girls' name ★ peaked 2015

Audrey

Meaning Audrey is a feminine given name Gender Girl · 1% boys Rank 2025 #86 Trend ↓ Falling 28%

Audrey is a feminine given name.

Rank 2025
#86
among girls · ↓4 vs 2024
Babies in 2025
2,919
named Audrey · -3% vs 2024
How common
1 in 551
girls born in 2025
Peak year
2015
5,627 babies
All-time total
308,812
#127 all-time among girls
First recorded
1881
in Social Security records

Audrey popularity over time

308,812 babies have been named Audrey since 1881, according to official Social Security records. Switch measure to see births per year or the yearly rank.

Measure
Births per 1,000 babies of that sex, comparable across eras
1.252.53.75518801900192019401960198020002020GirlsBoys
GirlsBoys

By decade. Change compares yearly averages, so the current partial decade is on equal footing. Best rank is the name's best yearly rank within the decade.

Decade Girls Boys Total Per year Change Best rank
1880s 253 – 253 25 – #312
1890s 950 27 977 98 +286% #246
1900s 2,707 82 2,789 279 +185% #164
1910s 13,139 407 13,546 1,355 +386% #115
1920s 37,550 626 38,176 3,818 +182% #58
1930s 34,007 473 34,480 3,448 -10% #59
1940s 19,718 295 20,013 2,001 -42% #99
1950s 22,225 273 22,498 2,250 +12% #143
1960s 17,868 194 18,062 1,806 -20% #174
1970s 10,377 157 10,534 1,053 -42% #220
1980s 14,668 129 14,797 1,480 +40% #170
1990s 19,530 64 19,594 1,959 +32% #134
2000s 41,515 94 41,609 4,161 +112% #44
2010s 51,616 86 51,702 5,170 +24% #33
2020s (to 2025) 19,760 22 19,782 3,297 -36% #60

Where Audrey is heading

A five-year projection from the recent trend in births per 1,000 girls (damped so it flattens over time), converted to babies at today's birth totals. The implied rank places that projection in the 2025 field. A projection, not a promise: real trends bend.

Year Projected babies Per 1,000 girls Implied rank
2026 2,762 1.72 #89
2027 2,636 1.64 #97
2028 2,533 1.58 #107
2029 2,449 1.52 #112
2030 2,379 1.48 #115

Where Audrey is most popular

Girls named Audrey per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021–2025. National average: 1.97 per 1,000. Strongest in Wyoming, Alaska, and Montana.

Vs national average
well below below near national above well above no data

All 50 states and DC, sorted by rate. Counts are girls named Audrey born 2021–2025; the per-1,000 rate makes states of different sizes comparable, and the last column shows each state against the national average.

State Girls 2021–2025 Per 1,000 vs national
Wyoming 27 6.33 +221%
Alaska 43 4.99 +153%
Montana 63 4.65 +136%
Hawaii 52 4.54 +130%
New Hampshire 79 4.28 +117%
Delaware 48 4.23 +115%
Louisiana 326 3.72 +89%
Maine 57 3.68 +87%
Rhode Island 46 3.67 +86%
Minnesota 386 3.58 +81%
West Virginia 93 3.55 +80%
Vermont 16 3.30 +67%
Oregon 212 3.26 +65%
District of Columbia 38 3.21 +63%
Wisconsin 330 3.20 +63%
Washington 446 3.09 +57%
Massachusetts 372 3.08 +56%
Idaho 99 2.96 +50%
Virginia 482 2.83 +43%
Mississippi 130 2.78 +41%
Kentucky 237 2.77 +41%
Missouri 332 2.75 +40%
Ohio 638 2.69 +36%
South Dakota 38 2.66 +35%
Illinois 603 2.63 +34%
California 2,206 2.62 +33%
Maryland 278 2.62 +33%
Nebraska 93 2.59 +31%
Iowa 147 2.52 +28%
Colorado 279 2.50 +27%
Connecticut 145 2.49 +26%
Kansas 142 2.46 +25%
Nevada 113 2.43 +23%
Alabama 223 2.38 +20%
Utah 195 2.34 +19%
Pennsylvania 553 2.34 +19%
Tennessee 369 2.33 +18%
Arkansas 119 2.25 +14%
Michigan 410 2.25 +14%
North Carolina 512 2.25 +14%
Arizona 314 2.24 +14%
New Jersey 399 2.21 +12%
North Dakota 29 2.21 +12%
Oklahoma 159 2.16 +10%
Indiana 297 2.12 +7%
South Carolina 186 2.07 +5%
Georgia 444 1.95 ≈ national
New York 772 1.95 ≈ national
Texas 1,562 1.94 ≈ national
Florida 780 1.82 -8%
New Mexico 44 1.81 -8%

State counts come from the Social Security Administration's state files, which omit any state-year with fewer than five babies of a name, so small states can undercount slightly.

The story of Audrey

Audrey is a top-100 name for girls in the United States, ranked #86 in 2025 with 2,919 babies given the name. It is currently declining compared with a decade ago.

Since 1881, 308,812 American babies have been named Audrey. Its peak came in 2015, when 5,627 newborns received the name, the signature sound of the 2010s.

The chart above shows the full history: the popularity view (births per 1,000 babies) is the honest comparison across generations, since total US births have changed enormously since 1880. Switch to the rank view to see where Audrey stood among all girls' names in any year, or use the compare tool to plot it against other names.

How old are people named Audrey?

The median living Audrey is about 24 years old; half are between 12 and 59. An estimated 214 thousand people named Audrey are alive in the United States today.

median 24 020406080100

Estimated from births per year and Social Security period life tables; an approximation of the living age distribution, by age in years.

Audrey year by year

Every year since 2001, and five-year steps back to 1880. Rank is within each sex.

Year Girls Girls rank Boys Boys rank
2025 2,919 #86 – –
2024 3,006 #82 – –
2023 3,042 #74 6 #10,961
2022 3,340 #67 – –
2021 3,685 #60 6 #10,919
2020 3,768 #60 10 #7,565
2019 4,460 #49 9 #8,272
2018 4,697 #46 – –
2017 4,835 #46 12 #6,730
2016 5,369 #39 8 #8,911
2015 5,613 #37 14 #6,022
2014 5,570 #36 5 #12,273
2013 5,605 #33 13 #6,277
2012 5,300 #41 10 #7,604
2011 5,215 #43 7 #9,704
2010 4,952 #52 8 #8,878
2009 5,008 #49 7 #9,958
2008 5,443 #44 11 #7,234
2007 5,249 #51 9 #8,237
2006 4,649 #69 7 #9,667
2005 4,137 #77 10 #7,155
2004 3,903 #80 19 #4,433
2003 3,998 #78 9 #7,293
2002 3,306 #100 5 #10,829
2001 2,950 #112 7 #8,412
2000 2,872 #115 10 #6,364
1995 1,770 #167 – –
1990 1,798 #161 6 #7,245
1985 1,450 #186 13 #3,421
1980 1,223 #212 13 #3,274
1975 937 #259 23 #2,006
1970 1,309 #239 17 #2,219
1965 1,660 #200 14 #2,185
1960 2,276 #174 21 #1,776
1955 2,555 #143 24 #1,572
1950 1,803 #158 27 #1,397
1945 1,644 #143 21 #1,448
1940 2,501 #99 34 #1,139
1935 3,514 #64 51 #882
1930 4,129 #63 61 #833
1925 3,543 #78 58 #883
1920 2,666 #103 67 #818
1915 1,565 #127 58 #791
1910 453 #162 15 #785
1905 272 #184 6 #1,099
1900 196 #227 – –
1895 102 #279 5 #1,089
1890 85 #270 – –
1885 29 #381 – –
1880 – – – –

Famous people named Audrey

The most globally famous bearers of the name, ranked by fame across Wikipedia editions (Pantheon project, MIT).

  1. 1 Audrey Hepburn Audrey Hepburn British actress (1929–1993) Contemporary
  2. 2 Audrey Tautou Audrey Tautou French actress (born 1976) Contemporary
  3. 3 Audrey Meadows Audrey Meadows American actress (1922–1996) Contemporary
  4. 4 Audrey Fleurot Audrey Fleurot French actress (born 1977) Contemporary
  5. 5 Audrey Landers Audrey Landers American actress and singer (born 1956) Contemporary
  6. 6 Audrey Munson Audrey Munson American model and actress (1891–1996) 19th century
  7. 7 Audrey Totter Audrey Totter American actress (1917–2013) Contemporary
  8. 8 Audrey Tang Audrey Tang Taiwanese politician and software programmer b. 1981 · Contemporary
  9. 9 Audrey Hollander Audrey Hollander American pornographic film actress (born 1979) Contemporary
  10. 10 Audrey Niffenegger Audrey Niffenegger American writer, artist and academic (born 1963) Contemporary
  11. 11 Audrey Marie Anderson Audrey Marie Anderson American actress and model b. 1975 · Contemporary
  12. 12 Audrey Azoulay Audrey Azoulay French civil servant and politician (born 1972) Contemporary
  13. 13 Audrey Dana Audrey Dana French actress and film director (born 1977) Contemporary
  14. 14 Audrey Tcheuméo Audrey Tcheuméo French judoka (born 1990) Contemporary
  15. 15 Audrey Williamson British sprinter 1926–2010 · Contemporary

Portraits from Wikipedia (Wikimedia Commons).

Frequently asked questions

Quick answers about Audrey, drawn from the same Social Security data as the charts above.

How old is the average Audrey?

The median living Audrey is about 24 years old. Half of all living Audreys are between 12 and 59 years old.

How many people named Audrey are alive today?

An estimated 214 thousand people named Audrey are alive in the United States, based on 308,812 recorded births and Social Security life tables.

What does the name Audrey mean?

Audrey is a feminine given name.

How popular is the name Audrey in 2025?

Audrey ranked #86 among girls' names in the United States in 2025, with 2,919 babies given the name, according to Social Security Administration data.

How many people are named Audrey?

308,812 babies have been named Audrey in the United States since 1881, based on Social Security card applications.

When was the name Audrey most popular?

Audrey peaked in 2015, when 5,627 newborns received the name.

Is Audrey a boy or girl name?

Audrey is overwhelmingly a girl's name: 99% of babies with the name.

Is the name Audrey rising or falling?

Audrey is declining, less popular now than a decade ago.

Will Audrey become more popular?

Audrey is trending downward. If the recent trend holds, we project roughly 2,379 girls named Audrey in 2030, which would rank around #115. Forecasts assume the current trend continues and become less certain further out.

Who are famous people named Audrey?

Well-known people named Audrey include Audrey Hepburn (actor), Audrey Tautou (actor), Audrey Meadows (actor).

Names like Audrey

Names that sound and feel close to Audrey: shared sounds, similar era, similar popularity. Each links to its full history.

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