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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201998peak #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.

Where Aubrey is popular in 1998

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #169 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 517 girlsAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Aubrey, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Aubrey, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Aubrey, so not publishedNHWashington: #213 for girls · 29 births · 1 in 1,008 girlsWAIdaho: #120 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 421 girlsIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Aubrey, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: #149 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 531 girlsNDMinnesota: #280 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 1,579 girlsMNIllinois: #360 for girls · 36 births · 1 in 1,956 girlsILWisconsin: #280 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 1,483 girlsWIMichigan: #176 for girls · 57 births · 1 in 904 girlsMINew York: #462 for girls · 36 births · 1 in 2,798 girlsNYMassachusetts: #357 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 2,279 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Aubrey, so not publishedRIOregon: #413 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 2,055 girlsORNevada: #217 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 830 girlsNVWyoming: #51 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 146 girlsWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Aubrey, so not publishedSDIowa: #168 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 740 girlsIAIndiana: #152 for girls · 47 births · 1 in 704 girlsINOhio: #163 for girls · 74 births · 1 in 833 girlsOHPennsylvania: #216 for girls · 51 births · 1 in 1,143 girlsPANew Jersey: #480 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 3,191 girlsNJConnecticut: #344 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 1,942 girlsCTCalifornia: #442 for girls · 87 births · 1 in 2,540 girlsCAUtah: #45 for girls · 79 births · 1 in 209 girlsUTColorado: #172 for girls · 30 births · 1 in 742 girlsCONebraska: #226 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 1,011 girlsNEMissouri: #174 for girls · 36 births · 1 in 825 girlsMOKentucky: #208 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 1,073 girlsKYWest Virginia: #277 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 1,463 girlsWVVirginia: #437 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 2,608 girlsVAMaryland: #308 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 1,596 girlsMDDelaware: #150 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 524 girlsDEArizona: #203 for girls · 35 births · 1 in 835 girlsAZNew Mexico: #146 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 529 girlsNMKansas: #113 for girls · 28 births · 1 in 463 girlsKSArkansas: #234 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 1,082 girlsARTennessee: #147 for girls · 42 births · 1 in 727 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #254 for girls · 32 births · 1 in 1,315 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #222 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 988 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Aubrey, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #96 for girls · 39 births · 1 in 434 girlsOKLouisiana: #390 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 1,986 girlsLAMississippi: #251 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 1,107 girlsMSAlabama: #229 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 1,097 girlsALGeorgia: #202 for girls · 44 births · 1 in 1,012 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Aubrey, so not publishedHITexas: #267 for girls · 108 births · 1 in 1,328 girlsTXFlorida: #276 for girls · 51 births · 1 in 1,456 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Utah#45 · 1 in 209
  2. Wyoming#51 · 1 in 146
  3. Oklahoma#96 · 1 in 434
  4. Kansas#113 · 1 in 463
  5. Idaho#120 · 1 in 421

Best ever in a state: #4 in Mississippi, 2013.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Utah#45791 in 209
Wyoming#5191 in 146
Oklahoma#96391 in 434
Kansas#113281 in 463
Idaho#120141 in 421
New Mexico#146161 in 529
Tennessee#147421 in 727
North Dakota#14951 in 531
Delaware#15061 in 524
Indiana#152471 in 704
Ohio#163741 in 833
Iowa#168191 in 740
Alaska#16951 in 517
Colorado#172301 in 742
Missouri#174361 in 825
Michigan#176571 in 904
Georgia#202441 in 1,012
Arizona#203351 in 835
Kentucky#208191 in 1,073
Washington#213291 in 1,008
Pennsylvania#216511 in 1,143
Nevada#217111 in 830
South Carolina#222171 in 988
Nebraska#22681 in 1,011
Alabama#229191 in 1,097
Arkansas#234111 in 1,082
Mississippi#251111 in 1,107
North Carolina#254321 in 1,315
Texas#2671081 in 1,328
Florida#276511 in 1,456
West Virginia#27751 in 1,463
Minnesota#280161 in 1,579
Wisconsin#280171 in 1,483
Maryland#308151 in 1,596
Connecticut#34481 in 1,942
Massachusetts#357141 in 2,279
Illinois#360361 in 1,956
Louisiana#390111 in 1,986
Oregon#41381 in 2,055
Virginia#437131 in 2,608
California#442871 in 2,540
New York#462361 in 2,798
New Jersey#480131 in 3,191
District of Columbia———
Hawaii———
Maine———
Montana———
New Hampshire———
Rhode Island———
South Dakota———
Vermont———

Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

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 1998

girls
#243
1,252 births · 1 in 1,411 girls
boys
#829
178 births · 1 in 10,738 boys

Top girls' names in 1998

  1. #1Emily26,188
  2. #2Hannah21,376
  3. #3Samantha20,195
  4. #4Sarah19,898
  5. #5Ashley19,875
  6. #6Alexis19,778
  7. #7Taylor18,576
  8. #8Jessica18,239
  9. #9Madison17,787
  10. #10Elizabeth15,193
  11. #243Aubrey1,252

Top boys' names in 1998

  1. #1Michael36,618
  2. #2Jacob36,031
  3. #3Matthew31,146
  4. #4Joshua28,095
  5. #5Christopher27,007
  6. #6Nicholas26,632
  7. #7Brandon23,832
  8. #8Tyler23,712
  9. #9Andrew23,664
  10. #10Austin23,478
  11. #829Aubrey178
More about 1998

girls

1,766,949 girls got a published name in 1998; 1 in 1,411 of them was named Aubrey, which outranked 98.5% of the 16,601 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Aubrey
  1. #240Joanna1,281
  2. #241Savanna1,278
  3. #242Giselle1,255
  4. #243Aubrey1,252
  5. #244Deanna1,246
  6. #245Deja1,244
  7. #246Avery1,242
Biggest movers since 1997
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,123Calista#2,820 → #697
  2. ↑ 1,165Ireland#1,983 → #818
  3. ↑ 1,158Abril#2,116 → #958
  4. ↑ 755Mya#993 → #238
  5. ↑ 619Ally#1,036 → #417
Fallers
  1. ↓ 586Yulissa#424 → #1,010
  2. ↓ 462Moesha#943 → #1,405
  3. ↓ 397Yulisa#985 → #1,382
  4. ↓ 376Tonya#905 → #1,281
  5. ↓ 347Xena#765 → #1,112

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

boys

1,911,366 boys got a published name in 1998; 1 in 10,738 of them was named Aubrey, which outranked 92.7% of the 11,311 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 14.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Aubrey
  1. #823Jamari180
  2. #827Nehemiah179
  3. #827Nick179
  4. #829Aubrey178
  5. #829Freddie178
  6. #831Ibrahim177
  7. #831Marques177
  8. #833Antony176

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

Biggest movers since 1997
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,736Tyrese#2,347 → #611
  2. ↑ 805Zion#1,499 → #694
  3. ↑ 785Mekhi#1,706 → #921
  4. ↑ 743Tyriq#1,519 → #776
  5. ↑ 741Tavian#1,599 → #858
Fallers
  1. ↓ 429Coty#918 → #1,347
  2. ↓ 367Anfernee#838 → #1,205
  3. ↓ 326Jessy#962 → #1,288
  4. ↓ 295Mickey#966 → #1,261
  5. ↓ 280Mikal#1,000 → #1,280

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

See the top 100 for 1998 →