Auden
Auden was the 1794th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 89 babies. Its best year was 2020, when it ranked 1368th with 129 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 75 places. More babies were named Auden in the 2010s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #1,794 boys, down 426 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 89boys
- Girls and boys
- 44% girls, 56% boys2021–2025
- Peak year
- 2020129 babies
- Total since 1880
- 2,888babies recorded
Auden popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Rank (boys) | Babies (girls) | Babies (boys) |
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| 2025 | #2,584 | #1,794 | 67 | 89 |
| 2020 | #2,855 | #1,368 | 57 | 129 |
| 2010 | #5,801 | #2,432 | 23 | 51 |
| 2000 | #13,355 | #4,597 | 6 | 16 |
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How popular is Auden, counting every spelling?
Auden is the most common spelling of a name family that had 89 boys in 2025 across its spellings. Together these spellings went to 89 boys in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Auden | 89 | #1,794 | 447 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Auden?
89 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Auden (0.02 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Auden 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 94 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Auden.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Auden?
About 1,900 people born in the US named Auden are alive today, with a median age of 10; half are between 6 and 16. That makes Auden a young name: most people with it are children.
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.
Auden by state
How common Auden was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. In 40 states fewer than five boys a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Auden: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Auden, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Auden
How popular is the name Auden?
Auden was the 1794th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 89 babies. Its best year was 2020, when it ranked 1368th with 129 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 75 places. More babies were named Auden in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Is Auden a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, 44% girls, 56% boys given the name Auden in the US.
Where is Auden most popular?
In 2021–2025, Auden was most common in Texas (0.06 per 1,000 boys), followed by Illinois and Wisconsin.