Fun Facts About the Name Aubri
- More than 5 thousand babies named Aubri: U.S. records list 5,054 babies given the name Aubri from 1880 through 2025. Even 5 boys received the name Aubri - about 1 boy for every 1,010 girls.
What Does the Name Aubri Mean?
Aubri is a modern English variant spelling of Aubrey. The name comes from the Norman French Aubri (also written Aubry or Auberi), which derives from the Germanic name Alberic - Old High German Alberich, from Proto-Germanic *Albirīks. That compound joins *albiz, "elf" (Old High German alb, a supernatural being), and *rīks, "ruler" or "king." The literal sense is "elf ruler" or "ruler of the elves."
The second element also appears in other Germanic names, such as Henry (from Haimirich) and Richard (from Rīkaharduz). The first element is generally explained as the elf word, as in the legendary Germanic figure Alberich. A separate popular gloss reads it as "bright" or "white" by connecting it to Latin albus, but that is a later paraphrase rather than the standard derivation; the usual reading remains the elf word.
Aubri Name History & Origins
The name spread through Germanic-speaking peoples and was carried into French by the Franks. In Old French it took the forms Auberi and Aubri, and it was common enough in medieval France to appear in literature; several chansons de geste feature a character named Aubri, including Aubri le Bourguignon. The French form Auberon, later the Oberon of fairy lore, is often connected with the same Germanic name.
After the Norman Conquest of 1066 the name entered England, where medieval records show it as Aubri, Aubry, and Aubrey. It served as a masculine given name and also became a hereditary surname, the source of the surname Aubrey. As a first name it faded in England after the Middle Ages and was later revived in the English-speaking world in its anglicized spelling, Aubrey.
In the 20th century the name moved toward feminine use in the United States, and spellings such as Aubri, Aubree, and Aubrie appeared alongside Aubrey. These are respellings of one name rather than separate derivations, and the -i ending fits a broader pattern of feminine respellings in modern English. The spelling Aubri matches the medieval French form, though its current use is generally a restyling of Aubrey rather than a direct survival of the French name.
How Popular is the Name Aubri?
Aubri recorded its highest annual U.S. birth count in 2012. Its best rank was #760 in 2012.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #2,722 | 63 | 0.0039% |
| 2024 | #2,168 | 87 | 0.0054% |
| 2023 | #1,864 | 107 | 0.0067% |
| 2022 | #1,575 | 135 | 0.0082% |
| 2021 | #1,399 | 156 | 0.0095% |
| 2020 | #1,353 | 162 | 0.0100% |
| 2019 | #1,435 | 155 | 0.0092% |
| 2018 | #1,102 | 224 | 0.0132% |
| 2017 | #1,001 | 259 | 0.0150% |
| 2016 | #975 | 275 | 0.0155% |
| 2015 | #1,008 | 266 | 0.0149% |
| 2014 | #828 | 334 | 0.0187% |
| 2013 | #850 | 306 | 0.0174% |
| 2012 | #760 | 365 | 0.0207% |
| 2011 | #915 | 284 | 0.0161% |
| 2010 | #1,253 | 191 | 0.0107% |
| 2009 | #1,193 | 211 | 0.0115% |
| 2008 | #1,165 | 220 | 0.0116% |
| 2007 | #1,560 | 145 | 0.0075% |
| 2006 | #2,098 | 93 | 0.0049% |
| 2005 | #2,461 | 71 | 0.0038% |
| 2004 | #3,003 | 52 | 0.0028% |
| 2003 | #2,774 | 56 | 0.0031% |
| 2002 | #2,333 | 69 | 0.0038% |
| 2001 | #2,928 | 49 | 0.0027% |
| 2000 | #3,174 | 43 | 0.0024% |
| 1999 | #3,320 | 38 | 0.0021% |
| 1998 | #3,177 | 39 | 0.0022% |
| 1997 | #2,982 | 40 | 0.0023% |
| 1996 | #3,437 | 33 | 0.0019% |
| 1995 | #2,690 | 45 | 0.0026% |
| 1994 | #3,239 | 35 | 0.0020% |
| 1993 | #3,058 | 38 | 0.0021% |
| 1992 | #3,689 | 29 | 0.0016% |
| 1991 | #4,070 | 25 | 0.0013% |
| 1990 | #4,249 | 23 | 0.0012% |
| 1989 | #3,053 | 35 | 0.0019% |
| 1988 | #2,874 | 36 | 0.0020% |
| 1987 | #4,136 | 20 | 0.0012% |
| 1986 | #2,980 | 31 | 0.0018% |
| 1985 | #3,335 | 26 | 0.0015% |
| 1984 | #4,007 | 19 | 0.0011% |
| 1983 | #4,127 | 18 | 0.0011% |
| 1982 | #5,563 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 1981 | #3,868 | 20 | 0.0012% |
| 1980 | #3,864 | 20 | 0.0012% |
| 1979 | #3,549 | 22 | 0.0014% |
| 1978 | #5,594 | 11 | 0.0007% |
| 1977 | #4,963 | 13 | 0.0008% |
| 1976 | #3,976 | 16 | 0.0011% |
| 1975 | #6,539 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1974 | #5,034 | 11 | 0.0007% |
| 1973 | #6,131 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | #12,414 | 5 | 0.0003% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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