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girls' name ★ peaked 2024

Aitana

Meaning Aitana is a Spanish feminine given name Gender Girl Rank 2025 #211 Trend ↑ Rising 111%

Aitana is a Spanish feminine given name.

Rank 2025
#211
among girls · unchanged vs 2024
Babies in 2025
1,435
named Aitana · -2% vs 2024
How common
1 in 1,120
girls born in 2025
Peak year
2024
1,460 babies
All-time total
9,804
#1,697 all-time among girls
First recorded
1995
in Social Security records

Aitana popularity over time

9,804 babies have been named Aitana since 1995, according to official Social Security records. Switch measure to see births per year or the yearly rank.

Measure
Births per 1,000 babies of that sex, comparable across eras
0.250.50.75118801900192019401960198020002020Peak 2024Girls

By decade. Change compares yearly averages, so the current partial decade is on equal footing. Best rank is the name's best yearly rank within the decade.

Decade Girls Per year Change Best rank
1880s – – – –
1890s – – – –
1900s – – – –
1910s – – – –
1920s – – – –
1930s – – – –
1940s – – – –
1950s – – – –
1960s – – – –
1970s – – – –
1980s – – – –
1990s 75 8 – #3,633
2000s 120 12 +60% #4,933
2010s 2,668 267 +2123% #450
2020s (to 2025) 6,941 1,157 +334% #211

Where Aitana is heading

A five-year projection from the recent trend in births per 1,000 girls (damped so it flattens over time), converted to babies at today's birth totals. The implied rank places that projection in the 2025 field. A projection, not a promise: real trends bend.

Year Projected babies Per 1,000 girls Implied rank
2026 1,624 1.01 #193
2027 1,805 1.12 #170
2028 1,974 1.23 #151
2029 2,130 1.33 #136
2030 2,273 1.41 #120

Where Aitana is most popular

Girls named Aitana per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021–2025. National average: 0.751 per 1,000. Strongest in New Mexico, Nevada, and Texas.

Vs national average
well below below near national above well above no data

All 50 states and DC, sorted by rate. Counts are girls named Aitana born 2021–2025; the per-1,000 rate makes states of different sizes comparable, and the last column shows each state against the national average.

State Girls 2021–2025 Per 1,000 vs national
New Mexico 72 2.96 +294%
Nevada 84 1.81 +141%
Texas 1,353 1.68 +124%
Arizona 203 1.45 +93%
Nebraska 49 1.36 +81%
Florida 552 1.29 +72%
Colorado 133 1.19 +59%
California 992 1.18 +57%
New Jersey 189 1.05 +39%
South Carolina 90 1.00 +33%
Oregon 65 0.998 +33%
Illinois 217 0.948 +26%
Connecticut 53 0.911 +21%
Utah 75 0.901 +20%
Maryland 94 0.887 +18%
Georgia 201 0.885 +18%
North Carolina 200 0.878 +17%
Kansas 50 0.867 +15%
Washington 119 0.824 +10%
Oklahoma 59 0.802 +7%
Alabama 68 0.724 ≈ national
Virginia 122 0.716 -5%
Louisiana 58 0.663 -12%
Tennessee 104 0.656 -13%
New York 253 0.639 -15%
Indiana 84 0.598 -20%
Wisconsin 58 0.563 -25%
Minnesota 59 0.547 -27%
Arkansas 27 0.511 -32%
Kentucky 41 0.479 -36%
Idaho 16 0.478 -36%
Iowa 20 0.342 -54%
Missouri 39 0.324 -57%
Ohio 75 0.316 -58%
Massachusetts 28 0.232 -69%
Pennsylvania 52 0.220 -71%
Michigan 27 0.148 -80%
Mississippi 5 0.107 -86%
Alaska – – –
District of Columbia – – –
Delaware – – –
Hawaii – – –
Maine – – –
Montana – – –
North Dakota – – –
New Hampshire – – –
Rhode Island – – –
South Dakota – – –
Vermont – – –
West Virginia – – –
Wyoming – – –

State counts come from the Social Security Administration's state files, which omit any state-year with fewer than five babies of a name, so small states can undercount slightly.

The story of Aitana

Aitana is moderately common for girls in the United States, ranked #211 in 2025 with 1,435 babies given the name. It is currently rising compared with a decade ago.

Since 1995, 9,804 American babies have been named Aitana. Its peak came in 2024, when 1,460 newborns received the name, the signature sound of the 2020s.

The chart above shows the full history: the popularity view (births per 1,000 babies) is the honest comparison across generations, since total US births have changed enormously since 1880. Switch to the rank view to see where Aitana stood among all girls' names in any year, or use the compare tool to plot it against other names.

How old are people named Aitana?

The median living Aitana is about 3 years old; half are between 1 and 6. An estimated 9,800 people named Aitana are alive in the United States today.

median 3 020406080100

Estimated from births per year and Social Security period life tables; an approximation of the living age distribution, by age in years.

Aitana year by year

Every year since 2001, and five-year steps back to 1880. Rank is within each sex.

Year Girls Girls rank
2025 1,435 #211
2024 1,460 #211
2023 1,368 #217
2022 990 #326
2021 843 #368
2020 845 #365
2019 527 #579
2018 707 #450
2017 424 #688
2016 565 #551
2015 300 #915
2014 66 #2,649
2013 21 #6,023
2012 17 #7,150
2011 16 #7,451
2010 25 #5,421
2009 29 #4,933
2008 10 #10,833
2007 17 #7,409
2006 8 #12,451
2005 10 #10,146
2004 7 #12,801
2003 10 #9,690
2002 7 #12,220
2001 10 #9,369
2000 12 #8,041
1995 9 #8,778
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Famous people named Aitana

The most globally famous bearers of the name, ranked by fame across Wikipedia editions (Pantheon project, MIT).

  1. 1 Aitana Sánchez-Gijón Aitana Sánchez-Gijón Spanish film actress (born 1968) Contemporary

Portraits from Wikipedia (Wikimedia Commons).

Frequently asked questions

Quick answers about Aitana, drawn from the same Social Security data as the charts above.

How old is the average Aitana?

The median living Aitana is about 3 years old. Half of all living Aitanas are between 1 and 6 years old.

How many people named Aitana are alive today?

An estimated 9,800 people named Aitana are alive in the United States, based on 9,804 recorded births and Social Security life tables.

What does the name Aitana mean?

Aitana is a Spanish feminine given name.

How popular is the name Aitana in 2025?

Aitana ranked #211 among girls' names in the United States in 2025, with 1,435 babies given the name, according to Social Security Administration data.

How many people are named Aitana?

9,804 babies have been named Aitana in the United States since 1995, based on Social Security card applications.

When was the name Aitana most popular?

Aitana peaked in 2024, when 1,460 newborns received the name.

Is Aitana a boy or girl name?

Aitana is overwhelmingly a girl's name: 100% of babies with the name.

Is the name Aitana rising or falling?

Aitana is on the rise, noticeably more popular now than a decade ago.

Will Aitana become more popular?

Aitana is trending upward. If the recent trend holds, we project roughly 2,273 girls named Aitana in 2030, which would rank around #120. Forecasts assume the current trend continues and become less certain further out.

Who are famous people named Aitana?

Well-known people named Aitana include Aitana Sánchez-Gijón (actor).

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