Auden
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- AW-den
- Origin
- English
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,964 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #1,793 for boys
Auden is a boys' name of English origin. In 2025 it ranked 1,964th for boys in the UK (13 babies) and 1,793rd for boys in the US (89 babies).
What does Auden mean?
English: surname of uncertain origin
Made famous by the poet W.H. Auden, whose poems include Funeral Blues.
Is Auden a girl's or a boy's name?
Auden is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls and 13 boys in the UK and 67 girls and 89 boys in the US.
How popular is Auden in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,964among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 13about 1 in 23,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 38% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 13 boys in the UK were named Auden, making it the 1,964th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,923rd. Its busiest year was 2023, with 21 boys. 3 girls were also named Auden in 2025 (5,990th for girls).
Half of all the boys named Auden in the UK since 1996 were born between 2015 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,894th in England and Wales.
Auden in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #1,964 |
| 2024 | 13 | #1,917 |
| 2023 | 21 | #1,355 |
| 2022 | 14 | #1,789 |
| 2021 | 15 | #1,686 |
| 2020 | 12 | #1,923 |
| 2019 | 16 | #1,608 |
| 2018 | 6 | #3,162 |
| 2017 | 13 | #1,922 |
| 2016 | 9 | #2,468 |
| 2015 | 11 | #2,127 |
| 2014 | 14 | #1,743 |
| 2013 | 3 | #4,884 |
| 2012 | 6 | #3,167 |
| 2011 | 3 | #4,837 |
| 2010 | 5 | #3,478 |
| 2009 | 6 | #2,970 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 3 | #4,486 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 3 | #3,992 |
How popular is Auden in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,793among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 89about 1 in 19,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 27% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 89 boys in the US were named Auden, making it the 1,793rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,368th. Its busiest year was 2020, with 129 boys. It first appears in the records in 1975. 67 girls were also named Auden in 2025 (2,583rd for girls).
Half of all the boys named Auden in the US since 1880 were born between 2010 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Girls were 12% of the babies named Auden in the US in 2003, and 43% in 2025.
Auden in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 89 | #1,793 |
| 2024 | 85 | #1,878 |
| 2023 | 80 | #1,941 |
| 2022 | 90 | #1,804 |
| 2021 | 103 | #1,632 |
| 2020 | 129 | #1,368 |
| 2019 | 116 | #1,479 |
| 2018 | 104 | #1,591 |
| 2017 | 96 | #1,644 |
| 2016 | 104 | #1,575 |
| 2015 | 90 | #1,717 |
| 2014 | 97 | #1,608 |
| 2013 | 82 | #1,762 |
| 2012 | 63 | #2,131 |
| 2011 | 60 | #2,172 |
| 2010 | 51 | #2,428 |
| 2009 | 44 | #2,752 |
| 2008 | 52 | #2,431 |
| 2007 | 57 | #2,281 |
| 2006 | 42 | #2,743 |
| 2005 | 30 | #3,315 |
| 2004 | 33 | #3,010 |
| 2003 | 43 | #2,424 |
| 2002 | 22 | #3,789 |
| 2001 | 17 | #4,470 |
| 2000 | 16 | #4,567 |
| 1999 | 10 | #6,036 |
| 1998 | 12 | #5,153 |
| 1997 | 10 | #5,636 |
| 1996 | 9 | #5,975 |
| 1995 | 8 | #6,400 |
| 1994 | 12 | #4,797 |
| 1993 | 12 | #4,690 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 7 | #6,511 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 6 | #4,933 |
| 1975 | 6 | #4,795 |
Names like Auden
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Hudson Jaxon Grayson Archer Rowan Aiden Oakley Marley Kayden Mason Jayden Asher
Names related to Auden
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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, “Auden: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/auden, updated 20 October 2026.