Aubrey
#146 for girls in 2025, 2,003 births · #2,091 for boys in 2025, 70 births
Given to girls 81.1% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 2012 · 8,061 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- 17 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 133,515since 1889
Aubrey over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #146 | 2,003 | #2,091 | 70 |
| 2024 | #132 | 2,217 | #1,752 | 94 |
| 2023 | #101 | 2,578 | #1,385 | 134 |
| 2022 | #81 | 2,999 | #1,379 | 135 |
| 2021 | #64 | 3,517 | #1,225 | 157 |
| 2020 | #56 | 3,921 | #1,271 | 144 |
| 2019 | #46 | 4,598 | #1,265 | 148 |
| 2018 | #37 | 5,209 | #1,202 | 156 |
| 2017 | #31 | 5,937 | #1,300 | 139 |
| 2016 | #25 | 6,552 | #1,356 | 131 |
| 2015 | #21 | 7,403 | #1,231 | 148 |
| 2014 | #21 | 7,635 | #1,306 | 135 |
| 2013 | #18 | 7,985 | #1,269 | 137 |
| 2012 | #15 | 8,061 | #1,188 | 152 |
| 2011 | #20 | 7,188 | #1,219 | 143 |
| 2010 | #45 | 5,367 | #1,232 | 143 |
| 2009 | #41 | 5,408 | #1,232 | 145 |
| 2008 | #42 | 5,570 | #1,284 | 135 |
| 2007 | #69 | 4,506 | #1,272 | 138 |
| 2006 | #93 | 3,660 | #1,185 | 142 |
| 2005 | #153 | 2,264 | #1,112 | 148 |
| 2004 | #190 | 1,816 | #1,090 | 145 |
| 2003 | #184 | 1,757 | #1,119 | 137 |
| 2002 | #196 | 1,641 | #930 | 172 |
| 2001 | #209 | 1,505 | #941 | 165 |
| 2000 | #223 | 1,410 | #845 | 189 |
| 1999 | #250 | 1,252 | #828 | 183 |
| 1998 | #243 | 1,252 | #829 | 178 |
| 1997 | #257 | 1,134 | #758 | 196 |
| 1996 | #258 | 1,094 | #738 | 207 |
| 1995 | #262 | 1,044 | #744 | 209 |
| 1994 | #251 | 1,104 | #683 | 231 |
| 1993 | #262 | 1,058 | #740 | 198 |
| 1992 | #252 | 1,108 | #709 | 209 |
| 1991 | #301 | 924 | #739 | 190 |
| 1990 | #298 | 936 | #712 | 203 |
| 1989 | #322 | 793 | #715 | 190 |
| 1988 | #293 | 838 | #654 | 210 |
| 1987 | #294 | 821 | #646 | 199 |
| 1986 | #335 | 721 | #586 | 231 |
| 1985 | #314 | 770 | #574 | 233 |
| 1984 | #367 | 623 | #620 | 190 |
| 1983 | #377 | 591 | #619 | 189 |
| 1982 | #363 | 638 | #627 | 191 |
| 1981 | #416 | 527 | #616 | 191 |
| 1980 | #446 | 480 | #655 | 176 |
| 1979 | #437 | 471 | #633 | 184 |
| 1978 | #497 | 389 | #626 | 177 |
| 1977 | #538 | 335 | #643 | 175 |
| 1976 | #603 | 263 | #648 | 162 |
| 1975 | #666 | 229 | #572 | 199 |
| 1974 | #757 | 185 | #608 | 174 |
| 1973 | #882 | 142 | #611 | 169 |
| 1972 | #3,177 | 20 | #596 | 179 |
| 1971 | #5,543 | 9 | #542 | 219 |
| 1970 | #4,492 | 12 | #568 | 204 |
| 1969 | #3,318 | 17 | #557 | 196 |
| 1968 | #4,489 | 10 | #529 | 208 |
| 1967 | #2,963 | 18 | #537 | 192 |
| 1966 | #3,740 | 12 | #539 | 200 |
| 1965 | #4,831 | 8 | #551 | 193 |
| 1964 | #5,008 | 8 | #503 | 244 |
| 1963 | #5,296 | 7 | #511 | 246 |
| 1962 | #5,293 | 7 | #496 | 256 |
| 1961 | #3,318 | 15 | #487 | 261 |
| 1960 | #3,512 | 13 | #477 | 275 |
| 1959 | #3,436 | 13 | #435 | 338 |
| 1958 | #3,925 | 10 | #412 | 360 |
| 1957 | #4,536 | 8 | #403 | 375 |
| 1956 | #3,910 | 10 | #393 | 368 |
| 1955 | #4,740 | 7 | #421 | 299 |
| 1954 | #3,325 | 12 | #390 | 338 |
| 1953 | — | #369 | 348 | |
| 1952 | #3,796 | 9 | #390 | 311 |
| 1951 | #2,937 | 13 | #370 | 340 |
| 1950 | #3,423 | 10 | #394 | 293 |
| 1949 | #5,244 | 5 | #389 | 299 |
| 1948 | #3,350 | 10 | #382 | 319 |
| 1947 | #3,240 | 11 | #391 | 307 |
| 1946 | #3,430 | 9 | #355 | 334 |
| 1945 | #2,598 | 12 | #350 | 291 |
| 1944 | #2,625 | 12 | #335 | 321 |
| 1943 | #2,447 | 14 | #316 | 373 |
| 1942 | #2,214 | 16 | #305 | 401 |
| 1941 | #3,252 | 8 | #299 | 373 |
| 1940 | #2,109 | 15 | #296 | 354 |
| 1939 | #2,417 | 12 | #282 | 389 |
| 1938 | #2,447 | 12 | #281 | 389 |
| 1937 | #1,679 | 21 | #279 | 376 |
| 1936 | #2,263 | 13 | #282 | 361 |
| 1935 | #1,779 | 19 | #292 | 348 |
| 1934 | #1,913 | 17 | #280 | 372 |
| 1933 | #1,835 | 18 | #279 | 357 |
| 1932 | #1,817 | 19 | #271 | 406 |
| 1931 | #2,105 | 15 | #282 | 383 |
| 1930 | #1,460 | 28 | #287 | 392 |
| 1929 | #1,447 | 28 | #280 | 395 |
| 1928 | #1,541 | 27 | #274 | 429 |
| 1927 | #1,559 | 28 | #283 | 393 |
| 1926 | #1,325 | 35 | #249 | 498 |
| 1925 | #1,609 | 27 | #265 | 458 |
| 1924 | #1,382 | 35 | #267 | 455 |
| 1923 | #1,736 | 24 | #264 | 452 |
| 1922 | #1,730 | 24 | #262 | 464 |
| 1921 | #1,514 | 30 | #258 | 480 |
| 1920 | #2,015 | 19 | #252 | 478 |
| 1919 | #1,745 | 22 | #268 | 391 |
| 1918 | #1,963 | 19 | #260 | 429 |
| 1917 | #1,507 | 25 | #240 | 437 |
| 1916 | #1,581 | 23 | #245 | 429 |
| 1915 | #1,883 | 17 | #244 | 394 |
| 1914 | #1,603 | 17 | #241 | 313 |
| 1913 | #1,670 | 13 | #234 | 255 |
| 1912 | #1,421 | 15 | #224 | 236 |
| 1911 | #1,071 | 17 | #248 | 107 |
| 1910 | #1,634 | 9 | #228 | 105 |
| 1909 | — | #239 | 84 | |
| 1908 | #1,261 | 11 | #257 | 67 |
| 1907 | #1,384 | 9 | #233 | 76 |
| 1906 | #1,951 | 5 | #237 | 67 |
| 1905 | #1,298 | 9 | #236 | 69 |
| 1904 | #1,251 | 9 | #242 | 60 |
| 1903 | #1,204 | 9 | #248 | 56 |
| 1902 | #1,594 | 6 | #267 | 49 |
| 1901 | #1,007 | 11 | #264 | 43 |
| 1900 | #1,932 | 5 | #259 | 62 |
| 1899 | — | #257 | 42 | |
| 1898 | #1,502 | 6 | #266 | 45 |
| 1897 | — | #258 | 46 | |
| 1896 | — | #255 | 50 | |
| 1895 | #1,299 | 7 | #295 | 37 |
| 1894 | — | #283 | 39 | |
| 1893 | #1,277 | 6 | #307 | 32 |
| 1892 | — | #312 | 35 | |
| 1891 | — | #386 | 20 | |
| 1890 | — | #389 | 21 | |
| 1889 | #1,279 | 5 | #482 | 15 |
| 1888 | — | #442 | 18 | |
| 1887 | — | #276 | 34 | |
| 1886 | — | #605 | 10 | |
| 1885 | — | #577 | 11 | |
| 1884 | — | #433 | 18 | |
| 1883 | — | #381 | 20 | |
| 1882 | — | #453 | 16 | |
| 1881 | — | #442 | 15 | |
| 1880 | — | #373 | 21 | |
The first year at least five girls were named Aubrey! It came in at #1,279, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1889–1892, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
See more about Aubrey
- 14 spots since 2024 (#132 → #146)
- 90 spots since 2020 (#56 → #146)
- 125 spots since 2015 (#21 → #146)
- Biggest jump: 2,295 spots in 1973 (#3,177 → #882)
- Biggest drop: 31 spots in 2024 (#101 → #132)
- Debuted 1889
- Peaked 2012 at #15 (8,061 births)
- Births halved by 2020, 8 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 17 yrs · run 2006–2022
- Top 1,000: 53 yrs · run 1973–2025
- Highest: 1 in 218 girls born in 2012 were named Aubrey (0.46%)
- Latest: 1 in 802 girls born in 2025 (0.12%)
- 49.4% of all girls named Aubrey (65,935) were born in this decade
- Mostly boys until 1973, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 5 | #1,279 (1889) | #1,279 |
| 1890s | 19 | #1,277 (1893) | #1,359 |
| 1900s | 74 | #1,007 (1901) | #1,431 |
| 1910s | 177 | #1,071 (1911) | #1,608 |
| 1920s | 277 | #1,325 (1926) | #1,586 |
| 1930s | 174 | #1,460 (1930) | #1,972 |
| 1940s | 112 | #2,109 (1940) | #3,051 |
| 1950s | 92 | #2,937 (1951) | #3,781 |
| 1960s | 115 | #2,963 (1967) | #4,177 |
| 1970s | 2,055 | #437 (1979) | #1,759 |
| 1980s | 6,802 | #293 (1988) | #353 |
| 1990s | 10,906 | #243 (1998) | #263 |
| 2000s | 29,537 | #41 (2009) | #140 |
| 2010s | 65,935 | #15 (2012) | #28 |
| 2020s | 17,235 | #56 (2020) | #97 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Aubrey in 1972
Top girls' names in 1972
Top boys' names in 1972
More about 1972
girls
1,521,244 girls got a published name in 1972; 1 in 76,062 of them was named Aubrey, which outranked 67.1% of the 9,666 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #3,062Wilda21
- #3,062Wilhelmina21
- #3,062Zita21
- #3,177Aubrey20
- #3,177Abra20
- #3,177Alanda20
- #3,177Anamaria20
- #3,276Ammy19
- #3,276Analisa19
- #3,276Anastacia19
Tied with 98 names at #3,177; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,621,608 boys got a published name in 1972; 1 in 9,059 of them was named Aubrey, which outranked 89.6% of the 5,751 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 26.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).