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Audrey

Girls' name · Current

Living in the US
~213,800 survival-weighted estimate
2025 rank
#86 among girls
Births in 2025
2,919 308,812 since 1880
Typical age
24 years, median

Audrey popularity over time

Audrey rank by birth year, 1881–2025Audrey ranked #503 in 1881 and #86 in 2025. Its best rank in the period was #33, in 2013.#100#86best #33 in 201318901920195019802010
Rank among US baby names by birth year, 1881–2025. Lower is more popular; the scale is logarithmic so the top of the chart is not compressed.

2015 is the peak year for Audrey, with 5,627 births. 1881 is the earliest year with at least five recorded births. Audrey has spent 44 years inside the national top 100.

The 2025 position is #86, on 2,919 births. Compared with 2015, births are down 48%.

Babies named Audrey per yearPeaks at 5,627 births in 2015.5,627 in 2015018901920195019802010
Recorded US births by year. The peak is labelled; the axis starts at zero.

How many people are named Audrey?

Roughly 213,800 Audreys are alive in the US right now. SSA has recorded 308,812 births under the name since 1880.

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 Audrey?

The typical living Audrey is 24 years old. Most living bearers were born in the 2010s. By the site’s era rules that makes Audrey a current name.

Your Audrey

Ages of living people named AudreyHalf of living Audreys are older than 24 and half younger.median 24020406080100
Estimated living bearers by age today. Each bar is a birth year, weighted by the chance someone born then is still alive.

Where Audrey is most common

Alaska uses the name 2.2× as often as the country as a whole. Wyoming, Montana and Delaware follow.

Where Audrey is used more than average5 states use the name Audrey more than the national average.Alaska: 2.2× the national rateAKMaine: not over-representedMEVermont: not over-representedVTNew Hampshire: 1.8× the national rateNHWashington: not over-representedWAIdaho: not over-representedIDMontana: 1.9× the national rateMTNorth 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: 2.0× 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: not over-representedWVVirginia: not over-representedVAMaryland: not over-representedMDDelaware: 1.8× 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: not over-representedMSAlabama: 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 Audrey is over-represented, 2016–2025. The location quotient compares the state's share of the name with the national share.
StateBirthsvs national rate
Alaska 117 2.2×
Wyoming 51 2.0×
Montana 132 1.9×
Delaware 116 1.8×
New Hampshire 164 1.8×

Audrey in England and Wales

In England and Wales, Audrey ranked #312 in 2025 on 139 births.

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

Where the name Audrey comes from

From Middle English Aldreda, Etheldreda, from Old English Æþelþrȳþ.

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

Notable people named Audrey

Ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions have an article about them — a measure of reach, not of importance.
NameKnown forYearsEditions
Audrey Hepburn British actress 1929–1993 147
Audrey Tautou French actress 1976 72
Audrey Azoulay French politician (1972-) 1972 46
Audrey Tang Taiwanese activist, politician and free software programmer 1981 36
Audrey Niffenegger American writer, artist and academic 1963 32
Audrey Hollander American pornographic actress 1979 28
Audrey Munson American artist's model and film actress 1891–1996 26
Audrey Totter American actor 1917–2013 26
Photo credits (4)

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 Audrey

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

Same feel, less common

The same matches, limited to names given at most half as often as Audrey was in 2025.

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