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

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Peak · girls
2012 · 8,061 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
17 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · girls
133,515
since 1889

Aubrey over time

girlsboys

Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201985peak #15, 2012peak #224, 1912girlsboys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#1462,003#2,09170
2024#1322,217#1,75294
2023#1012,578#1,385134
2022#812,999#1,379135
2021#643,517#1,225157
2020#563,921#1,271144
2019#464,598#1,265148
2018#375,209#1,202156
2017#315,937#1,300139
2016#256,552#1,356131
2015#217,403#1,231148
2014#217,635#1,306135
2013#187,985#1,269137
2012#158,061#1,188152
2011#207,188#1,219143
2010#455,367#1,232143
2009#415,408#1,232145
2008#425,570#1,284135
2007#694,506#1,272138
2006#933,660#1,185142
2005#1532,264#1,112148
2004#1901,816#1,090145
2003#1841,757#1,119137
2002#1961,641#930172
2001#2091,505#941165
2000#2231,410#845189
1999#2501,252#828183
1998#2431,252#829178
1997#2571,134#758196
1996#2581,094#738207
1995#2621,044#744209
1994#2511,104#683231
1993#2621,058#740198
1992#2521,108#709209
1991#301924#739190
1990#298936#712203
1989#322793#715190
1988#293838#654210
1987#294821#646199
1986#335721#586231
1985#314770#574233
1984#367623#620190
1983#377591#619189
1982#363638#627191
1981#416527#616191
1980#446480#655176
1979#437471#633184
1978#497389#626177
1977#538335#643175
1976#603263#648162
1975#666229#572199
1974#757185#608174
1973#882142#611169
1972#3,17720#596179
1971#5,5439#542219
1970#4,49212#568204
1969#3,31817#557196
1968#4,48910#529208
1967#2,96318#537192
1966#3,74012#539200
1965#4,8318#551193
1964#5,0088#503244
1963#5,2967#511246
1962#5,2937#496256
1961#3,31815#487261
1960#3,51213#477275
1959#3,43613#435338
1958#3,92510#412360
1957#4,5368#403375
1956#3,91010#393368
1955#4,7407#421299
1954#3,32512#390338
1953#369348
1952#3,7969#390311
1951#2,93713#370340
1950#3,42310#394293
1949#5,2445#389299
1948#3,35010#382319
1947#3,24011#391307
1946#3,4309#355334
1945#2,59812#350291
1944#2,62512#335321
1943#2,44714#316373
1942#2,21416#305401
1941#3,2528#299373
1940#2,10915#296354
1939#2,41712#282389
1938#2,44712#281389
1937#1,67921#279376
1936#2,26313#282361
1935#1,77919#292348
1934#1,91317#280372
1933#1,83518#279357
1932#1,81719#271406
1931#2,10515#282383
1930#1,46028#287392
1929#1,44728#280395
1928#1,54127#274429
1927#1,55928#283393
1926#1,32535#249498
1925#1,60927#265458
1924#1,38235#267455
1923#1,73624#264452
1922#1,73024#262464
1921#1,51430#258480
1920#2,01519#252478
1919#1,74522#268391
1918#1,96319#260429
1917#1,50725#240437
1916#1,58123#245429
1915#1,88317#244394
1914#1,60317#241313
1913#1,67013#234255
1912#1,42115#224236
1911#1,07117#248107
1910#1,6349#228105
1909#23984
1908#1,26111#25767
1907#1,3849#23376
1906#1,9515#23767
1905#1,2989#23669
1904#1,2519#24260
1903#1,2049#24856
1902#1,5946#26749
1901#1,00711#26443
1900#1,9325#25962
1899#25742
1898#1,5026#26645
1897#25846
1896#25550
1895#1,2997#29537
1894#28339
1893#1,2776#30732
1892#31235
1891#38620
1890#38921
1889#1,2795#48215
1888#44218
1887#27634
1886#60510
1885#57711
1884#43318
1883#38120
1882#45316
1881#44215
1880#37321
First appearance
1889

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
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 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)
Rise & fade · girls
123 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1889
  • Peaked 2012 at #15 (8,061 births)
  • Births halved by 2020, 8 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 100 for 17 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 17 yrs · run 2006–2022
  • Top 1,000: 53 yrs · run 1973–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 218
  • Highest: 1 in 218 girls born in 2012 were named Aubrey (0.46%)
  • Latest: 1 in 802 girls born in 2025 (0.12%)
Era · girls
The 2010s
  • 49.4% of all girls named Aubrey (65,935) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1974
  • Mostly boys until 1973, mostly girls since
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s5#1,279 (1889)#1,279
1890s19#1,277 (1893)#1,359
1900s74#1,007 (1901)#1,431
1910s177#1,071 (1911)#1,608
1920s277#1,325 (1926)#1,586
1930s174#1,460 (1930)#1,972
1940s112#2,109 (1940)#3,051
1950s92#2,937 (1951)#3,781
1960s115#2,963 (1967)#4,177
1970s2,055#437 (1979)#1,759
1980s6,802#293 (1988)#353
1990s10,906#243 (1998)#263
2000s29,537#41 (2009)#140
2010s65,935#15 (2012)#28
2020s17,235#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 1985

girls
#314
770 births · 1 in 2,235 girls
boys
#574
233 births · 1 in 7,932 boys

Top girls' names in 1985

  1. #1Jessica48,345
  2. #2Ashley47,010
  3. #3Jennifer42,661
  4. #4Amanda39,055
  5. #5Sarah24,879
  6. #6Stephanie23,243
  7. #7Nicole22,966
  8. #8Heather21,151
  9. #9Elizabeth20,545
  10. #10Megan20,013
  11. #314Aubrey770

Top boys' names in 1985

  1. #1Michael64,934
  2. #2Christopher59,609
  3. #3Matthew47,075
  4. #4Joshua42,194
  5. #5Daniel38,559
  6. #6David38,522
  7. #7James35,862
  8. #8Robert32,094
  9. #9John31,502
  10. #10Joseph30,222
  11. #574Aubrey233
More about 1985

girls

1,720,828 girls got a published name in 1985; 1 in 2,235 of them was named Aubrey, which outranked 97.5% of the 12,505 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Aubrey
  1. #311Laurie779
  2. #312Leigh773
  3. #313Elisabeth771
  4. #314Aubrey770
  5. #315Kelley761
  6. #316Latisha756
  7. #317Eva755
Biggest movers since 1984
Risers
  1. 7,360Kayleigh#8,153#793
  2. 1,675Madison#2,299#624
  3. 1,167Cierra#1,633#466
  4. 1,002Ciera#1,703#701
  5. 787Krystina#1,332#545
Fallers
  1. 1,164Grisel#784#1,948
  2. 893Ciji#963#1,856
  3. 419Falon#914#1,333
  4. 364Alesia#969#1,333
  5. 362Echo#845#1,207

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,848,210 boys got a published name in 1985; 1 in 7,932 of them was named Aubrey, which outranked 92.4% of the 7,586 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Aubrey
  1. #570Humberto238
  2. #572Whitney236
  3. #573Shea234
  4. #574Aubrey233
  5. #574Barrett233
  6. #574Harvey233
  7. #577Amos232
  8. #578Jessica230
  9. #578Reed230

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1984
Risers
  1. 2,425Jaymes#3,270#845
  2. 977Trace#1,933#956
  3. 933Durrell#1,656#723
  4. 793Durell#1,399#606
  5. 562Brandyn#1,444#882
Fallers
  1. 420Anwar#951#1,371
  2. 345Zebulon#976#1,321
  3. 303Tavares#925#1,228
  4. 250Alonso#931#1,181
  5. 228Abdul#1,000#1,228

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1985