Auburn
#4,352 for girls in 2025, 32 births · #12,008 for boys in 2025, 5 births
Given to girls 64.7% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1996 · 42 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,337since 1920
Auburn 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 | #4,352 | 32 | #12,008 | 5 |
| 2024 | #5,300 | 24 | #10,938 | 6 |
| 2023 | #4,454 | 31 | — | |
| 2022 | #4,472 | 31 | #8,990 | 8 |
| 2021 | #4,719 | 28 | #10,799 | 6 |
| 2020 | #3,450 | 44 | — | |
| 2019 | #4,909 | 27 | #10,803 | 6 |
| 2018 | #4,001 | 36 | — | |
| 2017 | #3,552 | 43 | #10,775 | 6 |
| 2016 | #4,157 | 35 | #10,744 | 6 |
| 2015 | #3,177 | 52 | #12,086 | 5 |
| 2014 | #3,549 | 44 | #10,717 | 6 |
| 2013 | #3,703 | 41 | #10,728 | 6 |
| 2012 | #3,464 | 46 | — | |
| 2011 | #4,568 | 31 | — | |
| 2010 | #5,602 | 24 | — | |
| 2009 | #4,805 | 30 | — | |
| 2008 | #4,550 | 33 | — | |
| 2007 | #4,944 | 29 | #10,921 | 6 |
| 2006 | #4,073 | 36 | #10,662 | 6 |
| 2005 | #5,800 | 21 | — | |
| 2004 | #4,093 | 34 | — | |
| 2003 | #5,092 | 24 | — | |
| 2002 | #4,621 | 26 | — | |
| 2001 | #4,564 | 26 | #9,243 | 6 |
| 2000 | #4,291 | 28 | #10,349 | 5 |
| 1999 | #3,895 | 30 | — | |
| 1998 | #4,366 | 25 | — | |
| 1997 | #2,874 | 42 | — | |
| 1996 | #2,849 | 42 | — | |
| 1995 | #3,422 | 32 | — | |
| 1994 | #3,892 | 27 | — | |
| 1993 | #3,987 | 26 | #5,771 | 9 |
| 1992 | #3,267 | 34 | #6,670 | 7 |
| 1991 | #4,808 | 20 | #5,942 | 8 |
| 1990 | #3,714 | 28 | #6,415 | 7 |
| 1989 | #5,286 | 16 | #7,905 | 5 |
| 1988 | #5,065 | 16 | — | |
| 1987 | #3,983 | 21 | — | |
| 1986 | #4,347 | 18 | #6,721 | 5 |
| 1985 | #5,678 | 12 | — | |
| 1984 | #4,966 | 14 | — | |
| 1983 | #5,148 | 13 | — | |
| 1982 | #5,209 | 13 | — | |
| 1981 | #4,963 | 14 | #6,262 | 5 |
| 1980 | #8,178 | 7 | — | |
| 1979 | #5,092 | 13 | — | |
| 1978 | — | — | ||
| 1977 | #7,567 | 7 | #5,123 | 6 |
| 1976 | #8,156 | 6 | #5,587 | 5 |
| 1975 | — | — | ||
| 1974 | — | — | ||
| 1973 | — | — | ||
| 1972 | — | — | ||
| 1971 | — | — | ||
| 1970 | — | #4,230 | 6 | |
| 1969 | — | — | ||
| 1968 | — | #2,311 | 13 | |
| 1967 | — | #2,760 | 9 | |
| 1966 | — | #3,948 | 5 | |
| 1965 | — | — | ||
| 1964 | — | #3,601 | 6 | |
| 1963 | — | — | ||
| 1962 | — | #3,305 | 7 | |
| 1961 | — | #3,097 | 8 | |
| 1960 | — | #3,665 | 6 | |
| 1959 | — | #2,663 | 10 | |
| 1958 | — | — | ||
| 1957 | — | — | ||
| 1956 | — | — | ||
| 1955 | — | — | ||
| 1954 | — | #2,449 | 11 | |
| 1953 | — | #3,425 | 6 | |
| 1952 | — | — | ||
| 1951 | — | #2,662 | 9 | |
| 1950 | — | #2,770 | 8 | |
| 1949 | — | #2,606 | 9 | |
| 1948 | — | — | ||
| 1947 | — | #3,096 | 7 | |
| 1946 | — | #2,271 | 11 | |
| 1945 | — | — | ||
| 1944 | — | #2,862 | 7 | |
| 1943 | — | #1,833 | 16 | |
| 1942 | — | #1,946 | 14 | |
| 1941 | — | #3,133 | 6 | |
| 1940 | — | #2,081 | 12 | |
| 1939 | — | #2,449 | 9 | |
| 1938 | — | #3,175 | 6 | |
| 1937 | — | #1,627 | 18 | |
| 1936 | — | #2,062 | 12 | |
| 1935 | — | #2,529 | 9 | |
| 1934 | — | #1,860 | 15 | |
| 1933 | — | #2,093 | 12 | |
| 1932 | — | — | ||
| 1931 | — | #2,003 | 14 | |
| 1930 | — | #1,559 | 22 | |
| 1929 | — | #2,199 | 13 | |
| 1928 | — | #2,387 | 12 | |
| 1927 | — | #1,692 | 21 | |
| 1926 | — | #2,302 | 13 | |
| 1925 | — | #1,583 | 23 | |
| 1924 | — | #2,229 | 14 | |
| 1923 | — | #1,696 | 21 | |
| 1922 | — | #1,695 | 21 | |
| 1921 | — | #2,502 | 12 | |
| 1920 | #4,975 | 5 | #1,747 | 20 |
| 1919 | — | #1,882 | 17 | |
| 1918 | — | #2,073 | 15 | |
| 1917 | — | #3,217 | 7 | |
| 1916 | — | #2,389 | 11 | |
| 1915 | — | #1,782 | 16 | |
| 1914 | — | #1,772 | 13 | |
| 1913 | — | #2,821 | 5 | |
| 1912 | — | #1,223 | 15 | |
| 1911 | — | — | ||
| 1910 | — | #1,589 | 5 | |
| 1909 | — | #1,277 | 6 | |
| 1908 | — | — | ||
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| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | #994 | 5 | |
| 1889 | — | — | ||
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| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five girls were named Auburn! It came in at #4,975, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1920–1975, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Auburn is popular in 2020
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Utah#663 · 1 in 3,222
Best ever in a state: #424 in Alabama, 1997.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Utah | #663 | 5 | 1 in 3,222 |
| Alabama | — | — | — |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Arizona | — | — | — |
| Arkansas | — | — | — |
| California | — | — | — |
| Colorado | — | — | — |
| Connecticut | — | — | — |
| Delaware | — | — | — |
| District of Columbia | — | — | — |
| Florida | — | — | — |
| Georgia | — | — | — |
| Hawaii | — | — | — |
| Idaho | — | — | — |
| Illinois | — | — | — |
| Indiana | — | — | — |
| Iowa | — | — | — |
| Kansas | — | — | — |
| Kentucky | — | — | — |
| Louisiana | — | — | — |
| Maine | — | — | — |
| Maryland | — | — | — |
| Massachusetts | — | — | — |
| Michigan | — | — | — |
| Minnesota | — | — | — |
| Mississippi | — | — | — |
| Missouri | — | — | — |
| Montana | — | — | — |
| Nebraska | — | — | — |
| Nevada | — | — | — |
| New Hampshire | — | — | — |
| New Jersey | — | — | — |
| New Mexico | — | — | — |
| New York | — | — | — |
| North Carolina | — | — | — |
| North Dakota | — | — | — |
| Ohio | — | — | — |
| Oklahoma | — | — | — |
| Oregon | — | — | — |
| Pennsylvania | — | — | — |
| Rhode Island | — | — | — |
| South Carolina | — | — | — |
| South Dakota | — | — | — |
| Tennessee | — | — | — |
| Texas | — | — | — |
| Vermont | — | — | — |
| Virginia | — | — | — |
| Washington | — | — | — |
| West Virginia | — | — | — |
| Wisconsin | — | — | — |
| Wyoming | — | — | — |
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 Auburn
- 948 spots since 2024 (#5,300 → #4,352)
- 902 spots since 2020 (#3,450 → #4,352)
- 1,175 spots since 2015 (#3,177 → #4,352)
- Debuted 1920
- Peaked 1996 at #2,849 (42 births)
- Births halved by 2005, 9 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 34,329 girls born in 2015 were named Auburn (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 50,227 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #2,849 in 1996, was only 1 in 41,738 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 28.3% of all girls named Auburn (379) were born in this decade
- Mostly boys until 1975, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 5 | #4,975 (1920) | #4,975 |
| 1930s | 0 | — | — |
| 1940s | 0 | — | — |
| 1950s | 0 | — | — |
| 1960s | 0 | — | — |
| 1970s | 26 | #5,092 (1979) | #6,938 |
| 1980s | 144 | #3,983 (1987) | #5,282 |
| 1990s | 306 | #2,849 (1996) | #3,707 |
| 2000s | 287 | #4,073 (2006) | #4,683 |
| 2010s | 379 | #3,177 (2015) | #4,068 |
| 2020s | 190 | #3,450 (2020) | #4,458 |
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.
Auburn in 2020
Top girls' names in 2020
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1,616,549 girls got a published name in 2020; 1 in 36,740 of them was named Auburn, which outranked 80.3% of the 17,527 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #3,399Wynonna45
- #3,399Xitlaly45
- #3,399Zuleyka45
- #3,450Auburn44
- #3,450Adelynne44
- #3,450Alyah44
- #3,450Amariyah44
- #3,498Abygail43
- #3,498Aleyza43
- #3,498Aline43
Tied with 47 names at #3,450; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.