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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201995peak #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 1995

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #9 for boys · 63 births · 1 in 57 boysAKMaine: #20 for boys · 72 births · 1 in 82 boysMEVermont: #20 for boys · 38 births · 1 in 68 boysVTNew Hampshire: #25 for boys · 74 births · 1 in 86 boysNHWashington: #3 for boys · 639 births · 1 in 52 boysWAIdaho: #3 for boys · 166 births · 1 in 44 boysIDMontana: #1 for boys · 135 births · 1 in 30 boysMTNorth Dakota: #3 for boys · 115 births · 1 in 33 boysNDMinnesota: #7 for boys · 550 births · 1 in 52 boysMNIllinois: #18 for boys · 985 births · 1 in 84 boysILWisconsin: #4 for boys · 658 births · 1 in 45 boysWIMichigan: #6 for boys · 1,167 births · 1 in 52 boysMINew York: #35 for boys · 736 births · 1 in 166 boysNYMassachusetts: #38 for boys · 248 births · 1 in 152 boysMARhode Island: #23 for boys · 78 births · 1 in 72 boysRIOregon: #2 for boys · 461 births · 1 in 42 boysORNevada: #8 for boys · 176 births · 1 in 56 boysNVWyoming: #3 for boys · 52 births · 1 in 38 boysWYSouth Dakota: #1 for boys · 126 births · 1 in 33 boysSDIowa: #2 for boys · 512 births · 1 in 32 boysIAIndiana: #2 for boys · 999 births · 1 in 38 boysINOhio: #4 for boys · 1,501 births · 1 in 48 boysOHPennsylvania: #18 for boys · 944 births · 1 in 75 boysPANew Jersey: #34 for boys · 309 births · 1 in 160 boysNJConnecticut: #33 for boys · 157 births · 1 in 123 boysCTCalifornia: #24 for boys · 2,181 births · 1 in 119 boysCAUtah: #1 for boys · 398 births · 1 in 44 boysUTColorado: #5 for boys · 437 births · 1 in 56 boysCONebraska: #4 for boys · 224 births · 1 in 45 boysNEMissouri: #2 for boys · 847 births · 1 in 40 boysMOKentucky: #1 for boys · 732 births · 1 in 32 boysKYWest Virginia: #2 for boys · 267 births · 1 in 35 boysWVVirginia: #15 for boys · 578 births · 1 in 69 boysVAMaryland: #24 for boys · 312 births · 1 in 95 boysMDDelaware: #23 for boys · 54 births · 1 in 74 boysDEArizona: #9 for boys · 470 births · 1 in 69 boysAZNew Mexico: #21 for boys · 104 births · 1 in 103 boysNMKansas: #2 for boys · 363 births · 1 in 42 boysKSArkansas: #4 for boys · 288 births · 1 in 48 boysARTennessee: #1 for boys · 804 births · 1 in 43 boysTNNorth Carolina: #10 for boys · 780 births · 1 in 57 boysNCSouth Carolina: #7 for boys · 387 births · 1 in 52 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #52 for boys · 27 births · 1 in 205 boysDCOklahoma: #2 for boys · 467 births · 1 in 42 boysOKLouisiana: #7 for boys · 448 births · 1 in 61 boysLAMississippi: #6 for boys · 283 births · 1 in 53 boysMSAlabama: #6 for boys · 514 births · 1 in 48 boysALGeorgia: #5 for boys · 957 births · 1 in 51 boysGAHawaii: #11 for boys · 86 births · 1 in 69 boysHITexas: #20 for boys · 1,471 births · 1 in 104 boysTXFlorida: #5 for boys · 1,468 births · 1 in 58 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Montana#1 · 1 in 30
  2. Kentucky#1 · 1 in 32
  3. South Dakota#1 · 1 in 33
  4. Tennessee#1 · 1 in 43
  5. Utah#1 · 1 in 44

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Kentucky#17321 in 32
Montana#11351 in 30
South Dakota#11261 in 33
Tennessee#18041 in 43
Utah#13981 in 44
Indiana#29991 in 38
Iowa#25121 in 32
Kansas#23631 in 42
Missouri#28471 in 40
Oklahoma#24671 in 42
Oregon#24611 in 42
West Virginia#22671 in 35
Idaho#31661 in 44
North Dakota#31151 in 33
Washington#36391 in 52
Wyoming#3521 in 38
Arkansas#42881 in 48
Nebraska#42241 in 45
Ohio#41,5011 in 48
Wisconsin#46581 in 45
Colorado#54371 in 56
Florida#51,4681 in 58
Georgia#59571 in 51
Alabama#65141 in 48
Michigan#61,1671 in 52
Mississippi#62831 in 53
Louisiana#74481 in 61
Minnesota#75501 in 52
South Carolina#73871 in 52
Nevada#81761 in 56
Alaska#9631 in 57
Arizona#94701 in 69
North Carolina#107801 in 57
Hawaii#11861 in 69
Virginia#155781 in 69
Illinois#189851 in 84
Pennsylvania#189441 in 75
Maine#20721 in 82
Texas#201,4711 in 104
Vermont#20381 in 68
New Mexico#211041 in 103
Delaware#23541 in 74
Rhode Island#23781 in 72
California#242,1811 in 119
Maryland#243121 in 95
New Hampshire#25741 in 86
Connecticut#331571 in 123
New Jersey#343091 in 160
New York#357361 in 166
Massachusetts#382481 in 152
District of Columbia#52271 in 205

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 1995

girls
#1,045
172 births · 1 in 10,224 girls
boys
#10
25,908 births · 1 in 73 boys

Top girls' names in 1995

  1. #1Jessica27,941
  2. #2Ashley26,606
  3. #3Emily24,382
  4. #4Samantha21,644
  5. #5Sarah21,395
  6. #6Taylor20,426
  7. #7Hannah17,018
  8. #8Brittany16,477
  9. #9Amanda16,354
  10. #10Elizabeth16,192
  11. #1,045Austin172

Top boys' names in 1995

  1. #1Michael41,409
  2. #2Matthew32,882
  3. #3Christopher32,679
  4. #4Jacob31,134
  5. #5Joshua30,720
  6. #6Tyler29,161
  7. #7Nicholas29,160
  8. #8Brandon26,904
  9. #9Daniel26,728
  10. #10Austin25,908
More about 1995

girls

1,758,548 girls got a published name in 1995; 1 in 10,224 of them was named Austin, which outranked 93.4% of the 15,753 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Austin
  1. #1,042Chana173
  2. #1,042Kaylah173
  3. #1,042Xiomara173
  4. #1,045Austin172
  5. #1,045Makala172
  6. #1,045Merissa172
  7. #1,045Trista172
  8. #1,049Bridgett171
  9. #1,049Eliana171
  10. #1,049Juliet171

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1994
Risers
  1. 6,718Iridian#7,604#886
  2. 2,689Daija#3,615#926
  3. 2,119Lyric#2,752#633
  4. 1,910Daja#2,877#967
  5. 1,602Shania#2,047#445
Fallers
  1. 1,205Nohely#896#2,101
  2. 1,048Zana#802#1,850
  3. 869Kadijah#512#1,381
  4. 609Clarisa#664#1,273
  5. 514Dayana#751#1,265

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

boys

1,903,701 boys got a published name in 1995; 1 in 73 of them was named Austin, which outranked 99.9% of the 10,330 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Austin
  1. #7Nicholas29,160
  2. #8Brandon26,904
  3. #9Daniel26,728
  4. #10Austin25,908
  5. #11Andrew25,860
  6. #12Joseph25,354
  7. #13John23,244
Biggest movers since 1994
Risers
  1. 1,703Tristin#2,307#604
  2. 1,494Raekwon#2,082#588
  3. 1,357Tristian#2,219#862
  4. 1,269Triston#1,795#526
  5. 1,186Rashaan#2,123#937
Fallers
  1. 469Shyheim#817#1,286
  2. 335Ryne#897#1,232
  3. 251Daulton#792#1,043
  4. 247Demetri#886#1,133
  5. 242Jerrell#917#1,159

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

See the top 100 for 1995