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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201996peak #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 1996

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #17 for boys · 53 births · 1 in 67 boysAKMaine: #15 for boys · 91 births · 1 in 63 boysMEVermont: #21 for boys · 37 births · 1 in 69 boysVTNew Hampshire: #27 for boys · 72 births · 1 in 86 boysNHWashington: #2 for boys · 646 births · 1 in 52 boysWAIdaho: #2 for boys · 181 births · 1 in 40 boysIDMontana: #4 for boys · 80 births · 1 in 51 boysMTNorth Dakota: #2 for boys · 106 births · 1 in 36 boysNDMinnesota: #9 for boys · 482 births · 1 in 59 boysMNIllinois: #15 for boys · 994 births · 1 in 81 boysILWisconsin: #5 for boys · 598 births · 1 in 49 boysWIMichigan: #5 for boys · 1,208 births · 1 in 49 boysMINew York: #32 for boys · 779 births · 1 in 152 boysNYMassachusetts: #33 for boys · 301 births · 1 in 123 boysMARhode Island: #22 for boys · 70 births · 1 in 79 boysRIOregon: #2 for boys · 458 births · 1 in 43 boysORNevada: #6 for boys · 178 births · 1 in 59 boysNVWyoming: #3 for boys · 47 births · 1 in 43 boysWYSouth Dakota: #3 for boys · 113 births · 1 in 37 boysSDIowa: #2 for boys · 503 births · 1 in 33 boysIAIndiana: #2 for boys · 971 births · 1 in 39 boysINOhio: #4 for boys · 1,437 births · 1 in 49 boysOHPennsylvania: #15 for boys · 995 births · 1 in 69 boysPANew Jersey: #34 for boys · 312 births · 1 in 156 boysNJConnecticut: #27 for boys · 184 births · 1 in 104 boysCTCalifornia: #22 for boys · 2,129 births · 1 in 119 boysCAUtah: #2 for boys · 407 births · 1 in 47 boysUTColorado: #7 for boys · 395 births · 1 in 63 boysCONebraska: #2 for boys · 230 births · 1 in 43 boysNEMissouri: #2 for boys · 813 births · 1 in 42 boysMOKentucky: #1 for boys · 727 births · 1 in 32 boysKYWest Virginia: #3 for boys · 256 births · 1 in 36 boysWVVirginia: #15 for boys · 557 births · 1 in 70 boysVAMaryland: #26 for boys · 299 births · 1 in 96 boysMDDelaware: #24 for boys · 47 births · 1 in 82 boysDEArizona: #12 for boys · 433 births · 1 in 77 boysAZNew Mexico: #20 for boys · 105 births · 1 in 103 boysNMKansas: #2 for boys · 339 births · 1 in 44 boysKSArkansas: #3 for boys · 308 births · 1 in 47 boysARTennessee: #1 for boys · 857 births · 1 in 40 boysTNNorth Carolina: #7 for boys · 858 births · 1 in 53 boysNCSouth Carolina: #3 for boys · 441 births · 1 in 45 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #42 for boys · 29 births · 1 in 172 boysDCOklahoma: #4 for boys · 371 births · 1 in 51 boysOKLouisiana: #5 for boys · 458 births · 1 in 58 boysLAMississippi: #5 for boys · 320 births · 1 in 47 boysMSAlabama: #3 for boys · 556 births · 1 in 45 boysALGeorgia: #5 for boys · 924 births · 1 in 52 boysGAHawaii: #8 for boys · 95 births · 1 in 60 boysHITexas: #19 for boys · 1,454 births · 1 in 107 boysTXFlorida: #8 for boys · 1,359 births · 1 in 62 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Kentucky#1 · 1 in 32
  2. Tennessee#1 · 1 in 40
  3. Iowa#2 · 1 in 33
  4. North Dakota#2 · 1 in 36
  5. Indiana#2 · 1 in 39

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Kentucky#17271 in 32
Tennessee#18571 in 40
Idaho#21811 in 40
Indiana#29711 in 39
Iowa#25031 in 33
Kansas#23391 in 44
Missouri#28131 in 42
Nebraska#22301 in 43
North Dakota#21061 in 36
Oregon#24581 in 43
Utah#24071 in 47
Washington#26461 in 52
Alabama#35561 in 45
Arkansas#33081 in 47
South Carolina#34411 in 45
South Dakota#31131 in 37
West Virginia#32561 in 36
Wyoming#3471 in 43
Montana#4801 in 51
Ohio#41,4371 in 49
Oklahoma#43711 in 51
Georgia#59241 in 52
Louisiana#54581 in 58
Michigan#51,2081 in 49
Mississippi#53201 in 47
Wisconsin#55981 in 49
Nevada#61781 in 59
Colorado#73951 in 63
North Carolina#78581 in 53
Florida#81,3591 in 62
Hawaii#8951 in 60
Minnesota#94821 in 59
Arizona#124331 in 77
Illinois#159941 in 81
Maine#15911 in 63
Pennsylvania#159951 in 69
Virginia#155571 in 70
Alaska#17531 in 67
Texas#191,4541 in 107
New Mexico#201051 in 103
Vermont#21371 in 69
California#222,1291 in 119
Rhode Island#22701 in 79
Delaware#24471 in 82
Maryland#262991 in 96
Connecticut#271841 in 104
New Hampshire#27721 in 86
New York#327791 in 152
Massachusetts#333011 in 123
New Jersey#343121 in 156
District of Columbia#42291 in 172

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 1996

girls
#1,164
156 births · 1 in 11,237 girls
boys
#9
25,663 births · 1 in 74 boys

Top girls' names in 1996

  1. #1Emily25,150
  2. #2Jessica24,201
  3. #3Ashley23,678
  4. #4Sarah21,048
  5. #5Samantha20,552
  6. #6Taylor19,155
  7. #7Hannah18,596
  8. #8Alexis16,592
  9. #9Rachel16,121
  10. #10Elizabeth16,003
  11. #1,164Austin156

Top boys' names in 1996

  1. #1Michael38,373
  2. #2Matthew32,077
  3. #3Jacob31,925
  4. #4Christopher30,904
  5. #5Joshua29,175
  6. #6Nicholas27,724
  7. #7Tyler26,956
  8. #8Brandon25,847
  9. #9Austin25,663
  10. #10Andrew25,244
More about 1996

girls

1,753,007 girls got a published name in 1996; 1 in 11,237 of them was named Austin, which outranked 92.7% of the 15,894 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Austin
  1. #1,155Marlen157
  2. #1,155Michael157
  3. #1,155Tristin157
  4. #1,164Austin156
  5. #1,164Cherish156
  6. #1,164Dajah156
  7. #1,164Daysha156
  8. #1,172Cathryn155
  9. #1,172Danae155
  10. #1,172Tricia155

Tied with 7 names at #1,164; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1995
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,167Odalys#2,845 → #678
  2. ↑ 1,531Tamia#2,028 → #497
  3. ↑ 1,524Jaycie#2,486 → #962
  4. ↑ 1,486Odalis#2,394 → #908
  5. ↑ 1,430Zaria#2,155 → #725
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,558Unknown#865 → #2,423
  2. ↓ 723Iridian#886 → #1,609
  3. ↓ 435Selene#964 → #1,399
  4. ↓ 394Salina#838 → #1,232
  5. ↓ 339Chelsi#697 → #1,036

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

boys

1,894,300 boys got a published name in 1996; 1 in 74 of them was named Austin, which outranked 99.9% of the 10,536 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 15.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Austin
  1. #6Nicholas27,724
  2. #7Tyler26,956
  3. #8Brandon25,847
  4. #9Austin25,663
  5. #10Andrew25,244
  6. #11Daniel25,128
  7. #12Joseph24,758
Biggest movers since 1995
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,398Keyshawn#2,178 → #780
  2. ↑ 1,171Jair#2,055 → #884
  3. ↑ 1,065Kordell#2,055 → #990
  4. ↑ 856Shemar#1,758 → #902
  5. ↑ 686Nasir#1,648 → #962
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,075Unknown#665 → #1,740
  2. ↓ 649Rashaan#937 → #1,586
  3. ↓ 633Savon#966 → #1,599
  4. ↓ 514Latrell#966 → #1,480
  5. ↓ 351Rakeem#970 → #1,321

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

See the top 100 for 1996 →