Aubrey
Aubrey stands at #146 nationally in 2025, cooling off gently. An old entry (1889) having its biggest moment now, with 133,515 American bearers across the record.
What Aubrey carries
Aubrey · Teutonic
“elf ruler”
Source: Charlotte M. Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), see our sources.
Aubrey’s free Name Kit
Five printables for Aubrey, drawn in your browser at print size the moment you ask: a name print for the wall, a nursery sign, a tracing sheet, a shortlist sheet, and twelve sibling names with the reason for each. Letter size, 300 dpi, in the site’s own hand.
- Name print Meaning, origin and the popularity curve on one sheet, ready for a frame.
- Nursery sign The name big and bright, for a door, a shelf or the top of a dresser.
- Tracing sheet The name in dotted letters, with room to go over it again and again.
- Shortlist sheet A page for weighing names side by side: initials, nicknames, how it sounds with yours.
- Sibling names sheet Twelve names that go with this one, each with the reason, from the sibling matcher.
Name print
Meaning, origin and the popularity curve on one sheet, ready for a frame.
Nursery sign
The name big and bright, for a door, a shelf or the top of a dresser.
Tracing sheet
The name in dotted letters, with room to go over it again and again.
Shortlist sheet
A page for weighing names side by side: initials, nicknames, how it sounds with yours.
Sibling names sheet
Twelve names that go with this one, each with the reason, from the sibling matcher.
Print on plain letter paper or heavier card; the sign and the print look best on matte stock.
Aubrey since 1889
Aubrey peaked in 2012 at #15; #146 in 2025.
United States national data, Social Security Administration, through 2025, how we use it.
Where Aubrey is most common
By share of a state's recorded girls' names, Aubrey runs strongest in Wyoming at 0.74% in 2025, then West Virginia and North Dakota.
Share of the state's recorded names for that sex, from the Social Security Administration's state file; a name is listed in a state only when five or more babies received it there that year.
Names that sit near Aubrey
Same shelf of the library: origin, era and shape, scored deterministically.
Audrey
#86 in 2025 · Teutonic
Axel
#79 in 2025 · Teutonic
Carlos
#150 in 2025 · Teutonic
Charlie
#133 in 2025 · Teutonic
Alejandro
#195 in 2025 · Teutonic
Arabella
#213 in 2025 · Teutonic
Adeline
#59 in 2025 · Teutonic
Ella
#29 in 2025 · Teutonic
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About Aubrey
How popular is the name Aubrey?
Aubrey stands at #146 nationally in 2025, cooling off gently. Every point on the chart is the SSA's own count, back to 1889.
What does Aubrey mean?
The gloss on record reads “elf ruler”, of Teutonic origin (Charlotte M. Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884)).
Which names sit near Aubrey?
By our fixed recipe the closest are Audrey, Axel and Carlos, scored on origin, era, shape and how common they are. The sibling matcher runs the same recipe against the names already in your house.
Get Aubrey’s free Name Kit
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