Head to head · Girls' names
Audrey vs Autumn
#86 vs #88 in 2025
Audrey is a whisker ahead (#86 vs #88 in 2025), but the curves point different ways: Audrey is stepping back from its peak, Autumn is holding its place on the charts. On momentum, Autumn has the edge.
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The tale of the tape
On the charts, Audrey leads 5 measures of 6; Autumn leads 0.
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: Audrey #444, Autumn — — Audrey higher
- 1890s: Audrey #285, Autumn — — Audrey higher
- 1900s: Audrey #190, Autumn — — Audrey higher
- 1910s: Audrey #133, Autumn #3147 — Audrey higher
- 1920s: Audrey #76, Autumn #4003 — Audrey higher
- 1930s: Audrey #72, Autumn #2835 — Audrey higher
- 1940s: Audrey #138, Autumn #3415 — Audrey higher
- 1950s: Audrey #158, Autumn #1979 — Audrey higher
- 1960s: Audrey #194, Autumn #1104 — Audrey higher
- 1970s: Audrey #252, Autumn #397 — Audrey higher
- 1980s: Audrey #186, Autumn #197 — Audrey higher
- 1990s: Audrey #159, Autumn #124 — Autumn higher
- 2000s: Audrey #78, Autumn #82 — Audrey higher
- 2010s: Audrey #42, Autumn #72 — Audrey higher
- 2020s: Audrey #72, Autumn #77 — Audrey higher
Audrey stood higher in 14 of 15 decades; Audrey has held the lead since the 2000s.
Rank by decade
| Decade | Audrey | Autumn |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | #444 | — |
| 1890s | #285 | — |
| 1900s | #190 | — |
| 1910s | #133 | #3147 |
| 1920s | #76 | #4003 |
| 1930s | #72 | #2835 |
| 1940s | #138 | #3415 |
| 1950s | #158 | #1979 |
| 1960s | #194 | #1104 |
| 1970s | #252 | #397 |
| 1980s | #186 | #197 |
| 1990s | #159 | #124 |
| 2000s | #78 | #82 |
| 2010s | #42 | #72 |
| 2020s | #72 | #77 |
Average national rank across each decade. A dash means the name sat outside the recorded top of that decade.
Around the world
Audrey
- Canada#59
Autumn
Not charting outside the US.
National statistics offices, latest published year.
The names themselves
Meaning, roots, sound and the people who carried each
Where each name comes from
Audrey
noble strength
The Old English original joins a word for noble to one for strength. The modern form preserves almost none of the letters, which is a large part of why it survived.
Aethelthryth → Etheldreda → Audrey
How it traveled
The woman behind it made two political marriages and kept out of both. Aethelthryth was a princess of East Anglia, married first to a local king and then to a much younger Northumbrian one, and by her own account and her biographer's she remained a virgin through both; when the second husband changed his mind about the arrangement, she left, walked to Ely, and founded a monastery on land she had been given as a marriage settlement.
Autumn
The season of autumn, the fall of the year
The name is simply the English season word, so its sense is plain. The deeper root of the Latin autumnus is a different matter — Latin scholars have never settled it, and a borrowing from Etruscan is one of the readings put forward.
Autumnus (Latin) → Autompne (Old French) → Autumpne (Middle English) → Autumn
How it traveled
The Latin autumnus passed into Old French as autompne and reached Middle English in the fourteenth century, spelled with the -mn ending it still carries. For a long stretch, English speakers called the season harvest; autumn gradually took over as the neutral word, with fall developing later and becoming the everyday American term.
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
Audrey
AW-dree
Two syllables with the weight at the front. French says it the same way, which is unusual for a name that crosses the Channel.
- Aud — Cut to one syllable; used inside families, and shared with the Norse name Audr.
- Dree — Cut from the back; a modern informal form.
- Auds — A modern informal form used among friends.
Autumn
AW-tum
Two syllables. The final n is silent, exactly as in column and hymn, so the name ends on the m.
- Auttie — Informal family short form; almost never used on paper.
- Aut — Clipped one-syllable form used among friends and siblings, pronounced like "ought."
Who has carried each name
Audrey
Audrey Hepburn (b. 1929) — Breakfast at Tiffany's icon and devoted UNICEF ambassador
Audrey Tautou (b. 1976) — Star of the beloved French film Amélie
Autumn
No documented entry for Autumn 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 Audrey if you want…
- a name past its most crowded yearsAudrey is stepping back from its peak
- a name that charts abroad tooAudrey is on the national lists of Canada
- a name that feels very nowAudrey is stepping back from its peak
Choose Autumn if you want…
- a name that ages quietlyan estimated 40% chance of feeling dated by 2040, against 78% for Audrey
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
Audrey
Strengths
- Everyone can spell it and say it on first hearing in English and in French.
- It has a documented English history reaching back to the seventh century.
- It is short, has no silent letters and needs no explanation.
To consider
- The word tawdry comes from this name, and someone will eventually mention it.
- It is currently very popular, so a child may share it with others.
- The spelling is recorded for a small number of boys, though it reads overwhelmingly as a girl's name.
Autumn
Strengths
- Everyone who reads English already knows the spelling — it is a word in the dictionary, so it rarely needs repeating or clarifying.
- Pronunciation is fixed for English speakers: one reading, no regional variants, no correcting.
- A long, continuous record in American use rather than a recent arrival, and still turning up in kindergartens.
To consider
- The silent n invites the misspelling "Autum," and young children learning to write their own name have a small hurdle in that -mn ending.
- It is tied to one season, so expect the occasional question about a birthday in September or October — a mild, lifelong bit of small talk.
- Outside English, the word means nothing, so speakers of other languages will hear it as a sound rather than a season.
Documented properties of each name — how it spells, travels and shortens — not opinions about the child.
How each is likely to age
Audrey
78%chance Audrey feels dated by 2040
Audrey is coming down from a big peak (#33 in 2013). This is the stretch of the cycle where a name starts to sound like the decade it ruled.
Autumn
40%chance Autumn feels dated by 2040
Autumn 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
- Distinctly American names
- America's top 100 names right now
- Vowel names: soft starts from A to O
- Two-syllable names, the American default
- all guides
Every list here names both Audrey and Autumn — the same style, ranked by the same records.
Audrey or Autumn — the short answers
- Which is more popular, Audrey or Autumn?
- Audrey, in 2025: Audrey ranked #86 with 2,919 babies; Autumn ranked #88 with 2,805 babies.
- Which name is rising faster, Audrey or Autumn?
- Neither is rising. Over the last five years Audrey moved down 26 places; Autumn moved down 6 places.
- Which is the older name, Audrey or Autumn?
- Audrey entered the US charts in 1881; Autumn entered the US charts in 1910. On the American record, Audrey is the older name.
- How many people are named Audrey and Autumn?
- About 213,000 people named Audrey are estimated to be alive in the US today. About 144,000 people named Autumn are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- Will there be other Audreys or Autumns in the classroom?
- Audrey will almost certainly be the only one in school. Autumn 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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