Audrey

#86 for girls in 2025, 2,919 births · Last seen for boys in 2023 at #10,821
Given to girls 99.1% of the time

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Peak · girls
2013 · 5,605 births
Debut · girls
11 births
In top 100 · girls
44 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · girls
305,883
since 1881

Audrey over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201937peak #33, 2013girls
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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#862,919
2024#823,006
2023#743,042#10,8216
2022#673,340
2021#603,685#10,7996
2020#603,768#7,50210
2019#494,460#8,2159
2018#464,697
2017#464,835#6,68512
2016#395,369#8,8168
2015#375,613#5,99914
2014#365,570#12,1085
2013#335,605#6,24113
2012#415,300#7,55910
2011#435,215#9,6007
2010#524,952#8,8038
2009#495,008#9,8647
2008#445,443#7,18711
2007#515,249#8,1739
2006#694,649#9,5857
2005#774,137#7,09610
2004#803,903#4,42119
2003#783,998#7,2459
2002#1003,306#10,6675
2001#1122,950#8,3397
2000#1152,872#6,31610
1999#1342,457#7,8747
1998#1452,202#9,6315
1997#1562,007#6,6188
1996#1641,915#6,4968
1995#1671,770
1994#1621,931#6,3728
1993#1601,947#8,7005
1992#1761,741#5,6609
1991#1691,762#5,9428
1990#1611,798#7,1786
1989#1701,685#3,32517
1988#1801,554#3,20316
1987#1841,487#4,9688
1986#1811,486#3,88211
1985#1861,450#3,40113
1984#1841,486#3,70111
1983#1851,468#3,23013
1982#1771,544#2,97215
1981#2051,285#3,41212
1980#2121,223#3,25613
1979#2201,178#2,89715
1978#2341,062#3,61410
1977#256972#3,60610
1976#239989#2,60116
1975#259937#2,00123
1974#259969#3,31810
1973#272912#2,85712
1972#278918#1,81924
1971#2591,131#2,05220
1970#2391,309#2,21317
1969#2211,361#1,86120
1968#2111,424#1,96217
1967#1871,677#1,97416
1966#1831,771#1,75719
1965#2001,660#2,17814
1964#1971,868#2,11415
1963#1991,797#1,69522
1962#1881,973#1,54626
1961#1842,061#1,63524
1960#1742,276#1,77221
1959#1662,308#1,66523
1958#1642,344#1,72421
1957#1492,580#1,71522
1956#1492,547#1,44329
1955#1432,555#1,57224
1954#1492,455#1,26835
1953#1671,940#1,30433
1952#1681,868#1,37830
1951#1681,825#1,37329
1950#1581,803#1,39527
1949#1611,793#1,38028
1948#1571,839#1,37828
1947#1462,002#1,55523
1946#1491,832#1,25731
1945#1431,644#1,44521
1944#1501,645#1,21230
1943#1401,944#1,30828
1942#1202,285#1,02643
1941#1172,233#1,23029
1940#992,501#1,13534
1939#982,569#88849
1938#872,844#91248
1937#852,889#98241
1936#683,345#94942
1935#643,514#88151
1934#693,582#89749
1933#593,610#1,09436
1932#613,735#1,00443
1931#643,790#87953
1930#634,129#83261
1929#584,460#86958
1928#604,630#80666
1927#624,375#88459
1926#604,477#77670
1925#783,543#88258
1924#843,520#88661
1923#853,281#86062
1922#893,164#99151
1921#823,434#78074
1920#1032,666#81667
1919#1152,114#90854
1918#1182,022#1,01244
1917#1171,906#79762
1916#1191,853#84055
1915#1271,565#79158
1914#1381,070#81942
1913#136884#74539
1912#145745#89225
1911#154527#92513
1910#162453#78215
1909#165371#65317
1908#163370#87710
1907#172324#66415
1906#179278#79810
1905#184272#1,0916
1904#177276#1,2055
1903#176276#1,1305
1902#202210#58314
1901#251134
1900#227196
1899#246129#1,0515
1898#271124#1,1215
1897#28499#1,0575
1896#276108
1895#279102#1,0795
1894#30183#8577
1893#31275
1892#30977
1891#30268
1890#27085
1889#31261
1888#37441
1887#34439
1886#42426
1885#38029
1884#39825
1883#51714
1882#7407
1881#50311
1880
First appearance
1881

The first year at least five girls were named Audrey! It came in at #503, and was given to 11 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1882, when fewer than 8 girls a year got the name.

See more about Audrey
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 4 spots since 2024 (#82#86)
  • 26 spots since 2020 (#60#86)
  • 49 spots since 2015 (#37#86)
  • Biggest jump: 223 spots in 1883 (#740#517)
  • Biggest drop: 237 spots in 1882 (#503#740)
Rise & fade · girls
132 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1881
  • Peaked 2013 at #33 (5,605 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · girls
Top 100 for 44 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 44 yrs · run 2002–2025
  • Top 1,000: 145 yrs · run 1881–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 249
  • Highest: 1 in 249 girls born in 1928 were named Audrey (0.40%)
  • Latest: 1 in 551 girls born in 2025 (0.18%)
  • Its best rank, #33 in 2013, was only 1 in 313 (0.32%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 2010s
  • 16.9% of all girls named Audrey (51,616) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s253#312 (1889)#444
1890s950#246 (1899)#285
1900s2,707#163 (1908)#190
1910s13,139#115 (1919)#133
1920s37,550#58 (1929)#76
1930s34,007#59 (1933)#72
1940s19,718#99 (1940)#138
1950s22,225#143 (1955)#158
1960s17,868#174 (1960)#194
1970s10,377#220 (1979)#252
1980s14,668#170 (1989)#186
1990s19,530#134 (1999)#159
2000s41,515#44 (2008)#78
2010s51,616#33 (2013)#42
2020s19,760#60 (2020)#72

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.

Audrey in 1937

girls
#85
2,889 births · 1 in 368 girls
boys
#982
41 births · 1 in 26,016 boys

Top girls' names in 1937

  1. #1Mary55,641
  2. #2Barbara34,917
  3. #3Patricia26,838
  4. #4Shirley26,823
  5. #5Betty25,337
  6. #6Carol17,336
  7. #7Nancy17,074
  8. #8Dorothy16,572
  9. #9Joan15,301
  10. #10Margaret15,144
  11. #85Audrey2,889

Top boys' names in 1937

  1. #1Robert61,842
  2. #2James56,561
  3. #3John48,755
  4. #4William40,725
  5. #5Richard32,975
  6. #6Charles30,520
  7. #7Donald27,868
  8. #8David20,981
  9. #9Thomas19,772
  10. #10George18,439
  11. #982Audrey41
More about 1937

girls

1,064,033 girls got a published name in 1937; 1 in 368 of them was named Audrey, which outranked 98.3% of the 4,930 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Audrey
  1. #82Josephine2,942
  2. #83Lorraine2,940
  3. #84Lillian2,899
  4. #85Audrey2,889
  5. #86Gladys2,872
  6. #87Pauline2,818
  7. #88Ethel2,763
Biggest movers since 1936
Risers
  1. 3,217Noreta#4,181#964
  2. 2,845Noretta#3,701#856
  3. 2,351Leilani#3,103#752
  4. 1,407Deann#2,263#856
  5. 1,209Norita#1,741#532
Fallers
  1. 438Dorla#951#1,389
  2. 331Vilma#951#1,282
  3. 303Imelda#979#1,282
  4. 297Lulu#695#992
  5. 292Lyda#840#1,132

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

boys

1,066,659 boys got a published name in 1937; 1 in 26,016 of them was named Audrey, which outranked 75.6% of the 4,020 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Audrey
  1. #967Reese42
  2. #967Rose42
  3. #967Verlyn42
  4. #982Audrey41
  5. #982Adolphus41
  6. #982Alice41
  7. #982Aloysius41
  8. #1,000Armond40
  9. #1,000Cloyd40
  10. #1,000Earlie40

Tied with 17 names at #982; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1936
Risers
  1. 1,923Tyrone#2,629#706
  2. 558Lamont#1,540#982
  3. 540Lary#1,540#1,000
  4. 416Errol#906#490
  5. 399Levon#1,356#957
Fallers
  1. 492Gaston#989#1,481
  2. 461Gorden#827#1,288
  3. 432Sergio#940#1,372
  4. 371Landon#422#793
  5. 347Harlen#747#1,094

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

See the top 100 for 1937