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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201998peak #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
1976—#3,47110
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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 1998

  • 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: #384 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 2,650 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: #315 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 2,591 boysMNIllinois: #708 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 7,303 boysILWisconsin: #267 for boys · 15 births · 1 in 1,932 boysWIMichigan: #417 for boys · 17 births · 1 in 3,511 boysMINew York: #674 for boys · 17 births · 1 in 6,784 boysNYMassachusetts: #554 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 7,341 boysMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Austen, so not publishedRIOregon: #330 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 1,998 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: #345 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 2,717 boysINOhio: #359 for boys · 22 births · 1 in 3,181 boysOHPennsylvania: #450 for boys · 15 births · 1 in 4,448 boysPANew Jersey: #822 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 9,731 boysNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Austen, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #683 for boys · 29 births · 1 in 8,390 boysCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Austen, so not publishedUTColorado: #406 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 2,909 boysCONebraska: #311 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 1,997 boysNEMissouri: #555 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 5,772 boysMOKentucky: #388 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 3,904 boysKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Austen, so not publishedWVVirginia: #482 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 3,968 boysVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Austen, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Austen, so not publishedDEArizona: #654 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 6,969 boysAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Austen, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Austen, so not publishedKSArkansas: #316 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 2,064 boysARTennessee: #461 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 4,004 boysTNNorth Carolina: #640 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 6,065 boysNCSouth Carolina: #539 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 4,106 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Austen, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Austen, so not publishedOKLouisiana: #518 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 3,404 boysLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Austen, so not publishedMSAlabama: #529 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 4,204 boysALGeorgia: #791 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 7,369 boysGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Austen, so not publishedHITexas: #442 for boys · 48 births · 1 in 3,346 boysTXFlorida: #515 for boys · 20 births · 1 in 4,334 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Wisconsin#267 · 1 in 1,932
  2. Nebraska#311 · 1 in 1,997
  3. Minnesota#315 · 1 in 2,591
  4. Arkansas#316 · 1 in 2,064
  5. Oregon#330 · 1 in 1,998

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Wisconsin#267151 in 1,932
Nebraska#31151 in 1,997
Minnesota#315111 in 2,591
Arkansas#31671 in 2,064
Oregon#330101 in 1,998
Indiana#345141 in 2,717
Ohio#359221 in 3,181
Washington#384131 in 2,650
Kentucky#38861 in 3,904
Colorado#40691 in 2,909
Michigan#417171 in 3,511
Texas#442481 in 3,346
Pennsylvania#450151 in 4,448
Tennessee#46191 in 4,004
Virginia#482101 in 3,968
Florida#515201 in 4,334
Louisiana#51881 in 3,404
Alabama#52961 in 4,204
South Carolina#53951 in 4,106
Massachusetts#55451 in 7,341
Missouri#55561 in 5,772
North Carolina#64081 in 6,065
Arizona#65451 in 6,969
New York#674171 in 6,784
California#683291 in 8,390
Illinois#708111 in 7,303
Georgia#79171 in 7,369
New Jersey#82251 in 9,731
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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
all girlsall boys
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 1998

girls
#5,799
17 births · 1 in 103,938 girls
boys
#532
384 births · 1 in 4,978 boys

Top girls' names in 1998

  1. #1Emily26,188
  2. #2Hannah21,376
  3. #3Samantha20,195
  4. #4Sarah19,898
  5. #5Ashley19,875
  6. #6Alexis19,778
  7. #7Taylor18,576
  8. #8Jessica18,239
  9. #9Madison17,787
  10. #10Elizabeth15,193
  11. #5,799Austen17

Top boys' names in 1998

  1. #1Michael36,618
  2. #2Jacob36,031
  3. #3Matthew31,146
  4. #4Joshua28,095
  5. #5Christopher27,007
  6. #6Nicholas26,632
  7. #7Brandon23,832
  8. #8Tyler23,712
  9. #9Andrew23,664
  10. #10Austin23,478
  11. #532Austen384
More about 1998

girls

1,766,949 girls got a published name in 1998; 1 in 103,938 of them was named Austen, which outranked 65.1% of the 16,601 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Austen
  1. #5,583Yuki18
  2. #5,583Zoria18
  3. #5,583Zully18
  4. #5,799Austen17
  5. #5,799Aalyiah17
  6. #5,799Abbegail17
  7. #5,799Abilene17
  8. #6,073Aaliah16
  9. #6,073Abbygale16
  10. #6,073Abeer16

Tied with 273 names at #5,799; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1997
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,123Calista#2,820 → #697
  2. ↑ 1,165Ireland#1,983 → #818
  3. ↑ 1,158Abril#2,116 → #958
  4. ↑ 755Mya#993 → #238
  5. ↑ 619Ally#1,036 → #417
Fallers
  1. ↓ 586Yulissa#424 → #1,010
  2. ↓ 462Moesha#943 → #1,405
  3. ↓ 397Yulisa#985 → #1,382
  4. ↓ 376Tonya#905 → #1,281
  5. ↓ 347Xena#765 → #1,112

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

boys

1,911,366 boys got a published name in 1998; 1 in 4,978 of them was named Austen, which outranked 95.3% of the 11,311 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 14.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Austen
  1. #527Kade391
  2. #530Stefan390
  3. #531Cordell387
  4. #532Austen384
  5. #533Adan383
  6. #534Brennen378
  7. #535Cullen374
Biggest movers since 1997
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,736Tyrese#2,347 → #611
  2. ↑ 805Zion#1,499 → #694
  3. ↑ 785Mekhi#1,706 → #921
  4. ↑ 743Tyriq#1,519 → #776
  5. ↑ 741Tavian#1,599 → #858
Fallers
  1. ↓ 429Coty#918 → #1,347
  2. ↓ 367Anfernee#838 → #1,205
  3. ↓ 326Jessy#962 → #1,288
  4. ↓ 295Mickey#966 → #1,261
  5. ↓ 280Mikal#1,000 → #1,280

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

See the top 100 for 1998 →