Austen

#3,459 for girls in 2025, 44 births · #2,516 for boys in 2025, 53 births
Given to boys 86.3% of the time

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Peak · boys
1995 · 540 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
8,125
since 1917

Austen over time

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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201991peak #2,117, 2016peak #420, 1995girlsboys
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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#3,45944#2,51653
2024#2,97655#1,95780
2023#3,09153#2,31560
2022#2,92857#2,11770
2021#2,48471#1,94377
2020#3,17949#1,97772
2019#2,45172#1,548108
2018#3,05053#1,87280
2017#2,46473#1,74688
2016#2,11792#1,66395
2015#2,84661#1,427120
2014#3,58543#1,348127
2013#5,31725#1,352125
2012#5,25326#1,266139
2011#4,91528#1,178150
2010#5,10827#1,195150
2009#7,34117#1,218147
2008#12,5798#1,090170
2007#6,55220#1,098166
2006#6,12521#932202
2005#9,45211#950184
2004#8,71612#1,039157
2003#6,88516#942174
2002#6,69816#819205
2001#8,19612#788214
2000#9,16310#705248
1999#8,22311#575340
1998#5,79917#532384
1997#4,81921#449489
1996#5,28018#423531
1995#3,87827#420540
1994#3,16836#502403
1993#3,68129#564328
1992#3,68029#638260
1991#5,94915#674227
1990#5,28617#704210
1989#4,84818#744177
1988#5,89513#783145
1987#6,78810#96196
1986#6,15611#96590
1985#4,86015#1,02080
1984#7,3988#1,08468
1983#8,0477#1,15361
1982#9,2376#1,29352
1981#10,4115#1,45643
1980#9,0956#1,54739
1979—#2,37920
1978—#2,92914
1977—#3,03713
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First appearance
1917

The first year at least five boys were named Austen! It came in at #3,981, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1917–1922, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Austen is popular in 1991

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Austen, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Austen, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Austen, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Austen, so not publishedNHWashington: #532 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 5,997 boysWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Austen, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Austen, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Austen, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Austen, so not publishedMNIllinois: #722 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 9,722 boysILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Austen, so not publishedWIMichigan: #554 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 6,869 boysMINew York: fewer than 5 boys named Austen, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Austen, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Austen, so not publishedRIOregon: #283 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 2,187 boysORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Austen, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Austen, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Austen, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Austen, so not publishedIAIndiana: #374 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 3,996 boysINOhio: #451 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 5,688 boysOHPennsylvania: #819 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 16,050 boysPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Austen, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Austen, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #717 for boys · 29 births · 1 in 9,926 boysCAUtah: #297 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 2,068 boysUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Austen, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Austen, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Austen, so not publishedMOKentucky: #389 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 4,951 boysKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Austen, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Austen, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Austen, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Austen, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Austen, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Austen, so not publishedNMKansas: #331 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 2,680 boysKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Austen, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Austen, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Austen, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Austen, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Austen, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #351 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 2,954 boysOKLouisiana: #490 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 3,873 boysLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Austen, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Austen, so not publishedALGeorgia: #493 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 4,423 boysGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Austen, so not publishedHITexas: #603 for boys · 25 births · 1 in 6,131 boysTXFlorida: #793 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 11,130 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Oregon#283 · 1 in 2,187
  2. Utah#297 · 1 in 2,068
  3. Kansas#331 · 1 in 2,680
  4. Oklahoma#351 · 1 in 2,954
  5. Indiana#374 · 1 in 3,996

Best ever in a state: #136 in North Dakota, 1993.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Oregon#28391 in 2,187
Utah#29781 in 2,068
Kansas#33161 in 2,680
Oklahoma#35171 in 2,954
Indiana#374101 in 3,996
Kentucky#38951 in 4,951
Ohio#451141 in 5,688
Louisiana#49081 in 3,873
Georgia#493111 in 4,423
Washington#53261 in 5,997
Michigan#554101 in 6,869
Texas#603251 in 6,131
California#717291 in 9,926
Illinois#72291 in 9,722
Florida#79381 in 11,130
Pennsylvania#81951 in 16,050
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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 Austen
Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 559 spots since 2024 (#1,957 → #2,516)
  • 539 spots since 2020 (#1,977 → #2,516)
  • 1,089 spots since 2015 (#1,427 → #2,516)
  • Biggest jump: 178 spots in 1988 (#961 → #783)
  • Biggest drop: 166 spots in 2007 (#932 → #1,098)
Rise & fade · boys
78 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1917
  • Peaked 1995 at #420 (540 births)
  • Births halved by 2000, 5 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 20 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 20 yrs · run 1986–2003
Share of babies · boys
1 in 3,525
  • Highest: 1 in 3,525 boys born in 1995 were named Austen (0.03%)
  • Latest: 1 in 32,228 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1990s
  • 45.7% of all boys named Austen (3,712) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Never flipped
  • The majority has never changed
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Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s5#3,981 (1917)#3,981
1920s18#3,385 (1926)#3,801
1930s0——
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1950s5#3,993 (1957)#3,993
1960s5#4,136 (1968)#4,136
1970s68#2,379 (1979)#3,012
1980s851#744 (1989)#1,101
1990s3,712#420 (1995)#548
2000s1,867#705 (2000)#958
2010s1,182#1,178 (2011)#1,460
2020s412#1,943 (2021)#2,138

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.

Austen in 1991

girls
#5,949
15 births · 1 in 125,000 girls
boys
#674
227 births · 1 in 8,900 boys

Top girls' names in 1991

  1. #1Ashley43,477
  2. #2Jessica43,398
  3. #3Brittany29,093
  4. #4Amanda28,896
  5. #5Samantha25,651
  6. #6Sarah25,233
  7. #7Stephanie22,775
  8. #8Jennifer20,673
  9. #9Elizabeth20,395
  10. #10Emily20,311
  11. #5,949Austen15

Top boys' names in 1991

  1. #1Michael60,810
  2. #2Christopher47,111
  3. #3Matthew41,647
  4. #4Joshua41,226
  5. #5Andrew31,539
  6. #6Daniel30,935
  7. #7James30,514
  8. #8David30,416
  9. #9Joseph29,840
  10. #10John27,809
  11. #674Austen227
More about 1991

girls

1,875,007 girls got a published name in 1991; 1 in 125,000 of them was named Austen, which outranked 61.5% of the 15,466 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 14.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Austen
  1. #5,659Yelena16
  2. #5,659Yoshiko16
  3. #5,659Zia16
  4. #5,949Austen15
  5. #5,949Adair15
  6. #5,949Adriann15
  7. #5,949Adrielle15
  8. #6,253Aaren14
  9. #6,253Aariel14
  10. #6,253Abbe14

Tied with 303 names at #5,949; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1990
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,600Rebeccah#2,600 → #1,000
  2. ↑ 1,221Ieshia#1,938 → #717
  3. ↑ 1,135Miriah#2,081 → #946
  4. ↑ 861Alexus#1,813 → #952
  5. ↑ 676Chynna#1,512 → #836
Fallers
  1. ↓ 568Infant#432 → #1,000
  2. ↓ 510Lakeshia#897 → #1,407
  3. ↓ 466Latifah#701 → #1,167
  4. ↓ 432Martika#757 → #1,189
  5. ↓ 416Cecily#575 → #991

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

boys

2,020,328 boys got a published name in 1991; 1 in 8,900 of them was named Austen, which outranked 93.0% of the 9,648 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Austen
  1. #670Myron229
  2. #672Demario228
  3. #672Jarod228
  4. #674Austen227
  5. #675Dandre225
  6. #676Donavan224
  7. #676Jairo224
Biggest movers since 1990
Risers
  1. ↑ 4,462Devante#5,382 → #920
  2. ↑ 1,656Unnamed#2,628 → #972
  3. ↑ 1,496Jaleel#2,373 → #877
  4. ↑ 811Gunnar#1,516 → #705
  5. ↑ 672Dijon#1,587 → #915
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,000Arsenio#744 → #1,744
  2. ↓ 773Brittany#995 → #1,768
  3. ↓ 281Infant#389 → #670
  4. ↓ 281Jarret#881 → #1,162
  5. ↓ 273Elton#963 → #1,236

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

See the top 100 for 1991 →