Aubrey

Primarily a girl's name · Unisex — 51% girls / 49% boys

Aubrey first appears in the data in 2007 and has been recorded in 10 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 2016 with 119 babies (rank #382 that year). It was not in the 2024 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Aubrey

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Aubrey yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.

9Destiny numberThe humanitarianIdealistic, compassionate, thinks in big-picture terms.Sum of every letter. The overall character a name carries.
7Soul urgeThe seekerIntrospective, analytical, drawn to the unknown.Sum of the vowels — what's said to drive the heart.
11PersonalityThe visionary (master)Intuitive and inspirational — a heightened 2.Sum of the consonants — the outer impression.

698

Total babies (all years)

Years in the data

119

Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Girls

Famous people named Aubrey

Aubrey Plazaaudiobook narrator · b. 1984
Aubrey Beardsleyexlibrist · b. 1872
Aubrey de Greyanti-aging practitioner and activist · b. 1963

Stories about the name Aubrey

Drake — yes, his real name is Aubrey. I genuinely think this one will date itself. Our Aubrey is nine and has no idea yet. This is a problem for future-me.

— Tamika, Atlanta GA, 2015

Old English-French, means 'elf ruler.' I found this out after we named her. We had a two-week period where we called her Elf Queen and then she started walking and the phase ended naturally.

— Pete, Portland OR, 2019

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year	Babies	Rank
2007	3	#5,392
2008	7	#3,049
2009	6	#3,490
2010	7	#3,193
2011	11	#2,284
2012	26	#1,257
2013	38	#959
2014	61	#654
2015	80	#540
2016	119	#382