Audrey

What Audrey means

Means “noble + strength”

From Middle English Aldreda, Etheldreda, from Old English Æþelþrȳþ (from æþele (“noble”) +‎ þrȳþ (“strength”)).

Source: Wiktionary, “Audrey” (revision 93420406), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Audrey?

US: Falling: down from #37 in 2015. England & Wales: Steady: #298 in 2015, #312 now.

Biggest US share so far: 1928, when 4,630 girls got the name (#60 that year). First in the US records in 1881.

How common

• About 1 in 551 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 1,822 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 3,578 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 VT (8.21 per 1,000 girls), WY (7.4 per 1,000 girls), NH (5.53 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

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

US vs UK

Audrey is #86 in the US and #312 in England & Wales (2025).

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

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Audrey 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

• Audra95 US
• Audree36 US
• Audri16 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 Audrey

Girls

• Serenity#129Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #129 vs #997 in 2025
• Lily#18Diminutive of Lilian, possibly meaning “lily”^*
• Journey#411Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #411 vs #3,333 in 2025
• Scarlet#509Editor’s note Down from #376 in 2015 to #509 in 2025 in the US
• Sienna#94Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #229 in 2015, #94 in 2025
• Heaven#543Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #543 vs #1,133 in 2025

For a brother

• Deacon#561Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1971, with 15 babies
• Rowan#59“little red one”^*
• Prince#447Editor’s note Down from #386 in 2015 to #447 in 2025 in the US
• Angel#67Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #67 vs #1,307 in 2025
• Alden#598“old + friend”^*
• Tate#193Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #420 in 2015, #193 in 2025

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