Audie

Where Audie comes from

Possibly from a French surname.
— Wiktionary's entry for Audie
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1885
    First appearance
    #936 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1925
    Audie Murphy born
    American soldier and actor
  3. 1947
    Mostly boys from here
    Until now more girls than boys got the name; from this year it's the other way round, and has stayed that way.
  4. 1956
    Peak, #466
    261 babies named Audie — more than any year before or since.
  5. 1958
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #703.
  6. 1960
    Audie Norris born
    American basketball player-coach
In the dictionary
  • A male given name.
  • A diminutive of the female given name Audrey.
Namesakes
  • Audie Murphy · American soldier and actor, 1925–1971
  • Audie Norris · American basketball player-coach, born 1960
  • Audie Cornish · American journalist, born 1969
  • Audie Bock · American film scholar and politician, born 1946
  • Audie Cole · American football player, born 1989

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.