How rare is the name Aubrey?

119,928 people in the United States have the first name Aubrey, about 1 in 2,518. It ranks #469 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

AUBREY

#469

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
119,928
About
1 in 2,518
This common or more
57.3%
Who bears it

Of the 119,928 people named Aubrey, 69.9% reported their origin as White, 11.4% as Hispanic or Latino and 11.1% as Black. 87.5% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Aubrey peaked in 2012, when 8,213 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18802025
Peak year
2012
Births that year
8,213
In 2025*
2,073 ▼75%
Recorded as
mostly female

At least 164,605 babies have been given the name since 1880. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Aubrey by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2010s, when it ranked #82. The largest share of babies named Aubrey, 39.1%, were born in 2013 or later.

1880s#889183
1890s#721386
1900s#635707
1910s#5353,273
1920s#5614,779
1930s#5913,947
1940s#7403,484
1950s#8703,462
1960s#1,1442,386
1970s#8883,897
1980s#5448,802
1990s#46412,910
2000s#24031,053
2010s#8267,367
2020s#20917,969
Before 19010.4%
Greatest Generation 1901–274.7%
Silent Generation 1928–454.3%
Baby boom 1946–643.7%
Generation X 1965–803.4%
Millennials 1981–9610.2%
Generation Z 1997–1234.2%
2013 and later39.1%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Aubrey is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Aubrey has been most common in Nevada (1.7×), Utah (1.7×), and Virginia (1.6×), and least common in District of Columbia (0.34×).

156,772 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Spelled almost the same

6 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Aubrey, most common first.

Also a last name

As a last name, Aubrey ranks #7,397 of 156,621, with 4,345 people. See Aubrey as a last name

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