Aron: Meaning of Baby Name Aron

About the Name Aron

Aron is a Hebrew name and a spelling of the biblical Aaron, traditionally interpreted as "high mountain" or "exalted." Aaron was the elder brother of Moses and the first high priest in Hebrew scripture, lending the name deep roots in Jewish and Christian tradition. The streamlined Aron spelling is common across Scandinavian, Eastern European, and Spanish-speaking communities, giving this ancient name a crisp, international look that travels well across languages.

For American boys, Aron entered the US Social Security top-1000 in 2000 and has appeared every year since, with a total of 8,578 births over that period. It reached its peak in 2008 at rank #591 and has remained a steady presence in the rankings, recorded at #709 in 2022, #740 in 2023, and #776 in 2024. That long, even run reflects a name with broad, cross-cultural staying power, neither faddish nor fading.

The chief appeal of Aron is its simplicity: a familiar, dignified biblical name pared down to a clean, easily spelled form. The recorded variant is Aaron, the more traditional English spelling of the same enduring name, which gives families the choice between a classic look and a sleeker, more streamlined one. Either way, the name carries the strength and reverence of its biblical namesake into everyday modern use, suiting parents who want timeless meaning in a fresh, uncomplicated form.

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration name data, 1880–2024 (methodology). By Marvin Tang.

Quick Facts About Aron

1,531

Hebrew baby names in our dictionary

695

Hebrew male names

199

4-letter A-names in our dictionary

1,087

A-male names total

2000–2025

years of US SSA records (26 total)

8,955

total US births named Aron (all years)

US Popularity History (2000–2025)

📈 Rising: Aron climbed 12 places in the US boys ranking over the last 5 years (#723 in 2020 → #711 in 2025).

Annual US births named Aron by gender, from US Social Security Administration records. Peak year: 2008 with 427 boys named Aron (boy rank #591 that year).

Where it stands today: in 2025, ranked #711 for boys (377 US births). That's 120 places below its 2008 peak.

Source: US Social Security Administration. Limitations: US birth-certificate data only; names appearing fewer than 5 times in a given year are suppressed for privacy; spelling variants are counted separately. For names that ranked outside the US top 100 before year 2000, only the years they reached the top 100 are shown — the chart may have gaps for less-popular historical names.

Where in the US Is Aron Most Popular?

Average boy-name rank within each state across 2016–2025 SSA records. A lower number means the name appears closer to the top of that state's boys-name rankings — a per-capita measure that isn't biased toward large states. For Aron the strongest states are New York, New Jersey, Colorado.

Strongest boys-name states

#	State	Avg rank	Births
1	New York	#166	1,121
2	New Jersey	#369	200
3	Colorado	#603	33
4	Maryland	#658	22
5	South Carolina	#713	15
6	California	#721	341
7	Washington	#742	33
8	Virginia	#764	25
9	Texas	#778	287
10	Illinois	#834	51

Weakest boys-name states

#	State	Avg rank	Births
1	Georgia	#877	28
2	Tennessee	#876	25
3	Florida	#855	95
4	Arizona	#846	34
5	Illinois	#834	51
6	Texas	#778	287
7	Virginia	#764	25
8	Washington	#742	33
9	California	#721	341
10	South Carolina	#713	15

Source: SSA state-level baby-name dataset 2016–2025. States with fewer than 3 years of data for Aron in this window are excluded. Births < 5 in a given state-year are suppressed by SSA for privacy.

Variant Forms

Name	Meaning	Gender	Origin
Aaron	High Mountain	Male	Hebrew

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