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Auden

#1,794 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

English surname transferred into given-name use

Auden has been given to 2,888 babies in the U.S. since 1975. In 2025 it ranked #1,794 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2020, with 129 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 65% boys, 35% girls all-time.

Babies named Auden, 2025

1 in 37,200

Auden over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
05010015018801900192019401960198020002020

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.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 — Auden over time

In 2025, Auden went to 43% girls and 57% boys.

19752025

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.

Auden: meaning, origin, and history

English surname transferred into given-name use

English surname transfer

What Auden means

Auden is a given name.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Auden is used in English (Rare).

Another recorded pronunciation is /ˈɔ.dən/ for Auden.

The naming story behind Auden

Auden is a given name adopted from English surname. This establishes the immediate naming route. A surname transfer is different from a direct translation of the modern given-name spelling; the family name may have its own earlier derivation.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 1,887 boys were recorded with the name Auden between 1975 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 129 in 2020; its best national rank was #1,368 in 2020.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #1,368 in 2020 to #1,794 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #1,719 in 2015 to #1,794 in 2025.

In the United States, 1,001 girls were recorded with the name Auden between 2000 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 97 in 2023; its best national rank was #2,022 in 2023.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #2,855 in 2020 to #2,584 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #2,781 in 2015 to #2,584 in 2025.

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.

How common is Auden?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 37,200
89 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 19,200
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#1,794
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
25,820 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Auden 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 2025 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 5001%

Put another way: gather 25,820 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Auden. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Audens were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Auden was born before 2016 — so the typical Auden is around 9 today.

Median birth year
2016
About 9 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
45.7% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
94.3%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
1,887
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2010s — 45.7% of all recorded uses (863).

Is Auden 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
+87
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
−426
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−75
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.99×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
69.0%
Peak was 2020 (129)
Years since peak
5
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
15.2% average annual change
Best rank ever
#1,368
2020

Spellings of Auden

Auden is not the most common spelling — Allen is, with 12.6% against Auden's 0.09%.

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.

Where Auden is used — boys

Across 2016–2025, Auden was most concentrated in Wisconsin — about 1 in 11,111 boys, against 1 in 26,336 across all states with data. It was least common in Washington (1 in 100,000).

19 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Wisconsin1 in 11,111
  2. 2Illinois1 in 14,286
  3. 3Texas1 in 14,286
  4. 4Michigan1 in 25,000
  5. 5North Carolina1 in 25,000
  6. 6Virginia1 in 25,000
  7. 7California1 in 33,333
  8. 8New York1 in 33,333

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings.

Where Auden is used — girls

Across 2016–2025, Auden was most concentrated in Michigan — about 1 in 20,000 girls, against 1 in 56,457 across all states with data. It was least common in Pennsylvania (1 in 100,000).

15 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Michigan1 in 20,000
  2. 2Wisconsin1 in 33,333
  3. 3Illinois1 in 50,000
  4. 4Minnesota1 in 50,000
  5. 5North Carolina1 in 50,000
  6. 6New York1 in 50,000
  7. 7Tennessee1 in 50,000
  8. 8Texas1 in 50,000

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings.

Auden around the world

Where Auden 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
    2005–2025
    #1,897
    in 2025
  • France
    2015–2025
    #5,467
    in 2025
  • Canada
    2006–2024
    #2,134
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    2010–2012
    #771
    in 2012

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Auden by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#1,794
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 426
Best rank ever
#1,368
2020
Peak year
2020
129 that year
First recorded
1975
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
1,887
Count in 2025
89

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#2,584
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 271
Best rank ever
#2,022
2023
Peak year
2023
97 that year
First recorded
2000
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
1,001
Count in 2025
67

Names similar to Auden

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

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Sibling names for Auden

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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