Primarily a girl's name · 99% girls
Origin: FrenchAudrey is a feminine given name. It is rarely a masculine given name. Audrey is the Anglo-Norman form of the Anglo-Saxon name Æðelþryð, composed of the elements æðel "noble" and þryð "strength". The literal definition of the word is “noble strength” or “strength from nobility”.
From Wikipedia
In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Audrey yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.
Audrey's decline is steeper than its reputation suggests. Down 46% over ten years, from a 2015 high of 5,613 births to 2,993 now, with rank slipping from a 2013 best of 33 to 82. That is the second-largest fall in this batch after Nicholas, and it has happened quietly, because the name still reads as timeless rather than dated. Audrey Hepburn, born 1929, anchors the association so completely that the other listed bearers — Audrey Tautou, Audrey Tang, Audrey Azoulay — barely register by comparison. The file also includes Audre Lorde, born 1934, spelled without the final letter. Recorded from 1881 onward and 305,866 births deep, Audrey has been continuously available for well over a century, which may be exactly the problem: nothing about it currently feels like a discovery.
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Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.
| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1881 | 11 | #511 |
| 1882 | 7 | #748 |
| 1883 | 14 | #522 |
| 1884 | 25 | #398 |
| 1885 | 29 | #381 |
| 1886 | 26 | #424 |
| 1887 | 39 | #344 |
| 1888 | 41 | #374 |
| 1889 | 61 | #312 |
| 1890 | 85 | #270 |
| 1891 | 68 | #302 |
| 1892 | 77 | #309 |
| 1893 | 75 | #312 |
| 1894 | 83 | #301 |
| 1895 | 102 | #279 |
| 1896 | 108 | #276 |
| 1897 | 99 | #284 |
| 1898 | 124 | #271 |
| 1899 | 129 | #246 |
| 1900 | 196 | #227 |
| 1901 | 134 | #251 |
| 1902 | 210 | #202 |
| 1903 | 276 | #176 |
| 1904 | 276 | #177 |
| 1905 | 272 | #184 |
| 1906 | 278 | #179 |
| 1907 | 324 | #172 |
| 1908 | 370 | #164 |
| 1909 | 371 | #165 |
| 1910 | 453 | #162 |
| 1911 | 527 | #154 |
| 1912 | 745 | #145 |
| 1913 | 884 | #136 |
| 1914 | 1,070 | #138 |
| 1915 | 1,565 | #127 |
| 1916 | 1,853 | #119 |
| 1917 | 1,906 | #117 |
| 1918 | 2,022 | #118 |
| 1919 | 2,114 | #115 |
| 1920 | 2,666 | #103 |
| 1921 | 3,434 | #82 |
| 1922 | 3,164 | #89 |
| 1923 | 3,281 | #85 |
| 1924 | 3,520 | #84 |
| 1925 | 3,543 | #78 |
| 1926 | 4,477 | #60 |
| 1927 | 4,375 | #62 |
| 1928 | 4,630 | #60 |
| 1929 | 4,460 | #58 |
| 1930 | 4,128 | #63 |
| 1931 | 3,790 | #64 |
| 1932 | 3,735 | #61 |
| 1933 | 3,611 | #59 |
| 1934 | 3,582 | #69 |
| 1935 | 3,514 | #64 |
| 1936 | 3,345 | #68 |
| 1937 | 2,889 | #85 |
| 1938 | 2,844 | #87 |
| 1939 | 2,569 | #98 |
| 1940 | 2,501 | #99 |
| 1941 | 2,233 | #117 |
| 1942 | 2,285 | #120 |
| 1943 | 1,943 | #140 |
| 1944 | 1,645 | #150 |
| 1945 | 1,644 | #143 |
| 1946 | 1,832 | #149 |
| 1947 | 2,002 | #146 |
| 1948 | 1,838 | #157 |
| 1949 | 1,794 | #161 |
| 1950 | 1,803 | #158 |
| 1951 | 1,825 | #168 |
| 1952 | 1,868 | #168 |
| 1953 | 1,940 | #167 |
| 1954 | 2,455 | #149 |
| 1955 | 2,555 | #143 |
| 1956 | 2,547 | #149 |
| 1957 | 2,581 | #149 |
| 1958 | 2,343 | #164 |
| 1959 | 2,308 | #166 |
| 1960 | 2,276 | #174 |
| 1961 | 2,060 | #185 |
| 1962 | 1,973 | #188 |
| 1963 | 1,798 | #199 |
| 1964 | 1,867 | #197 |
| 1965 | 1,660 | #200 |
| 1966 | 1,771 | #183 |
| 1967 | 1,677 | #187 |
| 1968 | 1,424 | #211 |
| 1969 | 1,361 | #221 |
| 1970 | 1,309 | #238 |
| 1971 | 1,131 | #259 |
| 1972 | 918 | #278 |
| 1973 | 912 | #272 |
| 1974 | 969 | #259 |
| 1975 | 937 | #259 |
| 1976 | 990 | #239 |
| 1977 | 972 | #256 |
| 1978 | 1,062 | #234 |
| 1979 | 1,178 | #220 |
| 1980 | 1,223 | #212 |
| 1981 | 1,285 | #205 |
| 1982 | 1,544 | #177 |
| 1983 | 1,468 | #185 |
| 1984 | 1,486 | #184 |
| 1985 | 1,450 | #186 |
| 1986 | 1,487 | #181 |
| 1987 | 1,487 | #184 |
| 1988 | 1,554 | #180 |
| 1989 | 1,686 | #170 |
| 1990 | 1,798 | #161 |
| 1991 | 1,762 | #169 |
| 1992 | 1,741 | #176 |
| 1993 | 1,947 | #160 |
| 1994 | 1,931 | #162 |
| 1995 | 1,770 | #167 |
| 1996 | 1,915 | #164 |
| 1997 | 2,007 | #156 |
| 1998 | 2,202 | #145 |
| 1999 | 2,457 | #134 |
| 2000 | 2,872 | #115 |
| 2001 | 2,950 | #112 |
| 2002 | 3,306 | #100 |
| 2003 | 3,998 | #78 |
| 2004 | 3,903 | #80 |
| 2005 | 4,136 | #77 |
| 2006 | 4,649 | #69 |
| 2007 | 5,249 | #51 |
| 2008 | 5,443 | #44 |
| 2009 | 5,008 | #49 |
| 2010 | 4,952 | #52 |
| 2011 | 5,214 | #43 |
| 2012 | 5,298 | #41 |
| 2013 | 5,605 | #33 |
| 2014 | 5,570 | #36 |
| 2015 | 5,613 | #37 |
| 2016 | 5,368 | #39 |
| 2017 | 4,835 | #46 |
| 2018 | 4,696 | #46 |
| 2019 | 4,459 | #49 |
| 2020 | 3,766 | #60 |
| 2021 | 3,683 | #60 |
| 2022 | 3,339 | #67 |
| 2023 | 3,040 | #74 |
| 2024 | 2,993 | #82 |
