girls:
863 births since 2000
#4853 (15th percentile)
boys:
1.7k births since 1975
#2997 (35th percentile)
overall:
2.6k births since 1975
#5275 (32nd percentile)
The name Auden is the #5,275 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 2,574 recorded births since 1975. This represents the 31.8% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 31.8% of all names). For boys, it ranks #2,997 (34.6% percentile) for all time with 1,711 births since 1975. For girls, it ranks #4,853 (15.1% percentile) for all time with 863 births since 2000.
Auden first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1975 (1975 for boys and 2000 for girls). Birth data for Auden is available in 34 out of the 49 years between 1975 and 2023 (34 years for boys and 23 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Auden has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for boys (66.5% of all recorded births). In 2023, 44.9% of babies named Auden were boys.
For boys, Auden reached its peak popularity in 2020, achieving the 13.7% percentile (ranked #778) with 69 births per million. The name was most common in 2020, with 69 births per million (ranked 13.7% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2021, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Auden ranks #837 for boys (8.1% percentile) with 43 births per million, which is 62.3% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Auden reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 9.7% percentile (ranked #855) with 55 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 55 births per million (ranked 9.7% percentile). Over the past 5 years, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Auden is at or near its peak popularity for girls, ranked #855 (9.7% percentile) with 55 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Auden".
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