NameTides

Auden

Auden was the #1,793 boys' name in the US in 2025 (89 babies), and #1,897 in England & Wales.

Auden as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Auden as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.030.050.080.118801900192019401960198020002020USEngland & Wales
Auden as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.030.050.080.11880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
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YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025#1,793 (89)#1,897 (13)—
2024#1,878 (85)#1,859 (13)#2,062 (9)
2023#1,941 (80)#1,272 (21)#1,810 (10)
2022#1,804 (90)#1,782 (13)#2,052 (8)
2021#1,632 (103)#1,595 (15)#2,061 (8)
2020#1,368 (129)#1,935 (11)#2,197 (7)
2019#1,479 (116)#1,506 (16)#1,998 (8)
2018#1,591 (104)#3,412 (5)#2,176 (7)
2017#1,644 (96)#1,812 (13)#1,422 (13)
2016#1,575 (104)#2,335 (9)#1,831 (9)
2015#1,717 (90)#2,020 (11)—
2014#1,608 (97)#1,630 (14)—
2013#1,763 (82)#4,685 (3)—
2012#2,132 (63)#3,039 (6)#2,666 (5)
2011#2,173 (60)#4,647 (3)—

Auden as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Auden as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.030.050.080.118801900192019401960198020002020USEngland & Wales
Auden as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.030.050.080.11880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025#2,583 (67)#5,927 (3)—
2024#2,508 (71)—#3,383 (5)
2023#2,020 (97)—#2,203 (9)
2022#2,404 (76)—#2,553 (7)
2021#3,435 (45)——
2020#2,850 (57)——
2019#2,814 (59)——
2018#2,744 (62)——
2017#3,192 (50)——
2016#3,707 (41)——
2015#2,773 (63)#5,730 (3)—
2014#3,719 (41)——
2013#3,703 (41)——
2012#5,114 (27)——
2011#4,681 (30)——

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2020 at #1,368.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1975.
  • In 2025, 43% of US babies named Auden were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 19,000 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 19,000rare
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 21,000rare
USGirls2025about 1 in 24,000rare
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 83,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Auden is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 21,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 18,000 to 1 in 25,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Auden by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #999WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: fewer than 5 babiesNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: #1,094PANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: fewer than 5 babiesCAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: #1,144NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,555TXFlorida: fewer than 5 babiesFL
Auden (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
AudenCanadaGirls—too few
AudenCanadaBoys—too few
AudenEngland & WalesGirls#5,9273
AudenEngland & WalesBoys#1,89713
AudenNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
AudenUSGirls#2,58367
AudenUSBoys#1,79389