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Aubrey vs Remi
#146 vs #145 in 2025 · both stepping back from its peak
Remi is a whisker ahead (#145 vs #146 in 2025) and both are stepping back from its peak. The records will not split these two — sound, story and your own last name will.
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The tale of the tape
On the charts, Aubrey leads 3 measures of 6; Remi 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: Aubrey #1279, Remi — — Aubrey higher
- 1890s: Aubrey #1359, Remi — — Aubrey higher
- 1900s: Aubrey #1431, Remi — — Aubrey higher
- 1910s: Aubrey #1608, Remi — — Aubrey higher
- 1920s: Aubrey #1586, Remi — — Aubrey higher
- 1930s: Aubrey #1972, Remi — — Aubrey higher
- 1940s: Aubrey #3051, Remi — — Aubrey higher
- 1950s: Aubrey #3781, Remi — — Aubrey higher
- 1960s: Aubrey #4177, Remi #5485 — Aubrey higher
- 1970s: Aubrey #1759, Remi #6889 — Aubrey higher
- 1980s: Aubrey #353, Remi #6005 — Aubrey higher
- 1990s: Aubrey #263, Remi #2639 — Aubrey higher
- 2000s: Aubrey #140, Remi #1905 — Aubrey higher
- 2010s: Aubrey #28, Remi #622 — Aubrey higher
- 2020s: Aubrey #97, Remi #130 — Aubrey higher
Aubrey stood higher in every recorded decade — 15 of 15.
Rank by decade
| Decade | Aubrey | Remi |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | #1279 | — |
| 1890s | #1359 | — |
| 1900s | #1431 | — |
| 1910s | #1608 | — |
| 1920s | #1586 | — |
| 1930s | #1972 | — |
| 1940s | #3051 | — |
| 1950s | #3781 | — |
| 1960s | #4177 | #5485 |
| 1970s | #1759 | #6889 |
| 1980s | #353 | #6005 |
| 1990s | #263 | #2639 |
| 2000s | #140 | #1905 |
| 2010s | #28 | #622 |
| 2020s | #97 | #130 |
Average national rank across each decade. A dash means the name sat outside the recorded top of that decade.
Around the world
Aubrey
Not charting outside the US.
Remi
- Scotland#46
National statistics offices, latest published year.
The names themselves
Meaning, roots, sound and the people who carried each
Where each name comes from
Aubrey
elf ruler — from Germanic *alb* 'elf' and *rīc* 'power, ruler'
The underlying Germanic name is Alberich, the same name borne by the dwarf-king of the medieval German Nibelungenlied.
Alberich → Auberi → Aubrey
How it traveled
The root is the Germanic Alberich, built from *alb*, 'elf', and *rīc*, 'power' or 'ruler'. Old French speakers wore it down to Auberi, and the Normans carried that form into England after 1066, where it settled among the aristocracy and then hardened into the surnames Aubrey and Aubery.
Remi
oarsman, rower
From Latin Remigius, formed on remus, "oar". In American use Remi also works as a clipped form of longer names — Remington above all — so the same spelling can arrive with no Latin in its luggage at all.
Remigius → Rémi → Rémy → Remi
How it traveled
Remigius is a Latin name from remus, "oar", and it belonged to the bishop of Reims who baptized Clovis, king of the Franks, at the close of the fifth century — an event French tradition treats as the founding of Christian France. The saint's name stayed in ordinary French circulation for the next fourteen centuries, worn down to Rémi and Rémy, and spread in Latin dress across Italy, Spain and Poland as Remigio and Remigiusz.
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
Aubrey
AW-bree
Two syllables, stress on the first. The main hazard is not pronunciation but hearing: over the phone it is easily taken for Audrey, so a spelling often follows.
- Aubs — Informal, mostly among friends and family.
- Bree — Informal short form; also stands on its own as a given name.
- Aub — Clipped and casual, common in speech rather than writing.
- Rey — Informal; drawn from the second syllable and used as an independent name too.
Remi
REM-ee
Two syllables, stress on the first, with the short e of "hem". Some families say REE-mee. French speakers give it as ray-MEE, stress at the end — worth knowing if relatives abroad will be saying it.
- Rem — The one real shortening, informal and mostly within families; not used as a given name on its own.
- Remy — Used interchangeably with Remi by many families, and also stands alone as a given name for boys and girls.
- Remi — Works in the other direction too: it is the everyday short form for a child registered as Remington, Remus or Remigius.
Who has carried each name
Aubrey
Aubrey Plaza (b. 1984) — Deadpan queen of Parks and Recreation and The White Lotus
Remi
No documented entry for Remi yet.
Source: Wikidata — the one source on this page that is not an official agency.
Is it right for you
The differences that decide it, laid out by what you want
Choose by what you want
Choose Aubrey if you want…
- a name past its most crowded yearsAubrey is stepping back from its peak
- a name that feels very nowAubrey is stepping back from its peak
Choose Remi if you want…
- a name that charts abroad tooRemi is on the national lists of Scotland
- a name that ages quietlyan estimated 40% chance of feeling dated by 2040, against 82% for Aubrey
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
Aubrey
Strengths
- A documented line running from Germanic Alberich through Norman French into English — nearly a thousand years of continuous use in one form or another.
- Spelled the way it sounds for an English speaker, and familiar enough that most people write it correctly on the first try.
- Well supplied with short forms already in use: Aubs, Bree, Aub, Rey.
To consider
- Audrey is the constant confusion — same rhythm, one letter apart in sound, and both in current use. Expect to repeat and spell it fairly often.
- The variants Aubree and Aubrie are both in circulation, so people who know the name may still guess the wrong spelling.
- In American records this is now overwhelmingly a girls' name, though its long history is male. A boy named Aubrey wears the older tradition, and will likely need to explain it.
Remi
Strengths
- Short, two syllables, and spelled as it sounds — most English speakers get it right on a first reading.
- A documented line back to Latin Remigius and the bishop of Reims, so the name has fourteen centuries of continuous use behind it.
- Recognizable across French, Italian, Spanish and Polish in closely related forms, which helps in multilingual families.
To consider
- Remi and Remy compete closely, and Remmy turns up too. Expect a lifetime of "is that with an i or a y?" — not a problem, just a small recurring question.
- In the United States this spelling goes mostly to girls, so a boy named Remi will occasionally be assumed female on paper. In France the opposite holds, which can cut either way depending on who is reading the form.
- The wave is very recent, so nearly everyone carrying the name is still a child. There is no adult version of Remi in most people's minds yet — your child will help set it.
Documented properties of each name — how it spells, travels and shortens — not opinions about the child.
How each is likely to age
Aubrey
82%chance Aubrey feels dated by 2040
Aubrey is coming down from a big peak (#15 in 2012). This is the stretch of the cycle where a name starts to sound like the decade it ruled.
Remi
40%chance Remi feels dated by 2040
Remi 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.
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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Lists that carry both names
Every list here names both Aubrey and Remi — the same style, ranked by the same records.
Aubrey or Remi — the short answers
- Which is more popular, Aubrey or Remi?
- Remi, in 2025: Remi ranked #145 with 2,023 babies; Aubrey ranked #146 with 2,003 babies.
- Which name is rising faster, Aubrey or Remi?
- Neither is rising. Over the last five years Aubrey moved down 90 places; Remi moved down 20 places.
- Which is the older name, Aubrey or Remi?
- Aubrey entered the US charts in 1889; Remi entered the US charts in 1963. On the American record, Aubrey is the older name.
- How many people are named Aubrey and Remi?
- About 132,000 people named Aubrey are estimated to be alive in the US today. About 22,500 people named Remi are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- Will there be other Aubreys or Remis in the classroom?
- Aubrey will almost certainly be the only one in school. Remi will almost certainly be the only one in school.
US figures from the Social Security Administration, 1880–2025; international figures from national statistics agencies. Votes are battle voters on this site, not the birth record. Data & methodology
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