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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202022peak #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 2022

girls
#1,336
176 births · 1 in 9,319 girls
boys
#111
3,376 births · 1 in 517 boys

Top girls' names in 2022

  1. #1Olivia16,670
  2. #2Emma14,512
  3. #3Charlotte12,952
  4. #4Amelia12,415
  5. #5Sophia12,382
  6. #6Isabella11,761
  7. #7Ava11,107
  8. #8Mia11,077
  9. #9Evelyn9,332
  10. #10Luna8,977
  11. #1,336Austin176

Top boys' names in 2022

  1. #1Liam20,579
  2. #2Noah18,758
  3. #3Oliver15,176
  4. #4James12,119
  5. #5Elijah12,094
  6. #6William11,356
  7. #7Henry11,272
  8. #8Lucas10,973
  9. #9Benjamin10,912
  10. #10Theodore10,824
  11. #111Austin3,376
More about 2022

girls

1,640,131 girls got a published name in 2022; 1 in 9,319 of them was named Austin, which outranked 92.5% of the 17,760 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Austin
  1. #1,325Liah177
  2. #1,325Mariela177
  3. #1,325Venus177
  4. #1,336Austin176
  5. #1,336Bryleigh176
  6. #1,336Carmella176
  7. #1,336Elinor176
  8. #1,343Althea175
  9. #1,343Emilie175
  10. #1,343Evaluna175

Tied with 6 names at #1,336; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2021
Risers
  1. 698Wrenlee#1,410#712
  2. 686Neriah#1,680#994
  3. 487Arlet#1,229#742
  4. 424Georgina#1,304#880
  5. 413Amiri#1,293#880
Fallers
  1. 282Tatiana#992#1,274
  2. 245Alaiya#721#966
  3. 239Aarna#967#1,206
  4. 231Jaylene#975#1,206
  5. 227Aviana#521#748

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

boys

1,746,008 boys got a published name in 2022; 1 in 517 of them was named Austin, which outranked 99.2% of the 14,333 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Austin
  1. #108Damian3,466
  2. #109August3,420
  3. #110Carson3,408
  4. #111Austin3,376
  5. #112Myles3,359
  6. #113Amir3,353
  7. #114Declan3,345
Biggest movers since 2021
Risers
  1. 988Dutton#1,823#835
  2. 489Kayce#1,076#587
  3. 412Chosen#1,307#895
  4. 396Khaza#1,230#834
  5. 348Eithan#849#501
Fallers
  1. 324Jacoby#885#1,209
  2. 243Turner#937#1,180
  3. 233Aydin#897#1,130
  4. 218Juelz#991#1,209
  5. 216Jamal#868#1,084

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

See the top 100 for 2022