Head to head · Girls' names
Amanda vs Aubree
#493 vs #489 in 2025
Aubree is a whisker ahead (#489 vs #493 in 2025), but the curves point different ways: Aubree is stepping back from its peak, Amanda is holding its place on the charts. On momentum, Amanda has the edge.
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The tale of the tape
On the charts, Amanda leads 3 measures of 6; Aubree leads 2.
Ranks, counts and years are measured in the official US birth record; the classroom and living figures are estimates computed from it. The dot marks the side each measure favours on the charts — more common, not better.
What the records say
146 years of US births, drawn on one scale
Two curves, one scale
Who owned which decade
- 1880s: Amanda #92, Aubree — — Amanda higher
- 1890s: Amanda #120, Aubree — — Amanda higher
- 1900s: Amanda #179, Aubree — — Amanda higher
- 1910s: Amanda #275, Aubree — — Amanda higher
- 1920s: Amanda #385, Aubree — — Amanda higher
- 1930s: Amanda #468, Aubree — — Amanda higher
- 1940s: Amanda #450, Aubree — — Amanda higher
- 1950s: Amanda #384, Aubree — — Amanda higher
- 1960s: Amanda #214, Aubree — — Amanda higher
- 1970s: Amanda #40, Aubree #3325 — Amanda higher
- 1980s: Amanda #3, Aubree #1441 — Amanda higher
- 1990s: Amanda #11, Aubree #910 — Amanda higher
- 2000s: Amanda #83, Aubree #546 — Amanda higher
- 2010s: Amanda #303, Aubree #98 — Aubree higher
- 2020s: Amanda #475, Aubree #297 — Aubree higher
Amanda stood higher in 13 of 15 decades; Aubree has held the lead since the 2010s.
Rank by decade
| Decade | Amanda | Aubree |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | #92 | — |
| 1890s | #120 | — |
| 1900s | #179 | — |
| 1910s | #275 | — |
| 1920s | #385 | — |
| 1930s | #468 | — |
| 1940s | #450 | — |
| 1950s | #384 | — |
| 1960s | #214 | — |
| 1970s | #40 | #3325 |
| 1980s | #3 | #1441 |
| 1990s | #11 | #910 |
| 2000s | #83 | #546 |
| 2010s | #303 | #98 |
| 2020s | #475 | #297 |
Average national rank across each decade. A dash means the name sat outside the recorded top of that decade.
The names themselves
Meaning, roots, sound and the people who carried each
Where each name comes from
Amanda
she who must be loved
The form is grammatically unambiguous and the verb is the ordinary Latin one for loving. What is unusual is that a name should be built out of a construction whose entire job is to impose a requirement.
amanda → Amanda
How it traveled
The name appears to have been made rather than inherited, and the stage made it. It turns up in English drama at the end of the seventeenth century, in a comedy about a husband who does not recognize his own wife when she is disguised, and the character is the wronged and patient one — which is a fairly heavy thing to call a woman whose name means she is owed love.
Aubree
elf ruler, or elf power
From the Germanic elements alb 'elf' and ric 'power, ruler', joined in the old name Alberich. Aubree carries that meaning through Aubrey, of which it is a respelling.
Alberich → Auberi → Aubrey → Aubree
How it traveled
The root is the Germanic Alberich, borne by the dwarf-king who guards the Nibelung hoard in medieval German legend. Norman French wore it down to Auberi, and Norman speakers brought it to England after 1066, where it settled as Aubrey and stayed a man's name for centuries — you can still find it on English maps and surnames.
Where a reading is contested the note says so — this page does not turn a guess into a fact. The chain is each name's recorded forms, oldest first; the story is its opening, told in full on the name's own page.
Out loud, and in short
Amanda
uh-MAN-duh
Three syllables with the stress in the middle. Latin, Spanish and English all put it in the same place, which makes the name unusually stable across languages.
- Mandy — The dominant short form and a standing name in its own right.
- Manda — The name with its first vowel removed; plainer and rather brisk.
- Amy — Reached from the front; a complete name of its own with a related sense.
Aubree
AW-bree
Two syllables, stress on the first. Some speakers say OH-bree, closer to the French Aubry, but AW-bree is the standard American reading and the spelling encourages it.
- Bree — The most common short form, and a long-established given name in its own right.
- Aubs — Casual, used among friends and family rather than on paper.
- Bri — An alternate spelling of the same short form; overlaps with Brianna and Briana.
- Bee — An affectionate household short form, rarely used outside the family.
Is it right for you
The differences that decide it, laid out by what you want
Choose by what you want
Choose Amanda if you want…
- a name with more sound in itAmanda runs 3 syllables, Aubree 2
- a long American recordAmanda was already in use when US records began in 1880
- a name that ages quietlyan estimated 40% chance of feeling dated by 2040, against 74% for Aubree
Choose Aubree if you want…
- a name past its most crowded yearsAubree is stepping back from its peak
- a name with fewer syllablesAubree is 2 syllables to Amanda's 3
- a newer arrivalAubree entered the US charts in 1972
- a name that feels very nowAubree is stepping back from its peak
Each line is a measured difference between the two names — a rank, a count, a recorded form — never a judgement of either. Save the one that answers your question; it lands on your shortlist.
The trade-offs, name by name
Amanda
Strengths
- The meaning is unusually specific and rather flattering to its bearer.
- It is recognized without alteration across most of Europe and the Americas.
- Mandy sits inside it as a short form with a completely different register.
To consider
- Its peak was very large and very recent, so the name dates its bearer to a decade.
- The obligation the grammar imposes is a lot to hand to a child.
- The record holds a few boys as well, and the boy is much the smaller side.
Aubree
Strengths
- Spelled the way it sounds in English, so a child rarely has to teach anyone how to say it.
- Comes with Bree ready-made — a short form that also works as a full given name on a resume or a nametag.
- Sits on a documented line running back through Norman French to Germanic Alberich, nearly a thousand years of continuous use.
To consider
- Aubrey is the spelling most people default to. Expect a lifetime of small corrections on forms, coffee cups and email addresses — manageable, but constant.
- The name's wave is recent and concentrated, so it reads as belonging to a particular slice of American childhood rather than to any generation before it.
- Aubrey is still used for men in Britain and in older American records. The -ee spelling reads as female in the US, but the parent name has two roads and someone will occasionally assume the other one.
Documented properties of each name — how it spells, travels and shortens — not opinions about the child.
How each is likely to age
Amanda
40%chance Amanda feels dated by 2040
Amanda sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
Aubree
74%chance Aubree feels dated by 2040
Aubree is coming down from a big peak (#53 in 2013). This is the stretch of the cycle where a name starts to sound like the decade it ruled.
A reading of where each name sits on the long naming cycle — computed, not measured, and explained on the data page.
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Amanda or Aubree — the short answers
- Which is more popular, Amanda or Aubree?
- Aubree, in 2025: Aubree ranked #489 with 606 babies; Amanda ranked #493 with 601 babies.
- Which name is rising faster, Amanda or Aubree?
- Neither is rising. Over the last five years Amanda moved down 49 places; Aubree moved down 333 places.
- Which is the older name, Amanda or Aubree?
- Amanda was already in use when US records began in 1880; Aubree entered the US charts in 1972. On the American record, Amanda is the older name.
- How many people are named Amanda and Aubree?
- About 750,000 people named Amanda are estimated to be alive in the US today. About 49,000 people named Aubree are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- Will there be other Amandas or Aubrees in the classroom?
- Amanda will almost certainly be the only one in school. Aubree will almost certainly be the only one in school.
US figures from the Social Security Administration, 1880–2025. Votes are battle voters on this site, not the birth record. Data & methodology
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