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
- Peak · boys
- 1996 · 25,663 births
- Debut · boys
- 53 births
- In top 100 · boys
- 36 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 438,042since 1880
Austin over time
Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #1,808 | 111 | #113 | 3,103 |
| 2024 | #1,732 | 117 | #108 | 3,302 |
| 2023 | #1,681 | 123 | #101 | 3,490 |
| 2022 | #1,336 | 176 | #111 | 3,376 |
| 2021 | #1,384 | 158 | #96 | 3,780 |
| 2020 | #1,412 | 155 | #88 | 4,020 |
| 2019 | #1,406 | 160 | #88 | 4,402 |
| 2018 | #1,656 | 127 | #81 | 4,693 |
| 2017 | #1,591 | 137 | #75 | 5,060 |
| 2016 | #1,775 | 117 | #73 | 5,374 |
| 2015 | #1,477 | 155 | #69 | 5,827 |
| 2014 | #1,728 | 121 | #66 | 6,317 |
| 2013 | #1,880 | 107 | #64 | 6,500 |
| 2012 | #2,232 | 84 | #58 | 7,014 |
| 2011 | #2,216 | 85 | #60 | 7,034 |
| 2010 | #2,118 | 93 | #64 | 6,909 |
| 2009 | #2,119 | 95 | #63 | 7,295 |
| 2008 | #2,184 | 91 | #55 | 7,997 |
| 2007 | #2,248 | 87 | #48 | 9,201 |
| 2006 | #1,939 | 103 | #41 | 10,293 |
| 2005 | #2,057 | 91 | #38 | 10,111 |
| 2004 | #1,373 | 152 | #35 | 10,745 |
| 2003 | #1,332 | 153 | #33 | 11,690 |
| 2002 | #1,060 | 201 | #26 | 14,542 |
| 2001 | #1,444 | 130 | #25 | 14,955 |
| 2000 | #2,777 | 52 | #23 | 15,947 |
| 1999 | #2,095 | 73 | #13 | 20,767 |
| 1998 | #1,493 | 114 | #10 | 23,478 |
| 1997 | #1,343 | 128 | #9 | 25,118 |
| 1996 | #1,164 | 156 | #9 | 25,663 |
| 1995 | #1,045 | 172 | #10 | 25,908 |
| 1994 | #860 | 228 | #17 | 23,192 |
| 1993 | #989 | 187 | #26 | 17,587 |
| 1992 | #1,046 | 176 | #38 | 11,458 |
| 1991 | #1,201 | 144 | #50 | 9,054 |
| 1990 | #1,120 | 156 | #55 | 7,915 |
| 1989 | #1,123 | 147 | #59 | 6,886 |
| 1988 | #1,140 | 134 | #63 | 5,588 |
| 1987 | #1,257 | 112 | #76 | 4,096 |
| 1986 | #1,299 | 103 | #90 | 3,202 |
| 1985 | #1,429 | 88 | #107 | 2,728 |
| 1984 | #1,535 | 74 | #117 | 2,339 |
| 1983 | #1,689 | 65 | #131 | 2,050 |
| 1982 | #2,024 | 51 | #156 | 1,801 |
| 1981 | #2,305 | 43 | #173 | 1,455 |
| 1980 | #2,800 | 32 | #211 | 1,162 |
| 1979 | #2,860 | 30 | #229 | 995 |
| 1978 | #4,079 | 17 | #239 | 885 |
| 1977 | #7,567 | 7 | #287 | 680 |
| 1976 | #6,048 | 9 | #332 | 519 |
| 1975 | #7,173 | 7 | #377 | 420 |
| 1974 | — | #452 | 311 | |
| 1973 | #8,423 | 5 | #473 | 277 |
| 1972 | — | #513 | 236 | |
| 1971 | — | #494 | 267 | |
| 1970 | #7,995 | 5 | #508 | 251 |
| 1969 | — | #578 | 183 | |
| 1968 | — | #540 | 195 | |
| 1967 | — | #523 | 203 | |
| 1966 | — | #535 | 201 | |
| 1965 | — | #533 | 208 | |
| 1964 | — | #539 | 212 | |
| 1963 | — | #534 | 221 | |
| 1962 | — | #557 | 200 | |
| 1961 | — | #551 | 205 | |
| 1960 | — | #554 | 203 | |
| 1959 | — | #561 | 192 | |
| 1958 | — | #545 | 199 | |
| 1957 | — | #502 | 237 | |
| 1956 | — | #503 | 226 | |
| 1955 | — | #515 | 203 | |
| 1954 | — | #474 | 235 | |
| 1953 | — | #484 | 211 | |
| 1952 | — | #474 | 214 | |
| 1951 | — | #428 | 251 | |
| 1950 | — | #429 | 240 | |
| 1949 | — | #480 | 188 | |
| 1948 | — | #435 | 235 | |
| 1947 | — | #426 | 257 | |
| 1946 | — | #399 | 261 | |
| 1945 | — | #382 | 244 | |
| 1944 | — | #390 | 240 | |
| 1943 | — | #360 | 289 | |
| 1942 | — | #353 | 297 | |
| 1941 | — | #377 | 235 | |
| 1940 | — | #366 | 245 | |
| 1939 | — | #389 | 210 | |
| 1938 | — | #388 | 212 | |
| 1937 | — | #349 | 239 | |
| 1936 | — | #344 | 250 | |
| 1935 | — | #364 | 223 | |
| 1934 | — | #347 | 251 | |
| 1933 | — | #315 | 294 | |
| 1932 | — | #332 | 273 | |
| 1931 | — | #295 | 350 | |
| 1930 | — | #290 | 386 | |
| 1929 | — | #292 | 363 | |
| 1928 | — | #284 | 389 | |
| 1927 | — | #277 | 415 | |
| 1926 | — | #274 | 430 | |
| 1925 | #4,426 | 6 | #274 | 434 |
| 1924 | — | #277 | 420 | |
| 1923 | — | #266 | 448 | |
| 1922 | — | #265 | 456 | |
| 1921 | #5,099 | 5 | #268 | 437 |
| 1920 | — | #253 | 467 | |
| 1919 | #4,251 | 6 | #257 | 430 |
| 1918 | #3,024 | 10 | #242 | 483 |
| 1917 | #4,594 | 5 | #250 | 409 |
| 1916 | — | #238 | 441 | |
| 1915 | #4,274 | 5 | #234 | 424 |
| 1914 | — | #236 | 320 | |
| 1913 | — | #232 | 258 | |
| 1912 | — | #232 | 223 | |
| 1911 | — | #255 | 101 | |
| 1910 | — | #233 | 101 | |
| 1909 | — | #207 | 102 | |
| 1908 | — | #227 | 84 | |
| 1907 | — | #278 | 56 | |
| 1906 | — | #213 | 83 | |
| 1905 | — | #219 | 76 | |
| 1904 | — | #233 | 66 | |
| 1903 | — | #257 | 50 | |
| 1902 | — | #224 | 64 | |
| 1901 | — | #204 | 68 | |
| 1900 | — | #251 | 66 | |
| 1899 | — | #225 | 56 | |
| 1898 | — | #217 | 65 | |
| 1897 | — | #236 | 54 | |
| 1896 | — | #230 | 62 | |
| 1895 | — | #237 | 55 | |
| 1894 | — | #231 | 55 | |
| 1893 | — | #275 | 40 | |
| 1892 | — | #205 | 71 | |
| 1891 | — | #191 | 65 | |
| 1890 | — | #207 | 63 | |
| 1889 | — | #191 | 68 | |
| 1888 | — | #187 | 79 | |
| 1887 | — | #230 | 47 | |
| 1886 | — | #206 | 64 | |
| 1885 | — | #220 | 54 | |
| 1884 | — | #192 | 70 | |
| 1883 | — | #245 | 43 | |
| 1882 | — | #197 | 65 | |
| 1881 | — | #175 | 66 | |
| 1880 | — | #220 | 53 | |
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
- 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)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1996 at #9 (25,663 births)
- Births halved by 2003, 7 yrs later
- Top 10: 4 yrs · run 1995–1998
- Top 100: 36 yrs · run 1986–2021
- Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
- 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
- 43.4% of all boys named Austin (190,140) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 609 | #175 (1881) | #206 |
| 1890s | 586 | #191 (1891) | #225 |
| 1900s | 715 | #204 (1901) | #231 |
| 1910s | 3,190 | #232 (1913) | #241 |
| 1920s | 4,259 | #253 (1920) | #273 |
| 1930s | 2,688 | #290 (1930) | #341 |
| 1940s | 2,491 | #353 (1942) | #397 |
| 1950s | 2,208 | #428 (1951) | #492 |
| 1960s | 2,031 | #523 (1967) | #544 |
| 1970s | 4,841 | #229 (1979) | #390 |
| 1980s | 31,307 | #59 (1989) | #118 |
| 1990s | 190,140 | #9 (1996) | #24 |
| 2000s | 112,776 | #23 (2000) | #39 |
| 2010s | 59,130 | #58 (2012) | #70 |
| 2020s | 21,071 | #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 1985
Top girls' names in 1985
Top boys' names in 1985
More about 1985
girls
1,720,828 girls got a published name in 1985; 1 in 19,555 of them was named Austin, which outranked 88.6% of the 12,505 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,424Nathan89
- #1,424Nisha89
- #1,424Sharla89
- #1,429Austin88
- #1,429Alayna88
- #1,429Aubrie88
- #1,429Benjamin88
- #1,439Emerald87
- #1,439Jeniffer87
- #1,439Jesenia87
Tied with 9 names at #1,429; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,848,210 boys got a published name in 1985; 1 in 677 of them was named Austin, which outranked 98.6% of the 7,586 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.