Audrey
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- AW-dree
- Origin
- Old English
- UK rank, 2025
- #335 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #86 for girls
Audrey is a girls' name of Old English origin, meaning “noble strength”. In 2025 it ranked 335th for girls in the UK (144 babies) and 86th for girls in the US (2,919 babies).
What does Audrey mean?
Old English: medieval form of Etheldreda (Æthelthryth)
“noble strength”
Cheap lace sold at St Audrey's fair in Ely gave English the word 'tawdry'.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Audrey a girl's or a boy's name?
Audrey is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 144 girls in the UK and 2,919 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Audrey in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #335among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 144about 1 in 1,900 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 16% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 144 girls in the UK were named Audrey, making it the 335th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 335th. Its busiest year was 2017, with 169 girls.
It has been given to more girls each year for the last 3 years.
Half of all the girls named Audrey in the UK since 1996 were born between 2012 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 312th in England and Wales and 539th in Scotland.
In the England and Wales top 100 for girls, which the ONS has published every ten years since 1904: 1914 (#86), 1924 (#21), 1934 (#15), 1944 (#67) and 1954 (#100).
Audrey in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 144 | #335 |
| 2024 | 133 | #367 |
| 2023 | 126 | #374 |
| 2022 | 118 | #405 |
| 2021 | 146 | #357 |
| 2020 | 147 | #335 |
| 2019 | 169 | #310 |
| 2018 | 164 | #317 |
| 2017 | 169 | #315 |
| 2016 | 164 | #325 |
| 2015 | 163 | #320 |
| 2014 | 118 | #416 |
| 2013 | 99 | #465 |
| 2012 | 91 | #523 |
| 2011 | 97 | #482 |
| 2010 | 60 | #682 |
| 2009 | 68 | #610 |
| 2008 | 52 | #739 |
| 2007 | 36 | #924 |
| 2006 | 49 | #703 |
| 2005 | 35 | #863 |
| 2004 | 38 | #794 |
| 2003 | 18 | #1,317 |
| 2002 | 15 | #1,399 |
| 2001 | 19 | #1,155 |
| 2000 | 15 | #1,348 |
| 1999 | 14 | #1,415 |
| 1998 | 16 | #1,289 |
| 1997 | 12 | #1,559 |
| 1996 | 9 | #1,862 |
How popular is Audrey in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #86among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 2,919about 1 in 550 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 31% in five years
- Same name in a class
- 2.5%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 2,919 girls in the US were named Audrey, making it the 86th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 60th. Its busiest year was 2015, with 5,613 girls. It first appears in the records in 1881.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 10 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Audrey than any year since 2000.
Half of all the girls named Audrey in the US since 1880 were born between 1935 and 2008, the years shaded on the chart below.
Audrey in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2,919 | #86 |
| 2024 | 3,006 | #82 |
| 2023 | 3,042 | #74 |
| 2022 | 3,340 | #67 |
| 2021 | 3,685 | #60 |
| 2020 | 3,768 | #60 |
| 2019 | 4,460 | #49 |
| 2018 | 4,697 | #46 |
| 2017 | 4,835 | #46 |
| 2016 | 5,369 | #39 |
| 2015 | 5,613 | #37 |
| 2014 | 5,570 | #36 |
| 2013 | 5,605 | #33 |
| 2012 | 5,300 | #41 |
| 2011 | 5,215 | #43 |
| 2010 | 4,952 | #52 |
| 2009 | 5,008 | #49 |
| 2008 | 5,443 | #44 |
| 2007 | 5,249 | #51 |
| 2006 | 4,649 | #69 |
| 2005 | 4,137 | #77 |
| 2004 | 3,903 | #80 |
| 2003 | 3,998 | #78 |
| 2002 | 3,306 | #100 |
| 2001 | 2,950 | #112 |
| 2000 | 2,872 | #115 |
| 1999 | 2,457 | #134 |
| 1998 | 2,202 | #145 |
| 1997 | 2,007 | #156 |
| 1996 | 1,915 | #164 |
| 1995 | 1,770 | #167 |
| 1994 | 1,931 | #162 |
| 1993 | 1,947 | #160 |
| 1992 | 1,741 | #176 |
| 1991 | 1,762 | #169 |
| 1990 | 1,798 | #161 |
| 1989 | 1,685 | #170 |
| 1988 | 1,554 | #180 |
| 1987 | 1,487 | #184 |
| 1986 | 1,486 | #181 |
| 1985 | 1,450 | #186 |
| 1984 | 1,486 | #184 |
| 1983 | 1,468 | #185 |
| 1982 | 1,544 | #177 |
| 1981 | 1,285 | #205 |
| 1980 | 1,223 | #212 |
| 1979 | 1,178 | #220 |
| 1978 | 1,062 | #234 |
| 1977 | 972 | #256 |
| 1976 | 989 | #239 |
| 1975 | 937 | #259 |
| 1974 | 969 | #259 |
| 1973 | 912 | #272 |
| 1972 | 918 | #278 |
| 1971 | 1,131 | #259 |
| 1970 | 1,309 | #239 |
| 1969 | 1,361 | #221 |
| 1968 | 1,424 | #211 |
| 1967 | 1,677 | #187 |
| 1966 | 1,771 | #183 |
| 1965 | 1,660 | #200 |
| 1964 | 1,868 | #197 |
| 1963 | 1,797 | #199 |
| 1962 | 1,973 | #188 |
| 1961 | 2,061 | #184 |
| 1960 | 2,276 | #174 |
| 1959 | 2,308 | #166 |
| 1958 | 2,344 | #164 |
| 1957 | 2,580 | #149 |
| 1956 | 2,547 | #149 |
| 1955 | 2,555 | #143 |
| 1954 | 2,455 | #149 |
| 1953 | 1,940 | #167 |
| 1952 | 1,868 | #168 |
| 1951 | 1,825 | #168 |
| 1950 | 1,803 | #158 |
| 1949 | 1,793 | #161 |
| 1948 | 1,839 | #157 |
| 1947 | 2,002 | #146 |
| 1946 | 1,832 | #149 |
| 1945 | 1,644 | #143 |
| 1944 | 1,645 | #150 |
| 1943 | 1,944 | #140 |
| 1942 | 2,285 | #120 |
| 1941 | 2,233 | #117 |
| 1940 | 2,501 | #99 |
| 1939 | 2,569 | #98 |
| 1938 | 2,844 | #87 |
| 1937 | 2,889 | #85 |
| 1936 | 3,345 | #68 |
| 1935 | 3,514 | #64 |
| 1934 | 3,582 | #69 |
| 1933 | 3,610 | #59 |
| 1932 | 3,735 | #61 |
| 1931 | 3,790 | #64 |
| 1930 | 4,129 | #63 |
| 1929 | 4,460 | #58 |
| 1928 | 4,630 | #60 |
| 1927 | 4,375 | #62 |
| 1926 | 4,477 | #60 |
| 1925 | 3,543 | #78 |
| 1924 | 3,520 | #84 |
| 1923 | 3,281 | #85 |
| 1922 | 3,164 | #89 |
| 1921 | 3,434 | #82 |
| 1920 | 2,666 | #103 |
| 1919 | 2,114 | #115 |
| 1918 | 2,022 | #118 |
| 1917 | 1,906 | #117 |
| 1916 | 1,853 | #119 |
| 1915 | 1,565 | #127 |
| 1914 | 1,070 | #138 |
| 1913 | 884 | #136 |
| 1912 | 745 | #145 |
| 1911 | 527 | #154 |
| 1910 | 453 | #162 |
| 1909 | 371 | #165 |
| 1908 | 370 | #163 |
| 1907 | 324 | #172 |
| 1906 | 278 | #179 |
| 1905 | 272 | #184 |
| 1904 | 276 | #177 |
| 1903 | 276 | #176 |
| 1902 | 210 | #202 |
| 1901 | 134 | #251 |
| 1900 | 196 | #227 |
| 1899 | 129 | #246 |
| 1898 | 124 | #271 |
| 1897 | 99 | #284 |
| 1896 | 108 | #276 |
| 1895 | 102 | #279 |
| 1894 | 83 | #301 |
| 1893 | 75 | #312 |
| 1892 | 77 | #309 |
| 1891 | 68 | #302 |
| 1890 | 85 | #270 |
| 1889 | 61 | #312 |
| 1888 | 41 | #374 |
| 1887 | 39 | #344 |
| 1886 | 26 | #424 |
| 1885 | 29 | #380 |
| 1884 | 25 | #398 |
| 1883 | 14 | #517 |
| 1882 | 7 | #740 |
| 1881 | 11 | #503 |
Names like Audrey
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Iris Daphne Ivy Hazel Aubrey Lily Ruby Edith Annie Evelyn Nancy Alba
Other spellings of Audrey
Names related to Audrey
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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, “Audrey: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/audrey, updated 20 October 2026.