Aubrey
Aubrey was given to 2,003 girls in 2025, #146 among girls’ names; 164,605 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 146,000 Americans named Aubrey and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (89% of everyone recorded); the median is 15 years old and half are between 10 and 23.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Aubrey by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Aubrey mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Aubrey is “a female given name transferred from the surname, of 1970s and later American usage.” Its etymology gives the senses “elf, fairy” (*albiz) and “king, ruler” (*rīks).
Also “a male given name from the Germanic languages or transferred from the surname.”
From Middle English Aubrey, Aubry, from Norman Auberi, Alberi, from Latin Alberīcus, Latinized form of Old High German Alberich, from Proto-Germanic *Albirīks, from *albiz (“elf, fairy”) + *rīks (“king, ruler”). Possibly influenced by Gaulish Albiorīx (literally “ruler of the world”). Cognates include German Alberich and Italian Alberico.
/ˈɔːbɹi/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Aubrey?
#146 among girls’ names, 2025
Aubrey fell from #21 in 2015 to #146 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born fell from 4.1 to 1.2 per 1,000.
8,213 babies in 2012, the peak
Aubrey peaked in 2012, when 8,213 babies were given it (8,061 girls, #15 among girls’ names). The 2,073 births of 2025 (girls and boys) are 25% of that peak.
Births by sex.
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2,003 | #146 | 70 | #2,093 |
| 2024 | 2,217 | #132 | 94 | #1,752 |
| 2023 | 2,578 | #101 | 134 | #1,385 |
| 2022 | 2,999 | #81 | 135 | #1,379 |
| 2021 | 3,517 | #64 | 157 | #1,226 |
| 2020 | 3,921 | #56 | 144 | #1,271 |
| 2019 | 4,598 | #46 | 148 | #1,265 |
| 2018 | 5,209 | #37 | 156 | #1,202 |
| 2017 | 5,937 | #31 | 139 | #1,301 |
| 2016 | 6,552 | #25 | 131 | #1,356 |
Every recorded year (146)
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 7,403 | #21 | 148 | #1,231 |
| 2014 | 7,635 | #21 | 135 | #1,307 |
| 2013 | 7,985 | #18 | 137 | #1,269 |
| 2012 | 8,061 | #15 | 152 | #1,189 |
| 2011 | 7,188 | #20 | 143 | #1,220 |
| 2010 | 5,367 | #45 | 143 | #1,232 |
| 2009 | 5,408 | #41 | 145 | #1,232 |
| 2008 | 5,570 | #42 | 135 | #1,285 |
| 2007 | 4,506 | #69 | 138 | #1,272 |
| 2006 | 3,660 | #93 | 142 | #1,186 |
| 2005 | 2,264 | #153 | 148 | #1,111 |
| 2004 | 1,816 | #190 | 145 | #1,089 |
| 2003 | 1,757 | #184 | 137 | #1,118 |
| 2002 | 1,641 | #196 | 172 | #930 |
| 2001 | 1,505 | #209 | 165 | #940 |
| 2000 | 1,410 | #223 | 189 | #843 |
| 1999 | 1,252 | #250 | 183 | #827 |
| 1998 | 1,252 | #243 | 178 | #828 |
| 1997 | 1,134 | #257 | 196 | #756 |
| 1996 | 1,094 | #258 | 207 | #738 |
| 1995 | 1,044 | #262 | 209 | #741 |
| 1994 | 1,104 | #251 | 231 | #682 |
| 1993 | 1,058 | #262 | 198 | #739 |
| 1992 | 1,108 | #253 | 209 | #707 |
| 1991 | 924 | #301 | 190 | #735 |
| 1990 | 936 | #298 | 203 | #710 |
| 1989 | 793 | #322 | 190 | #712 |
| 1988 | 838 | #293 | 210 | #654 |
| 1987 | 821 | #295 | 199 | #647 |
| 1986 | 721 | #335 | 231 | #586 |
| 1985 | 770 | #314 | 233 | #574 |
| 1984 | 623 | #367 | 190 | #620 |
| 1983 | 591 | #377 | 189 | #619 |
| 1982 | 638 | #363 | 191 | #627 |
| 1981 | 527 | #416 | 191 | #616 |
| 1980 | 480 | #446 | 176 | #655 |
| 1979 | 471 | #437 | 184 | #633 |
| 1978 | 389 | #497 | 177 | #626 |
| 1977 | 335 | #538 | 175 | #643 |
| 1976 | 263 | #603 | 162 | #648 |
| 1975 | 229 | #666 | 199 | #572 |
| 1974 | 185 | #757 | 174 | #608 |
| 1973 | 142 | #882 | 169 | #611 |
| 1972 | 20 | #3,185 | 179 | #596 |
| 1971 | 9 | #5,578 | 219 | #543 |
| 1970 | 12 | #4,512 | 204 | #568 |
| 1969 | 17 | #3,326 | 196 | #557 |
| 1968 | 10 | #4,506 | 208 | #529 |
| 1967 | 18 | #2,970 | 192 | #537 |
| 1966 | 12 | #3,752 | 200 | #539 |
| 1965 | 8 | #4,853 | 193 | #551 |
| 1964 | 8 | #5,026 | 244 | #503 |
| 1963 | 7 | #5,325 | 246 | #511 |
| 1962 | 7 | #5,331 | 256 | #496 |
| 1961 | 15 | #3,325 | 261 | #487 |
| 1960 | 13 | #3,522 | 275 | #477 |
| 1959 | 13 | #3,446 | 338 | #435 |
| 1958 | 10 | #3,937 | 360 | #412 |
| 1957 | 8 | #4,557 | 375 | #402 |
| 1956 | 10 | #3,924 | 368 | #392 |
| 1955 | 7 | #4,770 | 299 | #420 |
| 1954 | 12 | #3,333 | 338 | #389 |
| 1953 | under 5 | 348 | #368 | |
| 1952 | 9 | #3,821 | 311 | #389 |
| 1951 | 13 | #2,942 | 340 | #369 |
| 1950 | 10 | #3,438 | 293 | #393 |
| 1949 | 5 | #5,287 | 299 | #389 |
| 1948 | 10 | #3,363 | 319 | #382 |
| 1947 | 11 | #3,258 | 307 | #391 |
| 1946 | 9 | #3,438 | 334 | #355 |
| 1945 | 12 | #2,610 | 291 | #350 |
| 1944 | 12 | #2,634 | 321 | #335 |
| 1943 | 14 | #2,453 | 373 | #316 |
| 1942 | 16 | #2,219 | 401 | #305 |
| 1941 | 8 | #3,265 | 373 | #299 |
| 1940 | 15 | #2,114 | 354 | #296 |
| 1939 | 12 | #2,429 | 389 | #282 |
| 1938 | 12 | #2,457 | 389 | #281 |
| 1937 | 21 | #1,684 | 376 | #279 |
| 1936 | 13 | #2,271 | 361 | #282 |
| 1935 | 19 | #1,785 | 348 | #292 |
| 1934 | 17 | #1,924 | 372 | #280 |
| 1933 | 18 | #1,842 | 357 | #279 |
| 1932 | 19 | #1,818 | 406 | #271 |
| 1931 | 15 | #2,116 | 383 | #282 |
| 1930 | 28 | #1,461 | 392 | #287 |
| 1929 | 28 | #1,450 | 395 | #280 |
| 1928 | 27 | #1,548 | 429 | #274 |
| 1927 | 28 | #1,560 | 393 | #283 |
| 1926 | 35 | #1,326 | 498 | #249 |
| 1925 | 27 | #1,612 | 458 | #265 |
| 1924 | 35 | #1,383 | 455 | #267 |
| 1923 | 24 | #1,738 | 452 | #264 |
| 1922 | 24 | #1,736 | 464 | #262 |
| 1921 | 30 | #1,515 | 480 | #258 |
| 1920 | 19 | #2,018 | 478 | #252 |
| 1919 | 22 | #1,752 | 391 | #268 |
| 1918 | 19 | #1,968 | 429 | #260 |
| 1917 | 25 | #1,511 | 437 | #240 |
| 1916 | 23 | #1,588 | 429 | #245 |
| 1915 | 17 | #1,885 | 394 | #244 |
| 1914 | 17 | #1,606 | 313 | #241 |
| 1913 | 13 | #1,680 | 255 | #234 |
| 1912 | 15 | #1,423 | 236 | #224 |
| 1911 | 17 | #1,076 | 107 | #248 |
| 1910 | 9 | #1,644 | 105 | #228 |
| 1909 | under 5 | 84 | #239 | |
| 1908 | 11 | #1,266 | 67 | #257 |
| 1907 | 9 | #1,398 | 76 | #233 |
| 1906 | 5 | #1,976 | 67 | #237 |
| 1905 | 9 | #1,308 | 69 | #236 |
| 1904 | 9 | #1,264 | 60 | #242 |
| 1903 | 9 | #1,209 | 56 | #250 |
| 1902 | 6 | #1,613 | 49 | #267 |
| 1901 | 11 | #1,014 | 43 | #264 |
| 1900 | 5 | #1,957 | 62 | #259 |
| 1899 | under 5 | 42 | #257 | |
| 1898 | 6 | #1,516 | 45 | #266 |
| 1897 | under 5 | 46 | #259 | |
| 1896 | under 5 | 50 | #255 | |
| 1895 | 7 | #1,312 | 37 | #295 |
| 1894 | under 5 | 39 | #283 | |
| 1893 | 6 | #1,290 | 32 | #308 |
| 1892 | under 5 | 35 | #312 | |
| 1891 | under 5 | 20 | #387 | |
| 1890 | under 5 | 21 | #392 | |
| 1889 | 5 | #1,297 | 15 | #482 |
| 1888 | under 5 | 18 | #445 | |
| 1887 | under 5 | 34 | #276 | |
| 1886 | under 5 | 10 | #610 | |
| 1885 | under 5 | 11 | #580 | |
| 1884 | under 5 | 18 | #434 | |
| 1883 | under 5 | 20 | #383 | |
| 1882 | under 5 | 16 | #456 | |
| 1881 | under 5 | 15 | #443 | |
| 1880 | under 5 | 21 | #374 |
Ranks: girls’ names and boys’ names ranked separately in each year’s SSA file; “under 5” is a year SSA did not list the name for that sex.
Is Aubrey a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 164,605 Americans recorded as Aubrey, 81% are girls and 19% boys. Girls have outnumbered boys among babies named Aubrey every year since 1974. In 2025 it went to 2,003 girls and 70 boys.
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Aubrey: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Aubrey, and how old are they?
146,000 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 89% of the 164,605 Americans ever recorded as Aubrey. The median Aubrey alive today is 15 years old; half are between 10 and 23.
The 2020 Census counted 119,928 people named Aubrey (104,945 women and girls, 14,983 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 131,734 born in the U.S. The Census count is 9% below that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 1,330 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 4,010 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 5,110 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 16,300 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 55,800 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 63,900 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Aubrey born?
The states with the most babies named Aubrey are Texas, California and Florida, with 26% of its births recorded by state in 2025.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 215 | #159 | 1.1× |
| California | 170 | #197 | 0.7× |
| Florida | 150 | #124 | 0.9× |
| North Carolina | 103 | #97 | 1.1× |
| New York | 103 | #165 | 0.5× |
| Ohio | 93 | #112 | 1.0× |
| Pennsylvania | 83 | #124 | 0.9× |
| Georgia | 77 | #139 | 1.2× |
| Illinois | 72 | #134 | 0.8× |
| Virginia | 64 | #134 | 1.4× |
Where Aubrey is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Aubrey is most over-represented in Alabama: since 1910 it was given 1.5 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Aubrey with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 8 names spelled alike, given to 242,293 babies since 1880, Aubrey is the most given (68% of them). In 2025 it was given to 2,073 of their 2,982 babies (70%), again the most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Aubrey
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Aubrey and names like it
- Compare Aubrey and AubreeBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 2010sAubrey peaked in 2012.
- Texas’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Aubrey since 1910.
- Germanic namesWiktionary’s origin for Aubrey: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 2012The year the most babies were named Aubrey.
- The names of Generation AlphaMost people named Aubrey alive today were born 2013-2025.
- Names starting with AMost given first.