Name Legacy

Auden

Recorded 1975–2025 · United States

Auden was most popular in 2020, when 186 American babies were given the name — ranking #2,288 that year. In 2025 it ranked #2,617, with 156 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 2,888 people named Auden.

Most popular in2020
Rank that year#2,288
Births that year186
Total since 18802,888
Given to65% boys

Auden over time

18802025
Births per year. The dot marks Auden’s peak in 2020. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Auden a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Auden is a unisex name — 34.7% of the 2,888 Americans given it were girls and 65.3% were boys. It changed hands: since 2024 it has gone mainly to boys, having gone mainly to girls before that. In births since 2016 it is 39% girls and 61% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

Names that peaked alongside Auden

Where Auden is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org