Boys' name · since 1919
Aud
Since 1919, U.S. Social Security records show 14 babies named Aud, peaking in 1921. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #31,754 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 14
- born since 1919
- 1920s
- peak decade
Aud sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 14 recorded since 1919.
Aud has 14 recorded births among boys since 1919, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1920s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1919 to 1921.
- #31,754 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 14 born since 1919
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Aud ranks #31,754 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 14 born since 1919, peaking in the 1920s.
- #31,754 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 14
- born since 1919
- 1920s
- peak decade
Aud's 14 recorded births place it above 29.67% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Aud's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Aud's full recorded timeline at 1921, 64% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 36% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1919, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1921 peak of 9 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Aud popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1919–1921
- Peak year (1921)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 3 years of records
Aud by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (9 births, 64% of the file).
1920s was Aud's strongest decade.
9 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 64% of all-time use.
Aud births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s
1910s
5 births
- 1920s
1920s
9 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 9 births (64% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Aud: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1921)
Similar record span (~2 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, 1919–1921 (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 Aud 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.