Aubin

UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Form of Albinus

Aubin has been given to 67 babies in the U.S. since 2001. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 2008, with 9 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 84% boys, 16% girls all-time.

Babies named Aubin, 2023

1 in 474,000

Aubin over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
02.557.51018801900192019401960198020002020

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Aubin over time

In 2023, Aubin went to 0% girls and 100% boys.

19942023

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Aubin: meaning, origin, and history

Form of Albinus

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Aubin means

Aubin is a form of Albinus.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Aubin is used in French.

Another recorded pronunciation is /o.bɛ̃/ for Aubin.

Meaning behind the documented name family

The name developed through Aubin → Albinus. The family’s meaning is “white”, recorded in Latin with the source elements albus/alba.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Albinus, Albino and Albin.

Pronunciation and spelling

In French, Aubin is pronounced /o.bɛ̃/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 56 boys were recorded with the name Aubin between 2001 and 2023. Its highest annual count was 9 in 2008; its best national rank was #8,093 in 2015.

In the United States, 11 girls were recorded with the name Aubin between 1994 and 1996. Its highest annual count was 6 in 1994; its best national rank was #11,924 in 1994.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Aubin?

Aubin had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2023, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2023
1 in 474,000
7 of 3,314,783 births
Among boys only
1 in 244,000
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2023
Unranked
Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size
328,234 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Aubin sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2023 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 328,234 children born in 2023 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Aubin. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Aubins were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Aubin was born before 2013 — so the typical Aubin is around 12 today.

Median birth year
2013
About 12 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
44.6% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
100.0%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
56
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2010s — 44.6% of all recorded uses (25).

Is Aubin rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
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Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago
New entry
Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago
—
Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago
—
Not published both years
Share of its own peak
0%
Peak was 2008 (9)
Years since peak
17
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
44.4% average annual change
Best rank ever
#8,093
2015

Spellings of Aubin

Aubin is not the most common spelling — Austin is, with 52.4% against Aubin's <0.01%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Aubin around the world

Where Aubin ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    2011–2025
    #2,952
    in 2025
  • France
    1900–2025
    #224
    in 2025

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics and Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques. ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0.

Aubin by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#8,093
2015
Peak year
2008
9 that year
First recorded
2001
Last recorded
2023
All-time count
56
Count in 2025
Under 5

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#11,924
1994
Peak year
1994
6 that year
First recorded
1994
Last recorded
1996
All-time count
11
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Aubin

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Sibling names for Aubin

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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