Top Baby Names

Origin and Meaning of First Names.

Aubrey

Gender

Male

Origin

English
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Alternate Spellings and Variants of Aubrey

Pronunciation

a(u)-brey, aub-rey

Popularity in the USA

  • Boys: peak in 1926 (rank #249, 497 births); most recent 2025 (rank #2091, 70 births)
  • Girls: peak in 2012 (rank #15, 8,039 births); most recent 2025 (rank #146, 2,003 births)
Births by year in the USA
YearBoysGirls
2025702,003
2024942,209
20231342,576
20221352,997
20211573,516
20201443,919
20191484,595
20181565,208
20171395,934
20161316,551

Top girl names · Top boy names in the USA (2025)

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA), national baby names data (public domain). This site is not affiliated with or endorsed by the SSA. Data years: 1880 to 2025. Original data

Popularity in England and Wales

  • Boys: peak in 2021 (rank #569, 67 births); most recent 2025 (rank #746, 46 births)
  • Girls: peak in 2025 (rank #191, 267 births)
Births by year in England and Wales
YearBoysGirls
202546267
202450233
202353267
202257197
202167231
202049196
201946223
201844170
201739184
201648119

Top girl names · Top boy names in England and Wales (2025)

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Baby names in England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1996 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in France

  • Boys: peak in 1995 (rank #2130, 5 births); most recent 2021 (rank #4981, 3 births)
  • Girls: peak in 2020 (rank #5359, 3 births)
Births by year in France
YearBoysGirls
2023––
2022––
20213–
2020–3
2019––
2018––
2017––
2016––
2015––
2014––

Top girl names · Top boy names in France (2023)

Source: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (last updated 8 July 2024), used under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0. Changes: names are shown in title case, and spellings that differ only by accents are counted together. Data years: 1900 to 2023. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Ireland

  • Boys: peak in 1992 (rank #298, 4 births)
  • Girls: peak in 2017 (rank #368, 11 births); most recent 2023 (rank #434, 8 births)
Births by year in Ireland
YearBoysGirls
2025––
2024––
2023–8
2022–9
2021–5
2020–8
2019–7
2018–4
2017–11
2016–5

Top girl names · Top boy names in Ireland (2025)

Source: Central Statistics Office (CSO), Ireland, Irish Babies' Names (tables VSA50 and VSA60), licensed under CC BY 4.0. Changes: spellings that differ only by accents (for example Rian and Rían) are counted together. Data years: 1964 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Scotland

  • Boys: peak in 2017 (rank #490, 6 births); most recent 2024 (rank #619, 4 births)
  • Girls: peak in 2022 (rank #285, 12 births); most recent 2025 (rank #429, 7 births)
Births by year in Scotland
YearBoysGirls
2025–7
202443
2023–6
2022–12
202147
2020–12
2019–10
2018–11
2017610
2016–7

Top girl names · Top boy names in Scotland (2025)

Source: National Records of Scotland (NRS), Babies' First Names. © Crown copyright. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1974 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Northern Ireland

  • Girls: peak in 2024 (rank #407, 3 births)
Births by year in Northern Ireland
YearGirls
2025–
20243
2023–
20223
2021–
2020–
2019–
2018–
20173
2016–

Top girl names · Top boy names in Northern Ireland (2025)

Source: Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA), Baby Names. © Crown copyright. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1997 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in British Columbia (Canada)

  • Boys: peak in 2018 (rank #513, 6 births)
  • Girls: peak in 2013 (rank #40, 63 births); most recent 2023 (rank #70, 36 births)
Births by year in British Columbia (Canada)
YearBoysGirls
2023–36
2022–30
2021–37
2020–43
2019–40
2018659
2017–41
2016–44
2015–59
2014–59

Top girl names · Top boy names in British Columbia (Canada) (2023)

Source: British Columbia Vital Statistics Agency, Most popular baby names for the past 100 years. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia. Changes: names are shown in title case. Data years: 1924 to 2023. Original data · Licence