Audree
Feminine · “noble strength”
Audree is a respelling of Audrey, which is what a thousand years of English speech did to Æthelthryth — a name that lost most of its letters on the way.
How old is the name Audree?
Audree first appears in US birth records in 1904 — 121 years ago. The typical Audree alive today was born around 2010, making them about 15 years old. About 3,100 people named Audree are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Audree most popular?
Audree peaked in 2013, reaching #1227 nationally. Today it ranks #3975, 2,748 places below that high. See the whole 2013 chart.
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Where it comes from
From Aethelthryth to Audree
The story of Audree
Æthelthryth was a seventh-century East Anglian princess who founded the abbey at Ely, and her name eroded into Audrey over the medieval period. Her fair at Ely sold cheap lace called St Audrey's lace, which contracted to tawdry — a word that now means the opposite of everything she stood for. Audrey rose in America mid-century; Audree is a modern respelling.
Meaning
noble strength
From Old English aethele, noble, and thryth, strength or power; Æthelthryth was worn down through Etheldreda to Audrey. The word tawdry comes from the same saint, by way of cheap lace sold at her fair.
How the name formed
- Aethelthryth
- Etheldreda
- Audrey
- Audree
Related forms: Audrey · Audrée · Æthelthryth
Pronouncing Audree
AW-dree
Two syllables, first stressed. Audree and Audrey are said identically.
Nicknames for Audree
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
- 1904
- Most girls named
- 2014171 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1227reached in 2013
- Change vs 2023
- −37.9%36 in 2025, from 58
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.
Audree in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Audrey in English — spelling variant
- Audrée in French — same name
- Æthelthryth in Old English — same name
Strongest US states over the last decade: California, Texas, Ohio.
Audrees among us
people named Audree are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 44,646 born in 2025 was named Audree
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 Page test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Audree's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Page climbed just as high around 1967, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Page's path sketches the road Audree is walking now.
Audree 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 Audree is headed
Audree is easing off slowly — about 28% fewer babies a year by 2030 if the trend continues.
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.
Audree beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Audree in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- A settled Old English meaning with an extraordinary erosion history behind it.
- The connection to the word tawdry is genuinely worth telling.
- Read correctly on sight by every English speaker.
- Audrey is the standard spelling and will be written for her constantly.
- Audree, Audrie and Audrey are all in use and none but Audrey is common.
- The mid-century actress is a strong association.
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Feminine · #3975 in the U.S.
Frequently asked
- How many Audrees 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 Audree are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Audree in 2025?
- Audree ranks #3975 among US girl names in 2025, with 36 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Audree?
- About 1 in every 44,646 US girls born in 2025 was named Audree — 36 in all.
- Will my child share the name Audree with classmates?
- Audree will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Audree
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