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Aubrey

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81% girls / 19% boys

Origin of the name

Aubrey is a Norman form of the Germanic Alberich, made of words meaning “elf” and “ruler.” It was long a man's name.

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Short-lived name

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2012 was its best year: 8,061 births, or 1 baby in 454. The decline was steep: births are now 67% below the peak. Its rank in 2025: No. 146. 49% of all babies named Aubrey since 1880 were born in the 2010s.
133,515births since 1880
2010sgeneration
No. 15rank at its peak, in 2012

Where babies named Aubrey are born

2012

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The darker the blue, the more common Aubrey is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.

Where it is most popular

Compared with the national average, Aubrey is most common in Delaware (1.7 times), Utah (1.6) and Idaho (1.5), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.

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Girls and boys, decade by decade

DecadeGirlsBoys
1880s3%97%
1890s5%95%
1900s10%90%
1910s5%95%
1920s6%94%
1930s4%96%
1940s3%97%
1950s3%97%
1960s5%95%
1970s53%47%
1980s77%23%
1990s84%16%
2000s95%5%
2010s98%2%
2020s96%4%