Audre
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- AW-dree
- Origin
- Old English
Audre is a girls' name of Old English origin, meaning “noble strength”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Audre mean?
Old English: form of Audrey, from Aethelthryth
“noble strength”
Borne by Audre Lorde, the American poet and essayist.
Is Audre a girl's or a boy's name?
Audre is a girls' name.
How popular is Audre in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1927, with 25 girls. It first appears in the records in 1911.
Half of all the girls named Audre in the US since 1880 were born between 1926 and 1987, the years shaded on the chart below.
Audre in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 5 | #15,288 |
| 2023 | 5 | #15,188 |
| 2022 | 6 | #13,586 |
| 2021 | 7 | #12,201 |
| 2020 | 8 | #11,085 |
| 2019 | 8 | #11,350 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 10 | #9,939 |
| 2016 | 8 | #11,776 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 8 | #12,193 |
| 2011 | 7 | #13,339 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 6 | #15,399 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 11 | #9,259 |
| 2003 | 5 | #15,777 |
| 2002 | 11 | #8,831 |
| 2001 | 5 | #15,345 |
| 2000 | 9 | #9,867 |
| 1999 | 11 | #8,216 |
| 1998 | 5 | #14,116 |
| 1997 | 8 | #9,797 |
| 1996 | 6 | #11,801 |
| 1995 | 5 | #13,380 |
| 1994 | 12 | #7,091 |
| 1993 | 7 | #10,581 |
| 1992 | 11 | #7,504 |
| 1991 | 8 | #9,328 |
| 1990 | 15 | #5,829 |
| 1989 | 8 | #8,755 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 12 | #5,918 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 9 | #6,952 |
| 1984 | 7 | #8,149 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 8 | #7,467 |
| 1981 | 9 | #6,802 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 6 | #9,008 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 5 | #9,065 |
| 1974 | 5 | #8,773 |
| 1973 | 7 | #6,664 |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 5 | #8,322 |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 10 | #4,488 |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 8 | #4,865 |
| 1965 | 6 | #5,816 |
| 1964 | 7 | #5,473 |
| 1963 | 5 | #6,591 |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 7 | #5,308 |
| 1960 | 8 | #4,772 |
| 1959 | 10 | #4,030 |
| 1958 | 6 | #5,407 |
| 1957 | 12 | #3,488 |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 8 | #4,375 |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 7 | #4,482 |
| 1951 | 8 | #4,010 |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 7 | #4,234 |
| 1948 | 6 | #4,649 |
| 1947 | 7 | #4,343 |
| 1946 | 8 | #3,664 |
| 1945 | 9 | #3,131 |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 10 | #3,039 |
| 1942 | 6 | #4,122 |
| 1941 | 9 | #3,028 |
| 1940 | 9 | #2,962 |
| 1939 | 6 | #3,780 |
| 1938 | 8 | #3,179 |
| 1937 | 9 | #2,939 |
| 1936 | 8 | #3,101 |
| 1935 | 15 | #2,094 |
| 1934 | 13 | #2,288 |
| 1933 | 18 | #1,835 |
| 1932 | 17 | #1,956 |
| 1931 | 15 | #2,104 |
| 1930 | 21 | #1,747 |
| 1929 | 16 | #2,097 |
| 1928 | 20 | #1,896 |
| 1927 | 25 | #1,668 |
| 1926 | 22 | #1,829 |
| 1925 | 21 | #1,890 |
| 1924 | 21 | #1,925 |
| 1923 | 19 | #2,021 |
| 1922 | 18 | #2,109 |
| 1921 | 16 | #2,282 |
| 1920 | 9 | #3,339 |
| 1919 | 18 | #1,989 |
| 1918 | 13 | #2,518 |
| 1917 | 19 | #1,847 |
| 1916 | 12 | #2,497 |
| 1915 | 9 | #2,899 |
| 1914 | 9 | #2,433 |
| 1913 | 0 | – |
| 1912 | 7 | #2,359 |
| 1911 | 5 | #2,463 |
Names like Audre
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Alice Annie Adele Lucille Maxine Estelle Josephine Charlotte Anne June Louise Jane
Names related to Audre
More Old English names
Alfie Edward Teddy Waylon Alfred Edith Wilfred Ozzy Edie Eddie Edwin Ted Teddie Eduardo Edgar Alden
Sources
Figures from 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, “Audre: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/audre, updated 20 October 2026.