Audrey
Audrey was given to 2,919 girls in 2025, #86 among girls’ names; 308,812 Americans have been recorded with it since 1881 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 208,000 Americans named Audrey and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (67% of everyone recorded); the median is 24 years old and half are between 13 and 57.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Audrey by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Audrey mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Audrey is “a female given name from Old English.” Its etymology gives the senses “noble” (æþele) and “strength” (þrȳþ).
Also “a male given name from Old English.”
From Middle English Aldreda, Etheldreda, from Old English Æþelþrȳþ (from æþele (“noble”) + þrȳþ (“strength”)).
/ˈɔːdɹi/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Audrey?
#86 among girls’ names, 2025
Audrey fell from #37 in 2015 to #86 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born fell from 3.1 to 1.8 per 1,000.
5,627 babies in 2015, the peak
Audrey peaked in 2015, when 5,627 babies were given it (5,613 girls, #37 among girls’ names). The 2,919 births of 2025 are 52% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2,919 | #86 | 1.8 |
| 2024 | 3,006 | #82 | 1.9 |
| 2023 | 3,042 | #74 | 1.9 |
| 2022 | 3,340 | #67 | 2.0 |
| 2021 | 3,685 | #60 | 2.2 |
| 2020 | 3,768 | #60 | 2.3 |
| 2019 | 4,460 | #49 | 2.7 |
| 2018 | 4,697 | #46 | 2.8 |
| 2017 | 4,835 | #46 | 2.8 |
| 2016 | 5,369 | #39 | 3.0 |
Every recorded year (145)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 5,613 | #37 | 3.1 |
| 2014 | 5,570 | #36 | 3.1 |
| 2013 | 5,605 | #33 | 3.2 |
| 2012 | 5,300 | #41 | 3.0 |
| 2011 | 5,215 | #43 | 3.0 |
| 2010 | 4,952 | #52 | 2.8 |
| 2009 | 5,008 | #49 | 2.7 |
| 2008 | 5,443 | #44 | 2.9 |
| 2007 | 5,249 | #51 | 2.7 |
| 2006 | 4,649 | #69 | 2.4 |
| 2005 | 4,137 | #77 | 2.2 |
| 2004 | 3,903 | #80 | 2.1 |
| 2003 | 3,998 | #78 | 2.2 |
| 2002 | 3,306 | #100 | 1.8 |
| 2001 | 2,950 | #112 | 1.6 |
| 2000 | 2,872 | #115 | 1.6 |
| 1999 | 2,457 | #134 | 1.4 |
| 1998 | 2,202 | #145 | 1.2 |
| 1997 | 2,007 | #156 | 1.2 |
| 1996 | 1,915 | #164 | 1.1 |
| 1995 | 1,770 | #167 | 1.0 |
| 1994 | 1,931 | #162 | 1.1 |
| 1993 | 1,947 | #160 | 1.1 |
| 1992 | 1,741 | #176 | 0.94 |
| 1991 | 1,762 | #169 | 0.94 |
| 1990 | 1,798 | #161 | 0.95 |
| 1989 | 1,685 | #170 | 0.91 |
| 1988 | 1,554 | #180 | 0.87 |
| 1987 | 1,487 | #184 | 0.86 |
| 1986 | 1,486 | #181 | 0.87 |
| 1985 | 1,450 | #186 | 0.84 |
| 1984 | 1,486 | #184 | 0.88 |
| 1983 | 1,468 | #185 | 0.88 |
| 1982 | 1,544 | #177 | 0.91 |
| 1981 | 1,285 | #205 | 0.77 |
| 1980 | 1,223 | #212 | 0.74 |
| 1979 | 1,178 | #220 | 0.73 |
| 1978 | 1,062 | #234 | 0.69 |
| 1977 | 972 | #256 | 0.63 |
| 1976 | 989 | #239 | 0.68 |
| 1975 | 937 | #259 | 0.64 |
| 1974 | 969 | #259 | 0.66 |
| 1973 | 912 | #272 | 0.63 |
| 1972 | 918 | #278 | 0.60 |
| 1971 | 1,131 | #259 | 0.68 |
| 1970 | 1,309 | #239 | 0.75 |
| 1969 | 1,361 | #221 | 0.81 |
| 1968 | 1,424 | #211 | 0.87 |
| 1967 | 1,677 | #187 | 1.0 |
| 1966 | 1,771 | #183 | 1.0 |
| 1965 | 1,660 | #200 | 0.94 |
| 1964 | 1,868 | #197 | 1.0 |
| 1963 | 1,797 | #199 | 0.93 |
| 1962 | 1,973 | #188 | 1.0 |
| 1961 | 2,061 | #184 | 1.0 |
| 1960 | 2,276 | #174 | 1.1 |
| 1959 | 2,308 | #166 | 1.1 |
| 1958 | 2,344 | #164 | 1.2 |
| 1957 | 2,580 | #149 | 1.3 |
| 1956 | 2,547 | #149 | 1.3 |
| 1955 | 2,555 | #143 | 1.3 |
| 1954 | 2,455 | #149 | 1.3 |
| 1953 | 1,940 | #167 | 1.0 |
| 1952 | 1,868 | #168 | 1.0 |
| 1951 | 1,825 | #168 | 1.0 |
| 1950 | 1,803 | #158 | 1.1 |
| 1949 | 1,793 | #161 | 1.0 |
| 1948 | 1,839 | #157 | 1.1 |
| 1947 | 2,002 | #146 | 1.1 |
| 1946 | 1,832 | #149 | 1.2 |
| 1945 | 1,644 | #143 | 1.3 |
| 1944 | 1,645 | #150 | 1.2 |
| 1943 | 1,944 | #140 | 1.4 |
| 1942 | 2,285 | #120 | 1.7 |
| 1941 | 2,233 | #117 | 1.8 |
| 1940 | 2,501 | #99 | 2.2 |
| 1939 | 2,569 | #98 | 2.3 |
| 1938 | 2,844 | #87 | 2.6 |
| 1937 | 2,889 | #85 | 2.7 |
| 1936 | 3,345 | #68 | 3.2 |
| 1935 | 3,514 | #64 | 3.4 |
| 1934 | 3,582 | #69 | 3.4 |
| 1933 | 3,610 | #59 | 3.6 |
| 1932 | 3,735 | #61 | 3.5 |
| 1931 | 3,790 | #64 | 3.6 |
| 1930 | 4,129 | #63 | 3.7 |
| 1929 | 4,460 | #58 | 4.0 |
| 1928 | 4,630 | #60 | 4.0 |
| 1927 | 4,375 | #62 | 3.7 |
| 1926 | 4,477 | #60 | 3.8 |
| 1925 | 3,543 | #78 | 2.9 |
| 1924 | 3,520 | #84 | 2.8 |
| 1923 | 3,281 | #85 | 2.7 |
| 1922 | 3,164 | #89 | 2.6 |
| 1921 | 3,434 | #82 | 2.8 |
| 1920 | 2,666 | #103 | 2.2 |
| 1919 | 2,114 | #115 | 1.9 |
| 1918 | 2,022 | #118 | 1.7 |
| 1917 | 1,906 | #117 | 1.8 |
| 1916 | 1,853 | #119 | 1.8 |
| 1915 | 1,565 | #127 | 1.6 |
| 1914 | 1,070 | #138 | 1.4 |
| 1913 | 884 | #136 | 1.4 |
| 1912 | 745 | #145 | 1.3 |
| 1911 | 527 | #154 | 1.3 |
| 1910 | 453 | #162 | 1.1 |
| 1909 | 371 | #165 | 1.1 |
| 1908 | 370 | #164 | 1.1 |
| 1907 | 324 | #172 | 1.0 |
| 1906 | 278 | #179 | 0.94 |
| 1905 | 272 | #184 | 0.93 |
| 1904 | 276 | #177 | 1.0 |
| 1903 | 276 | #176 | 1.1 |
| 1902 | 210 | #202 | 0.80 |
| 1901 | 134 | #251 | 0.56 |
| 1900 | 196 | #227 | 0.65 |
| 1899 | 129 | #246 | 0.55 |
| 1898 | 124 | #271 | 0.48 |
| 1897 | 99 | #284 | 0.42 |
| 1896 | 108 | #276 | 0.45 |
| 1895 | 102 | #279 | 0.44 |
| 1894 | 83 | #301 | 0.37 |
| 1893 | 75 | #312 | 0.35 |
| 1892 | 77 | #309 | 0.36 |
| 1891 | 68 | #302 | 0.37 |
| 1890 | 85 | #270 | 0.45 |
| 1889 | 61 | #312 | 0.34 |
| 1888 | 41 | #374 | 0.23 |
| 1887 | 39 | #344 | 0.27 |
| 1886 | 26 | #424 | 0.18 |
| 1885 | 29 | #381 | 0.22 |
| 1884 | 25 | #398 | 0.19 |
| 1883 | 14 | #522 | 0.12 |
| 1882 | 7 | #748 | 0.06 |
| 1881 | 11 | #511 | 0.12 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Audrey a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Audrey has been given almost only to girls: 2,929 boys in 145 years of records.
Girls and boys named Audrey: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Audrey, and how old are they?
208,000 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 67% of the 308,812 Americans ever recorded as Audrey. The median Audrey alive today is 24 years old; half are between 13 and 57.
The 2020 Census counted 198,826 people named Audrey (198,020 women and girls, 806 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 205,346 born in the U.S. The Census count is 3% below that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 13,700 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 31,200 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 18,200 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 25,800 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 63,100 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 55,600 |
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 Audrey born?
The states with the most babies named Audrey are California, Texas and Florida, with 27% of its births recorded by state in 2025.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 387 | #70 | 1.0× |
| Texas | 258 | #120 | 0.9× |
| Florida | 146 | #119 | 0.8× |
| New York | 140 | #108 | 0.9× |
| Ohio | 124 | #69 | 1.0× |
| North Carolina | 110 | #87 | 0.8× |
| Illinois | 108 | #76 | 1.0× |
| Pennsylvania | 106 | #88 | 0.9× |
| Georgia | 91 | #91 | 0.8× |
| Virginia | 79 | #86 | 1.1× |
Where Audrey is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Audrey is most over-represented in Louisiana: since 1910 it was given 1.4 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 Audrey 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 351,710 babies since 1880, Audrey is the most given (88% of them). In 2025 it was given to 2,919 of their 3,105 babies (94%), 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.
More about Audrey and names like it
- Compare Audrey and AudraBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 2010sAudrey peaked in 2015.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Audrey since 1910.
- Old English namesWiktionary’s origin for Audrey: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 2015The year the most babies were named Audrey.
- The names of Generation ZMost people named Audrey alive today were born 1997-2012.
- Names starting with AMost given first.