aladdin 2%
- Aldan 1%
- Aldyn 1%
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 2024)