Aubrey

What Aubrey means

Means “elf, fairy + king, ruler”

From Middle English Aubrey, Aubry, from Norman Auberi, Alberi, from Latin Alberīcus, Latinized form of Old High German Alberich, from Proto-Germanic *Albirīks, from *albiz (“elf, fairy”) +‎ *rīks (“king, ruler”).

Source: Wiktionary, “Aubrey” (revision 92744080), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Aubrey?

US: Falling: down from #21 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #539 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2012, when 8,061 girls got the name (#15 that year). First in the US records in 1889.

How common

• About 1 in 802 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 949 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 2,556 baby girls in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in WY (7.4 per 1,000 girls), WV (4.93 per 1,000 girls), ND (4.44 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed girls born in each state.

US vs UK

Aubrey is #146 in the US and #191 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (girls). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 96.6% of US babies named Aubrey were girls.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

How to say it

IPA from Wiktionary.

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Aubree606 US · 53 E&W
• Aubri63 US · 3 E&W
• Aubrei18 US
• Aubry12 US
• Aubriee7 US
• Aubrii5 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Aubrey

Girls

• Hayden#437“hay + valley”^*
• Marley#322Editor’s note Down from #218 in 2015 to #322 in 2025 in the US
• Kinley#691Editor’s note Cooling off in the US: #235 in 2015, #691 in 2025
• Addison#84Form of Adam, meaning “earth, man, soil, light brown”^*
• Teagan#340Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1979, with 6 babies
• Piper#155Editor’s note Cooling off in the US: #67 in 2015, #155 in 2025

For a brother

• Ryland#703“rye + land”^*
• Cason#846“house”^*
• Jamison#785Editor’s note 324 US babies in 2025, but under 3 in England & Wales
• Landon#127“long + hill”^*
• Brody#236Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 2008, with 6,299 babies; 1,492 in 2025
• Cash#287Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #287 vs #2,014 in 2025

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under From a surname, Germanic, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Aubrey’s. Rank is US 2025.