Auden
- #2,583 for girls in 2025, 67 births
- #1,793 for boys in 2025, 89 births
- Given to boys 65.3% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 2020 · 129 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,887since 1975
Auden over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #2,583 | 67 | #1,793 | 89 |
| 2024 | #2,508 | 71 | #1,878 | 85 |
| 2023 | #2,020 | 97 | #1,941 | 80 |
| 2022 | #2,404 | 76 | #1,804 | 90 |
| 2021 | #3,435 | 45 | #1,632 | 103 |
| 2020 | #2,850 | 57 | #1,368 | 129 |
| 2019 | #2,814 | 59 | #1,479 | 116 |
| 2018 | #2,744 | 62 | #1,591 | 104 |
| 2017 | #3,192 | 50 | #1,644 | 96 |
| 2016 | #3,707 | 41 | #1,575 | 104 |
| 2015 | #2,773 | 63 | #1,717 | 90 |
| 2014 | #3,719 | 41 | #1,608 | 97 |
| 2013 | #3,703 | 41 | #1,763 | 82 |
| 2012 | #5,114 | 27 | #2,132 | 63 |
| 2011 | #4,681 | 30 | #2,173 | 60 |
| 2010 | #5,771 | 23 | #2,429 | 51 |
| 2009 | #3,944 | 39 | #2,753 | 44 |
| 2008 | #5,142 | 28 | #2,432 | 52 |
| 2007 | #5,709 | 24 | #2,281 | 57 |
| 2006 | #6,356 | 20 | #2,744 | 42 |
| 2005 | #6,820 | 17 | #3,319 | 30 |
| 2004 | #14,179 | 6 | #3,014 | 33 |
| 2003 | #13,844 | 6 | #2,428 | 43 |
| 2002 | #15,432 | 5 | #3,794 | 22 |
| 2001 | — | #4,476 | 17 | |
| 2000 | #13,154 | 6 | #4,573 | 16 |
| 1999 | — | #6,042 | 10 | |
| 1998 | — | #5,159 | 12 | |
| 1997 | — | #5,642 | 10 | |
| 1996 | — | #5,982 | 9 | |
| 1995 | — | #6,407 | 8 | |
| 1994 | — | #4,803 | 12 | |
| 1993 | — | #4,697 | 12 | |
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| 1991 | — | #6,519 | 7 | |
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| 1976 | — | #4,935 | 6 | |
| 1975 | — | #4,797 | 6 | |
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First appearance
1975
The first year at least five boys were named Auden! It came in at #4,797, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1977–1990, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Auden is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · boys
- Washington#999 · 1 in 6,560
- Pennsylvania#1,094 · 1 in 8,710
- North Carolina#1,144 · 1 in 8,578
- Texas#1,555 · 1 in 15,914
Best ever in a state: #593 in Wisconsin, 2014.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Washington | #999 | 5 | 1 in 6,560 |
| Pennsylvania | #1,094 | 6 | 1 in 8,710 |
| North Carolina | #1,144 | 6 | 1 in 8,578 |
| Texas | #1,555 | 11 | 1 in 15,914 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys 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 Auden
Momentum · boys
Falling
- 85 spots since 2024 (#1,878 → #1,793)
- 425 spots since 2020 (#1,368 → #1,793)
Rise & fade · boys
45 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1975
- Peaked 2020 at #1,368 (129 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 13,380
- Highest: 1 in 13,380 boys born in 2020 were named Auden (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 19,192 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · boys
The 2010s
- 45.7% of all boys named Auden (863) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 2024
- Mostly girls until 2023, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 12 | #4,797 (1975) | #4,866 |
| 1980s | 0 | — | — |
| 1990s | 80 | #4,697 (1993) | #5,656 |
| 2000s | 356 | #2,281 (2007) | #3,181 |
| 2010s | 863 | #1,479 (2019) | #1,811 |
| 2020s | 576 | #1,368 (2020) | #1,736 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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