# Auburn (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/auburn/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys and girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈɔːbə(ɹ)n/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 2,065 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 728 / 1,337 (65% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 19, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 31 | 4,584 |
| 2012 | 46 | 3,474 |
| 2013 | 41 | 3,715 |
| 2014 | 44 | 3,549 |
| 2015 | 52 | 3,182 |
| 2016 | 35 | 4,168 |
| 2017 | 43 | 3,560 |
| 2018 | 36 | 4,008 |
| 2019 | 27 | 4,924 |
| 2020 | 44 | 3,453 |
| 2021 | 28 | 4,737 |
| 2022 | 31 | 4,490 |
| 2023 | 31 | 4,473 |
| 2024 | 24 | 5,320 |
| 2025 | 32 | 4,369 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 9 | 5,799 |
| 2000 | 5 | 10,500 |
| 2001 | 6 | 9,353 |
| 2006 | 6 | 10,786 |
| 2007 | 6 | 11,047 |
| 2013 | 6 | 10,863 |
| 2014 | 6 | 10,840 |
| 2015 | 5 | 12,254 |
| 2016 | 6 | 10,879 |
| 2017 | 6 | 10,906 |
| 2019 | 6 | 10,923 |
| 2021 | 6 | 10,917 |
| 2022 | 8 | 9,061 |
| 2024 | 6 | 11,082 |
| 2025 | 5 | 12,215 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 3 | 5,591 |
| 2025 | 4 | 4,867 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 3 | 4,702 |
| 2023 | 4 | 4,107 |
| 2025 | 5 | 3,684 |

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.