Girls' name · since 1979
Aubray
Since 1979, U.S. Social Security records show 18 babies named Aubray, peaking in 1986. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #46,797 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 18
- born since 1979
- 1980s
- peak decade
Aubray sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 18 recorded since 1979.
Aubray has 18 recorded births among girls since 1979, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1979 to 1986.
- #46,797 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 18 born since 1979
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Aubray ranks #46,797 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 18 born since 1979, peaking in the 1980s.
- #46,797 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 18
- born since 1979
- 1980s
- peak decade
Aubray's 18 recorded births place it above 34.45% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Aubray's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Aubray's SSA record in two at 1983 and the more recent half accounts for 72% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 28%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1979, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1986 peak of 8, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Aubray popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1979–1986
- Peak year (1986)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 8 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000, last recorded 1986.
18 total births across 8 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1986 with 8 births in a single year.
Aubray by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (13 births, 72% of the file).
1980s was Aubray's strongest decade.
13 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 72% of all-time use.
Aubray births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
- 1980s
1980s
13 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 13 births (72% of all-time use).
Aubray decade highlights
- Peak decade 13 births
- Runner-up 5 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
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Two nationwide peer axes for Aubray: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1986)
Similar record span (~7 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1979–1986 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Aubray draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.
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