Auburn
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- AW-bern
- Origin
- English
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,747 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #4,351 for girls
Auburn is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “reddish-brown”. In 2025 it ranked 3,747th for boys in the UK (5 babies) and 4,351st for girls in the US (32 babies).
What does Auburn mean?
English: the colour word, from Latin alburnus via Old French
“reddish-brown”
The word first meant yellowish-white, from Latin albus 'white', before shifting to reddish-brown in English.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Auburn a girl's or a boy's name?
Auburn is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 girls and 5 boys in the UK and 32 girls and 5 boys in the US.
How popular is Auburn in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,747among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 60,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 200% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 5 boys in the UK were named Auburn, making it the 3,747th most popular name for boys. 4 girls were also named Auburn in 2025 (4,935th for girls).
2025 had the most boys named Auburn of any year since it first appeared, in 2019.
Among boys in 2025, it was 3,656th in England and Wales.
Auburn in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #3,747 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,335 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 3 | #4,913 |
How popular is Auburn in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,351among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 32about 1 in 50,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 19% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 32 girls in the US were named Auburn, making it the 4,351st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,450th. Its busiest year was 2015, with 52 girls. It first appears in the records in 1920. 5 boys were also named Auburn in 2025 (12,003rd for boys).
2025 had more girls named Auburn than any year since 2020.
Half of all the girls named Auburn in the US since 1880 were born between 1995 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 86% of the babies named Auburn in the US were girls.
Auburn in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 32 | #4,351 |
| 2024 | 24 | #5,297 |
| 2023 | 31 | #4,451 |
| 2022 | 31 | #4,470 |
| 2021 | 28 | #4,715 |
| 2020 | 44 | #3,450 |
| 2019 | 27 | #4,908 |
| 2018 | 36 | #4,000 |
| 2017 | 43 | #3,551 |
| 2016 | 35 | #4,156 |
| 2015 | 52 | #3,177 |
| 2014 | 44 | #3,547 |
| 2013 | 41 | #3,701 |
| 2012 | 46 | #3,463 |
| 2011 | 31 | #4,567 |
| 2010 | 24 | #5,600 |
| 2009 | 30 | #4,804 |
| 2008 | 33 | #4,549 |
| 2007 | 29 | #4,942 |
| 2006 | 36 | #4,072 |
| 2005 | 21 | #5,795 |
| 2004 | 34 | #4,089 |
| 2003 | 24 | #5,087 |
| 2002 | 26 | #4,617 |
| 2001 | 26 | #4,559 |
| 2000 | 28 | #4,286 |
| 1999 | 30 | #3,891 |
| 1998 | 25 | #4,363 |
| 1997 | 42 | #2,871 |
| 1996 | 42 | #2,845 |
| 1995 | 32 | #3,417 |
| 1994 | 27 | #3,887 |
| 1993 | 26 | #3,982 |
| 1992 | 34 | #3,261 |
| 1991 | 20 | #4,802 |
| 1990 | 28 | #3,709 |
| 1989 | 16 | #5,280 |
| 1988 | 16 | #5,060 |
| 1987 | 21 | #3,980 |
| 1986 | 18 | #4,344 |
| 1985 | 12 | #5,676 |
| 1984 | 14 | #4,965 |
| 1983 | 13 | #5,147 |
| 1982 | 13 | #5,207 |
| 1981 | 14 | #4,962 |
| 1980 | 7 | #8,177 |
| 1979 | 13 | #5,091 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 7 | #7,565 |
| 1976 | 6 | #8,154 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 5 | #4,973 |
Names like Auburn
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ashton Hudson Aston Arlen Arden Grayson Austin Mason Archer Axton Jaxon Arley
Names related to Auburn
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Auburn: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/auburn, updated 20 October 2026.