Auburn
Auburn was the 4369th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 32 babies. Its best year was 1996, when it ranked 2851st; the most babies were born in 2015 (52). Over the last ten years it has moved down 1,187 places. More babies were named Auburn in the 2010s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #4,369 girls, down 916 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 32girls
- Girls and boys
- 85% girls, 15% boys2021–2025
- Peak year
- 201552 babies
- Total since 1880
- 2,065babies recorded
Auburn popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Rank (boys) | Babies (girls) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #4,369 | #12,215 | 32 | 5 |
| 2020 | #3,453 | — | 44 | — |
| 2010 | #5,627 | — | 24 | — |
| 2000 | #4,305 | #10,500 | 28 | 5 |
| 1990 | #3,719 | #6,462 | 28 | 7 |
| 1980 | #8,239 | — | 7 | — |
| 1970 | — | #4,268 | — | 6 |
| 1960 | — | #3,685 | — | 6 |
| 1950 | — | #2,786 | — | 8 |
| 1940 | — | #2,088 | — | 12 |
| 1930 | — | #1,561 | — | 22 |
| 1920 | #5,038 | #1,755 | 5 | 20 |
| 1910 | — | #1,607 | — | 5 |
| 1900 | — | — | — | — |
| 1890 | — | #1,014 | — | 5 |
| 1880 | — | — | — | — |
How popular is Auburn, counting every spelling?
Auburn has no other common spelling that sounds the same.
How many kids will share the name Auburn?
32 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Auburn (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Auburn born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 261 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Auburn.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Auburn?
About 1,300 people born in the US named Auburn are alive today, with a median age of 20; half are between 10 and 30. That makes Auburn mostly worn by children and young adults.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
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Questions about the name Auburn
How popular is the name Auburn?
Auburn was the 4369th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 32 babies. Its best year was 1996, when it ranked 2851st; the most babies were born in 2015 (52). Over the last ten years it has moved down 1,187 places. More babies were named Auburn in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Is Auburn a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, 85% girls, 15% boys given the name Auburn in the US.