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
1996 · 25,663 births
Debut · boys
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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201987peak #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.

Where Austin is popular in 1987

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #78 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 317 boysAKMaine: #115 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 794 boysMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Austin, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: #118 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 947 boysNHWashington: #66 for boys · 115 births · 1 in 276 boysWAIdaho: #55 for boys · 33 births · 1 in 199 boysIDMontana: #63 for boys · 23 births · 1 in 214 boysMTNorth Dakota: #52 for boys · 29 births · 1 in 173 boysNDMinnesota: #102 for boys · 48 births · 1 in 635 boysMNIllinois: #90 for boys · 151 births · 1 in 541 boysILWisconsin: #85 for boys · 68 births · 1 in 476 boysWIMichigan: #100 for boys · 101 births · 1 in 640 boysMINew York: #183 for boys · 99 births · 1 in 1,269 boysNYMassachusetts: #129 for boys · 37 births · 1 in 1,103 boysMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Austin, so not publishedRIOregon: #65 for boys · 73 births · 1 in 243 boysORNevada: #81 for boys · 18 births · 1 in 377 boysNVWyoming: #76 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 292 boysWYSouth Dakota: #47 for boys · 29 births · 1 in 163 boysSDIowa: #41 for boys · 140 births · 1 in 126 boysIAIndiana: #60 for boys · 150 births · 1 in 246 boysINOhio: #84 for boys · 148 births · 1 in 515 boysOHPennsylvania: #116 for boys · 89 births · 1 in 872 boysPANew Jersey: #153 for boys · 45 births · 1 in 1,109 boysNJConnecticut: #103 for boys · 32 births · 1 in 668 boysCTCalifornia: #116 for boys · 439 births · 1 in 544 boysCAUtah: #44 for boys · 115 births · 1 in 138 boysUTColorado: #65 for boys · 81 births · 1 in 303 boysCONebraska: #63 for boys · 43 births · 1 in 248 boysNEMissouri: #65 for boys · 128 births · 1 in 279 boysMOKentucky: #72 for boys · 72 births · 1 in 332 boysKYWest Virginia: #123 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 813 boysWVVirginia: #80 for boys · 84 births · 1 in 469 boysVAMaryland: #128 for boys · 35 births · 1 in 832 boysMDDelaware: #128 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 824 boysDEArizona: #72 for boys · 87 births · 1 in 326 boysAZNew Mexico: #109 for boys · 23 births · 1 in 495 boysNMKansas: #42 for boys · 114 births · 1 in 145 boysKSArkansas: #69 for boys · 52 births · 1 in 288 boysARTennessee: #73 for boys · 89 births · 1 in 362 boysTNNorth Carolina: #79 for boys · 97 births · 1 in 428 boysNCSouth Carolina: #97 for boys · 42 births · 1 in 510 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #114 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 573 boysDCOklahoma: #55 for boys · 98 births · 1 in 212 boysOKLouisiana: #92 for boys · 68 births · 1 in 473 boysLAMississippi: #68 for boys · 51 births · 1 in 321 boysMSAlabama: #82 for boys · 60 births · 1 in 422 boysALGeorgia: #74 for boys · 106 births · 1 in 430 boysGAHawaii: #84 for boys · 18 births · 1 in 375 boysHITexas: #68 for boys · 452 births · 1 in 317 boysTXFlorida: #68 for boys · 235 births · 1 in 338 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Iowa#41 · 1 in 126
  2. Kansas#42 · 1 in 145
  3. Utah#44 · 1 in 138
  4. South Dakota#47 · 1 in 163
  5. North Dakota#52 · 1 in 173

Best ever in a state: #1 in North Dakota, 1994.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Iowa#411401 in 126
Kansas#421141 in 145
Utah#441151 in 138
South Dakota#47291 in 163
North Dakota#52291 in 173
Idaho#55331 in 199
Oklahoma#55981 in 212
Indiana#601501 in 246
Montana#63231 in 214
Nebraska#63431 in 248
Colorado#65811 in 303
Missouri#651281 in 279
Oregon#65731 in 243
Washington#661151 in 276
Florida#682351 in 338
Mississippi#68511 in 321
Texas#684521 in 317
Arkansas#69521 in 288
Arizona#72871 in 326
Kentucky#72721 in 332
Tennessee#73891 in 362
Georgia#741061 in 430
Wyoming#7691 in 292
Alaska#78141 in 317
North Carolina#79971 in 428
Virginia#80841 in 469
Nevada#81181 in 377
Alabama#82601 in 422
Hawaii#84181 in 375
Ohio#841481 in 515
Wisconsin#85681 in 476
Illinois#901511 in 541
Louisiana#92681 in 473
South Carolina#97421 in 510
Michigan#1001011 in 640
Minnesota#102481 in 635
Connecticut#103321 in 668
New Mexico#109231 in 495
District of Columbia#114141 in 573
Maine#11591 in 794
California#1164391 in 544
Pennsylvania#116891 in 872
New Hampshire#11881 in 947
West Virginia#123131 in 813
Delaware#12851 in 824
Maryland#128351 in 832
Massachusetts#129371 in 1,103
New Jersey#153451 in 1,109
New York#183991 in 1,269
Rhode Island
Vermont

Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

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 1987

girls
#1,257
112 births · 1 in 15,524 girls
boys
#76
4,096 births · 1 in 456 boys

Top girls' names in 1987

  1. #1Jessica55,992
  2. #2Ashley54,856
  3. #3Amanda41,786
  4. #4Jennifer32,710
  5. #5Sarah27,894
  6. #6Stephanie22,402
  7. #7Brittany22,231
  8. #8Nicole20,286
  9. #9Heather18,982
  10. #10Elizabeth18,608
  11. #1,257Austin112

Top boys' names in 1987

  1. #1Michael63,664
  2. #2Christopher54,493
  3. #3Matthew46,511
  4. #4Joshua40,002
  5. #5David36,795
  6. #6Andrew36,206
  7. #7Daniel35,876
  8. #8James32,659
  9. #9Justin31,491
  10. #10Robert30,237
  11. #76Austin4,096
More about 1987

girls

1,738,632 girls got a published name in 1987; 1 in 15,524 of them was named Austin, which outranked 90.5% of the 13,263 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Austin
  1. #1,249Lidia113
  2. #1,249Reina113
  3. #1,249Shara113
  4. #1,257Austin112
  5. #1,257Avery112
  6. #1,257Emerald112
  7. #1,257Jaimee112
  8. #1,267Alesia111
  9. #1,267Jason111
  10. #1,267Kierra111

Tied with 9 names at #1,257; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1986
Risers
  1. 1,808Janay#2,195#387
  2. 1,048Channing#1,638#590
  3. 786Ayla#1,380#594
  4. 714Yessenia#1,439#725
  5. 648Denisse#1,602#954
Fallers
  1. 1,153Halley#580#1,733
  2. 674Cherrelle#879#1,553
  3. 637Sharday#933#1,570
  4. 613Sharde#873#1,486
  5. 539Shardae#832#1,371

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

boys

1,866,984 boys got a published name in 1987; 1 in 456 of them was named Austin, which outranked 99.1% of the 8,152 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Austin
  1. #73Ronald4,153
  2. #74Carlos4,149
  3. #75Joel4,138
  4. #76Austin4,096
  5. #77George4,089
  6. #78Nathaniel4,050
  7. #79Raymond3,996
Biggest movers since 1986
Risers
  1. 994Trevin#1,962#968
  2. 819Conner#1,617#798
  3. 593Mychal#1,363#770
  4. 503Jaren#1,457#954
  5. 457Corbin#1,049#592
Fallers
  1. 623Durell#816#1,439
  2. 336Jayce#694#1,030
  3. 267Rasheed#921#1,188
  4. 263Deshaun#971#1,234
  5. 260Britt#880#1,140

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

See the top 100 for 1987