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Aubrey

Girls' name · Current

Living in the US
~147,400 survival-weighted estimate
2025 rank
#146 among girls
Births in 2025
2,073 164,605 since 1880
Typical age
14 years, median

Aubrey popularity over time

Aubrey rank by birth year, 1889–2025Aubrey ranked #1,279 in 1889 and #146 in 2025. Its best rank in the period was #15, in 2012.#100#1,000#146best #15 in 201218901920195019802010
Rank among US baby names by birth year, 1889–2025. Lower is more popular; the scale is logarithmic so the top of the chart is not compressed.

2012 is the peak year for Aubrey, with 8,213 births. It appears in the very first year SSA covers, 1880. It has held a top-100 place in 17 separate years.

In 2025 it ranked #146 with 2,073 births. Over ten years the count has fallen 73%.

Babies named Aubrey per yearPeaks at 8,213 births in 2012.8,213 in 2012018901920195019802010
Recorded US births by year. The peak is labelled; the axis starts at zero.

How many people are named Aubrey?

About 147,400 people named Aubrey are alive in the United States today. SSA has recorded 164,605 births under the name since 1880. The split is about 131,500 women and 15,800 men.

This is a survival-weighted estimate, not a headcount: every recorded birth year is multiplied by the chance someone born that year is still alive, using the SSA period life table. How the estimate works.

How old is the average Aubrey?

Half of living Aubreys are older than 14, half younger. Most living bearers were born in the 2010s. By the site’s era rules that makes Aubrey a current name.

Your Aubrey

Ages of living people named AubreyHalf of living Aubreys are older than 14 and half younger.median 14020406080100
Estimated living bearers by age today. Each bar is a birth year, weighted by the chance someone born then is still alive.

Where Aubrey is most common

Delaware uses the name 2.5× as often as the country as a whole. West Virginia, Mississippi and New Hampshire follow.

Where Aubrey is used more than average5 states use the name Aubrey more than the national average.Alaska: not over-representedAKMaine: not over-representedMEVermont: not over-representedVTNew Hampshire: 2.0× the national rateNHWashington: not over-representedWAIdaho: not over-representedIDMontana: not over-representedMTNorth Dakota: not over-representedNDMinnesota: not over-representedMNIllinois: not over-representedILWisconsin: not over-representedWIMichigan: not over-representedMINew York: not over-representedNYOregon: not over-representedORNevada: not over-representedNVWyoming: 1.8× the national rateWYSouth Dakota: not over-representedSDIowa: not over-representedIAIndiana: not over-representedINOhio: not over-representedOHPennsylvania: not over-representedPANew Jersey: not over-representedNJConnecticut: not over-representedCTRhode Island: not over-representedRICalifornia: not over-representedCAUtah: not over-representedUTColorado: not over-representedCONebraska: not over-representedNEMissouri: not over-representedMOKentucky: not over-representedKYWest Virginia: 2.2× the national rateWVVirginia: not over-representedVAMaryland: not over-representedMDDelaware: 2.5× the national rateDEMassachusetts: not over-representedMAArizona: not over-representedAZNew Mexico: not over-representedNMKansas: not over-representedKSArkansas: not over-representedARTennessee: not over-representedTNNorth Carolina: not over-representedNCSouth Carolina: not over-representedSCDistrict of Columbia: not over-representedDCOklahoma: not over-representedOKLouisiana: not over-representedLAMississippi: 2.1× the national rateMSAlabama: not over-representedALGeorgia: not over-representedGAHawaii: not over-representedHITexas: not over-representedTXFlorida: not over-representedFL
Same as national3× or more
Location quotient, 2016–2025. Shaded states use the name more than the country does, relative to their own births. Exact figures are in the table below.
States where Aubrey is over-represented, 2016–2025. The location quotient compares the state's share of the name with the national share.
StateBirthsvs national rate
Delaware 165 2.5×
West Virginia 322 2.2×
Mississippi 559 2.1×
New Hampshire 192 2.0×
Wyoming 49 1.8×

Is Aubrey a boy's or a girl's name?

81% girls19% boys
Share of all recorded US births under this name, 1880 to the latest year.

Across the whole record, 81.1% of births under the name were girls. The dominant sex is not the same at the end of the record as at the start.

Aubrey in England and Wales

In England and Wales, Aubrey ranked #191 in 2025 on 313 births. That is 28% higher than five years earlier.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Counts below three are suppressed by ONS.

Where the name Aubrey comes from

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 + *rīks. Possibly influenced by Gaulish Albiorīx (literally "ruler of the world"). Cognates include German Alberich and Italian Alberico.

Etymology summarised from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0. Wiktionary entry.

Notable people named Aubrey

Ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions have an article about them — a measure of reach, not of importance.
NameKnown forYearsEditions
Aubrey Plaza American actress, producer, comedian 1984 53
Aubrey Beardsley British illustrator and author 1872–1898 48
Aubrey de Grey British writer and biomedical gerontologist 1963 31
Aubrey Modiba South African footballer 1995 24
Aubrey Joseph American actor and rapper 1997 23
Aubrey Anderson-Emmons American actress 2007 22
Aubrey Peeples American actor 1993 20
Aubrey O'Day American singer and reality television personality 1984 17
Photo credits (8)

The sharpest rise. Births under this name jumped from 2,412 in 2005 to 3,802 in 2006 — 1.6 times over in a single year.

Birth records contain the rise and nothing about its cause. This site does not supply one.

People and dates from Wikidata (CC0), limited to those with an English Wikipedia article who are known by this name as their first name.

Names similar to Aubrey

Matched by sound and spelling inside this dataset, then ordered by total recorded births. This is not a claim about shared etymology.

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