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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201993peak #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 1993

girls
#989
187 births · 1 in 9,674 girls
boys
#26
17,587 births · 1 in 112 boys

Top girls' names in 1993

  1. #1Jessica34,993
  2. #2Ashley34,849
  3. #3Sarah24,257
  4. #4Samantha23,668
  5. #5Emily23,596
  6. #6Brittany21,725
  7. #7Taylor21,270
  8. #8Amanda20,811
  9. #9Elizabeth17,559
  10. #10Stephanie17,186
  11. #989Austin187

Top boys' names in 1993

  1. #1Michael49,571
  2. #2Christopher38,237
  3. #3Matthew35,782
  4. #4Joshua33,590
  5. #5Tyler29,800
  6. #6Brandon28,735
  7. #7Daniel28,698
  8. #8Nicholas28,114
  9. #9Jacob27,487
  10. #10Andrew27,326
  11. #26Austin17,587
More about 1993

girls

1,809,072 girls got a published name in 1993; 1 in 9,674 of them was named Austin, which outranked 93.7% of the 15,801 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 13.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Austin
  1. #983Marcia188
  2. #983Nayeli188
  3. #983Paloma188
  4. #989Austin187
  5. #989Aspen187
  6. #989Corrine187
  7. #989Deandra187
  8. #996Alena186
  9. #996Leilani186
  10. #996Tanesha186

Tied with 6 names at #989; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1992
Risers
  1. 12,442Coraima#13,317#875
  2. 5,624Kadijah#6,314#690
  3. 3,307Kalene#4,236#929
  4. 1,413Deyanira#2,351#938
  5. 979Halle#1,713#734
Fallers
  1. 1,120Latifah#802#1,922
  2. 747Shanae#662#1,409
  3. 520Jaleesa#792#1,312
  4. 487Brianda#777#1,264
  5. 417Chynna#941#1,358

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

boys

1,961,328 boys got a published name in 1993; 1 in 112 of them was named Austin, which outranked 99.7% of the 10,170 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Austin
  1. #23Kyle19,454
  2. #24Cody19,152
  3. #25Kevin19,084
  4. #26Austin17,587
  5. #27Thomas14,868
  6. #28Jordan14,758
  7. #29Eric14,548
Biggest movers since 1992
Risers
  1. 5,880Savon#6,670#790
  2. 2,006Jordy#2,834#828
  3. 662Austyn#1,598#936
  4. 471Devaughn#1,395#924
  5. 454Mikal#1,294#840
Fallers
  1. 329Channing#887#1,216
  2. 307Garth#658#965
  3. 252Earnest#911#1,163
  4. 241Armand#987#1,228
  5. 240Spenser#831#1,071

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

See the top 100 for 1993