Audie
Masculine
Audie is given to both — 4,431 boys and 2,436 girls since 1880. See Audie as a girl nameSee other names given to both
Audie is a short American name with an uncertain parent — Audrey, Aldous and the Germanic element aud all stand nearby — and it is best known through a soldier who became a film actor.
How old is the name Audie?
Audie first appears in US birth records in 1885 — 140 years ago. The typical Audie alive today was born around 1959, making them about 66 years old. About 3,100 people named Audie are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Audie most popular?
Audie peaked in 1956, reaching #466 nationally. Today it ranks #3583, 3,117 places below that high. See the whole 1956 chart.
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Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
Our story of Audie
Ours, offered as ours. Audie belongs to a set of short American men's names from the early twentieth century — Audie, Orville, Arlie, Vernal — that were in real use for two or three decades and then thinned out. Its visibility owes a great deal to one Texan who became the most decorated American soldier of the second war and then acted in westerns for twenty years. The Germanic wealth-element behind Audrey is probably in there somewhere; nothing documents it.
Meaningnot established
Not established
No source is established. The Germanic element aud, wealth, opens Audrey and a family of older names and is the likeliest ancestor. A separate derivation from a French surname Audet has been proposed. Neither is confirmed for the American given name.
Pronouncing Audie
AW-dee
Two syllables, first stressed. There is no variation.
Nicknames for Audie
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1885
- Most boys named
- 1956261 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #466reached in 1956
- Change vs 2022
- −40.4%31 in 2025, from 52
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Audie in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Audrey in English — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: Texas, Oklahoma, California.
Audies among us
people named Audie are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 55,099 born in 2025 was named Audie
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Arden test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Audie's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Arden climbed just as high around 1934, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Arden's path sketches the road Audie is walking now.
Audie 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 scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Audie is headed
Audie should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.
Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Audie beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Audie in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- Genuine early twentieth-century American history under its own name.
- Five letters and two syllables, quick to write.
- Read correctly on sight by every English speaker.
- The car manufacturer is the first association for many people now.
- Audrey is far more common and strongly read as a women's name.
- There is no documented meaning, only a likely Germanic element.
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Frequently asked
- How many Audies are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 3,100 people named Audie are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Audie in 2025?
- Audie ranks #3583 among US boy names in 2025, with 31 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Audie?
- About 1 in every 55,099 US boys born in 2025 was named Audie — 31 in all.
- Will my child share the name Audie with classmates?
- Audie will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Audie
Names sitting at a similar level of popularity right now.
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US figures from the Social Security Administration. 1880–2025. Data & methodology
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