Austin

#1,808 for girls in 2025, 111 births · #113 for boys in 2025, 3,103 births
Given to boys 98.7% of the time

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Peak · boys
#9
1996 · 25,663 births
Debut · boys
1880
53 births
In top 100 · boys
36 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · boys
438,042
since 1880

Austin over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201897peak #9, 1996boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#1,808111#1133,103
2024#1,732117#1083,302
2023#1,681123#1013,490
2022#1,336176#1113,376
2021#1,384158#963,780
2020#1,412155#884,020
2019#1,406160#884,402
2018#1,656127#814,693
2017#1,591137#755,060
2016#1,775117#735,374
2015#1,477155#695,827
2014#1,728121#666,317
2013#1,880107#646,500
2012#2,23284#587,014
2011#2,21685#607,034
2010#2,11893#646,909
2009#2,11995#637,295
2008#2,18491#557,997
2007#2,24887#489,201
2006#1,939103#4110,293
2005#2,05791#3810,111
2004#1,373152#3510,745
2003#1,332153#3311,690
2002#1,060201#2614,542
2001#1,444130#2514,955
2000#2,77752#2315,947
1999#2,09573#1320,767
1998#1,493114#1023,478
1997#1,343128#925,118
1996#1,164156#925,663
1995#1,045172#1025,908
1994#860228#1723,192
1993#989187#2617,587
1992#1,046176#3811,458
1991#1,201144#509,054
1990#1,120156#557,915
1989#1,123147#596,886
1988#1,140134#635,588
1987#1,257112#764,096
1986#1,299103#903,202
1985#1,42988#1072,728
1984#1,53574#1172,339
1983#1,68965#1312,050
1982#2,02451#1561,801
1981#2,30543#1731,455
1980#2,80032#2111,162
1979#2,86030#229995
1978#4,07917#239885
1977#7,5677#287680
1976#6,0489#332519
1975#7,1737#377420
1974—#452311
1973#8,4235#473277
1972—#513236
1971—#494267
1970#7,9955#508251
1969—#578183
1968—#540195
1967—#523203
1966—#535201
1965—#533208
1964—#539212
1963—#534221
1962—#557200
1961—#551205
1960—#554203
1959—#561192
1958—#545199
1957—#502237
1956—#503226
1955—#515203
1954—#474235
1953—#484211
1952—#474214
1951—#428251
1950—#429240
1949—#480188
1948—#435235
1947—#426257
1946—#399261
1945—#382244
1944—#390240
1943—#360289
1942—#353297
1941—#377235
1940—#366245
1939—#389210
1938—#388212
1937—#349239
1936—#344250
1935—#364223
1934—#347251
1933—#315294
1932—#332273
1931—#295350
1930—#290386
1929—#292363
1928—#284389
1927—#277415
1926—#274430
1925#4,4266#274434
1924—#277420
1923—#266448
1922—#265456
1921#5,0995#268437
1920—#253467
1919#4,2516#257430
1918#3,02410#242483
1917#4,5945#250409
1916—#238441
1915#4,2745#234424
1914—#236320
1913—#232258
1912—#232223
1911—#255101
1910—#233101
1909—#207102
1908—#22784
1907—#27856
1906—#21383
1905—#21976
1904—#23366
1903—#25750
1902—#22464
1901—#20468
1900—#25166
1899—#22556
1898—#21765
1897—#23654
1896—#23062
1895—#23755
1894—#23155
1893—#27540
1892—#20571
1891—#19165
1890—#20763
1889—#19168
1888—#18779
1887—#23047
1886—#20664
1885—#22054
1884—#19270
1883—#24543
1882—#19765
1881—#17566
1880—#22053
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Austin was already there! It came in at #220, and was given to 53 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 1893–1895, when fewer than 56 boys a year got the name.

See more about Austin
Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 5 spots since 2024 (#108 → #113)
  • 25 spots since 2020 (#88 → #113)
  • 44 spots since 2015 (#69 → #113)
  • Biggest jump: 75 spots in 1975 (#452 → #377)
  • Biggest drop: 70 spots in 1893 (#205 → #275)
Rise & fade · boys
116 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1996 at #9 (25,663 births)
  • Births halved by 2003, 7 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 10 for 4 yrs
  • Top 10: 4 yrs · run 1995–1998
  • Top 100: 36 yrs · run 1986–2021
  • Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 73
  • Highest: 1 in 73 boys born in 1995 were named Austin (1.4%)
  • Latest: 1 in 550 boys born in 2025 (0.18%)
  • Its best rank, #9 in 1996, was only 1 in 74 (1.4%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1990s
  • 43.4% of all boys named Austin (190,140) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s609#175 (1881)#206
1890s586#191 (1891)#225
1900s715#204 (1901)#231
1910s3,190#232 (1913)#241
1920s4,259#253 (1920)#273
1930s2,688#290 (1930)#341
1940s2,491#353 (1942)#397
1950s2,208#428 (1951)#492
1960s2,031#523 (1967)#544
1970s4,841#229 (1979)#390
1980s31,307#59 (1989)#118
1990s190,140#9 (1996)#24
2000s112,776#23 (2000)#39
2010s59,130#58 (2012)#70
2020s21,071#88 (2020)#103

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Austin in 1897

boys
#236
54 births · 1 in 2,088 boys

Top boys' names in 1897

  1. #1John7,550
  2. #2William7,198
  3. #3James5,113
  4. #4George4,078
  5. #5Charles3,341
  6. #6Joseph2,827
  7. #7Frank2,726
  8. #8Robert2,701
  9. #9Edward2,121
  10. #10Henry1,994
  11. #236Austin54
More about 1897

boys

112,757 boys got a published name in 1897; 1 in 2,088 of them was named Austin, which outranked 80.8% of the 1,229 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 35.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Austin
  1. #232Karl57
  2. #234Grover56
  3. #235Ervin55
  4. #236Austin54
  5. #236Tony54
  6. #238Bob53
  7. #238Juan53
  8. #238Julian53

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1896
Risers
  1. ↑ 509Roswell#982 → #473
  2. ↑ 487Theron#982 → #495
  3. ↑ 486Alois#1,101 → #615
  4. ↑ 486Rush#1,101 → #615
  5. ↑ 467Helmer#982 → #515
Fallers
  1. ↓ 480Benton#462 → #942
  2. ↓ 465Louise#592 → #1,057
  3. ↓ 465Bradford#592 → #1,057
  4. ↓ 461Allison#481 → #942
  5. ↓ 424Hilliard#518 → #942

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1897 →