Aaron is a first name typically given to boys, but in rare cases also used as a girls name.
The first name Aaron is one of the top 100 most popular boys names in the US – currently at #55 in our SmartGenius ranking. Over 1,000 babies each year are named Aaron, accounting for approximately 0.40 % of all newborn boys. In total, there are currently 595,689 people – children, adults and seniors – named Aaron living in the United States, which is approximately 0.18 % of the entire population.
In its Hebrew origin Aaron is spelled Aharon. The English version is borrowed from Greek, in which the ‘h’ is missing. In Hebrew Aaron means ‘mountain of strength,’ ‘exalted,’ or ‘enlightened.’ In biblical usage it is derived from the meaning ‘warrior lion’.
Did you know... that in Quran and Torah Aaron is the brother of Moses?
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When you hear the name Aaron, you might first think of people. But did you know that there are also places with the name Aaron? Are you also called Aaron? Maybe one day you will visit the places that are named just like you...
unincorporated communities with the name Aaron belong to the U.S. They are located in Georgia, Indiana and Kentucky.
a ghost town called Aaron in Jackson County, Oklahoma. It is located 5 miles northwest of Olustee and was named after Calvin Aaron, an early settler.
Minnesota there is a Lake with the name Aaron. It has an area of 610 acres and is named after Aaron, the older brother of Moses in the Hebrew Bible.
lies to the east of the Aaron River Reservoir in Cohasset, Massachusetts. It is a 136-acre reservoir whose outflow is called Aaron River.
is the supposed burial place of Aaron, the brother of Moses. There are different views on where the tomb is located, but most religions believe in a site in 'Petra', Jordan.
Appearing throughout the time in the United States, the name Aaron is a staple in the country: Boys have been given the name Aaron for more than 140 years, according to official U.S. naming statistics. Aaron is therefore one of only 442 boys’ names that have been given every year since 1880. Even beyond that, Aaron is a very special name, which reached its peak of popularity only in the last quarter of the 20th century, ranking in the top 100 boys' names in our SmartGenius statistics: With position 28 Aaron has never been more popular than back in 1994.
In years where the graph has no value, the name Aaron was given less than five times or even none at all in the entire USA.
As many as 4,507 babies were named Aaron in the USA in 2022, ranking it #72 on the list of the most popular boys' names for that year. However, it experienced its lowest point of popularity in 1945, when it was only ranked at #258 of all male names in our SmartGenius statistics – back then only 484 boys were named Aaron.
Wherever you go, wherever you live – there’s a good chance to meet Aaron. Because: There are men and boys named Aaron in every state in the USA. This may sound quite unspectacular at first, but in fact, of the nearly 50,000 different male first names that occur in the USA, just 386 are recorded in each individual state, so the name Aaron is definitely something very special. In some regions it even makes it into the top 100 of the most popular male first names, for example in Nevada, where Aaron ranks on position 31. The greatest chance of meeting Aaron, however, is in Alaska, where one in 142 boys and men bears this beautiful name – that is far above average – in the entire USA it is only one in 281 men and boys and in Massachusetts, where the name is least represented in relation to the population, you even have to ask an average of 482 men and boys for their name before you once get Aaron as an answer.
Well, you might say, you probably figured that out yourself! But what you might not know is: The letter A is a very popular first letter for boys’ names. That’s because 9.0% of all common boys’ names in the US begin with this letter. Only the first letter J is more common for boys' names.
With five letters, the name Aaron is comparatively short. In fact, 17.0% of all common first names in the US consist of exactly five letters. Only 7% of all first names are even shorter, while 75% have more than five letters. On average, first names in the US (not counting hyphenated names) are 6.5 letters long. There are no significant differences between boys' and girls' names.
That means that if 9.0% of all boys' names start with an A, this initial letter occurs nearly three times as often as all other letters on average. And by the way: Of all the boys' names that start with an A, Anthony is the most common.
If your name is Aaron and someone asks after your name, you can of course just tell them what it is. But sometimes that isn't so easy - what if it's too loud, and you don't understand them well? Or what if the other person is so far away that you can see them but not hear them? In these situations, you can communicate your name in so many other ways: you call spell it, sign it, or even use a flag to wave it...
So that everyone really understands you when you have to spell the name Aaron, you can simply say:
Apple
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Rocket
Orange
Nut
Braille is made up of dots, which the blind and visually impaired can feel to read words.
Aaron
Aaron
Just use American Sign Language!
These flags are used for maritime communication - each flag represents a letter.
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In the navy, sailors of two ships might wave flags to each other to send messages. A sailor holds two flags in specific positions to represent different letters.
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In Morse code, letters and other characters are represented only by a series of short and long tones. For example, a short tone followed by a long tone stands for the letter A. Aaron sounds like this:
