Auther
Last seen for girls in 1936 at #3,376 · Last seen for boys in 1989 at #7,905
Given to boys 99.3% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1891 · 10 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 2,349since 1880
Auther over time
Rank among boys' names. Auther has never cracked the top 500 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| 1989 | — | #7,905 | 5 | |
| 1988 | — | — | ||
| 1987 | — | #5,459 | 7 | |
| 1986 | — | #4,130 | 10 | |
| 1985 | — | — | ||
| 1984 | — | — | ||
| 1983 | — | #6,238 | 5 | |
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| 1978 | — | — | ||
| 1977 | — | #4,582 | 7 | |
| 1976 | — | #4,935 | 6 | |
| 1975 | — | #3,941 | 8 | |
| 1974 | — | #4,190 | 7 | |
| 1973 | — | #5,101 | 5 | |
| 1972 | — | #3,963 | 7 | |
| 1971 | — | #2,973 | 11 | |
| 1970 | — | #3,071 | 10 | |
| 1969 | — | #3,314 | 8 | |
| 1968 | — | #2,907 | 9 | |
| 1967 | — | #3,966 | 5 | |
| 1966 | — | #2,986 | 8 | |
| 1965 | — | #2,982 | 8 | |
| 1964 | — | #2,854 | 9 | |
| 1963 | — | #2,115 | 15 | |
| 1962 | — | #2,279 | 13 | |
| 1961 | — | #1,876 | 19 | |
| 1960 | — | #2,121 | 15 | |
| 1959 | — | #2,414 | 12 | |
| 1958 | — | #1,593 | 24 | |
| 1957 | — | #1,436 | 30 | |
| 1956 | — | #1,532 | 26 | |
| 1955 | — | #1,791 | 19 | |
| 1954 | — | #1,706 | 20 | |
| 1953 | — | #1,508 | 25 | |
| 1952 | — | #1,701 | 20 | |
| 1951 | — | #1,295 | 32 | |
| 1950 | — | #1,289 | 31 | |
| 1949 | — | #1,544 | 23 | |
| 1948 | — | #1,063 | 44 | |
| 1947 | — | #1,213 | 36 | |
| 1946 | — | #1,094 | 40 | |
| 1945 | — | #1,163 | 32 | |
| 1944 | — | #1,018 | 41 | |
| 1943 | — | #1,018 | 43 | |
| 1942 | — | #928 | 51 | |
| 1941 | — | #1,004 | 41 | |
| 1940 | — | #904 | 49 | |
| 1939 | — | #954 | 43 | |
| 1938 | — | #852 | 53 | |
| 1937 | — | #845 | 52 | |
| 1936 | #3,376 | 7 | #1,028 | 38 |
| 1935 | — | #930 | 46 | |
| 1934 | — | #845 | 55 | |
| 1933 | — | #937 | 45 | |
| 1932 | — | #836 | 58 | |
| 1931 | — | #1,065 | 40 | |
| 1930 | #4,550 | 5 | #841 | 60 |
| 1929 | — | #859 | 59 | |
| 1928 | — | #862 | 59 | |
| 1927 | — | #937 | 54 | |
| 1926 | — | #793 | 68 | |
| 1925 | #4,973 | 5 | #814 | 66 |
| 1924 | — | #1,005 | 49 | |
| 1923 | — | #896 | 58 | |
| 1922 | — | #1,023 | 48 | |
| 1921 | — | #1,045 | 45 | |
| 1920 | — | #940 | 54 | |
| 1919 | — | #973 | 48 | |
| 1918 | — | #943 | 50 | |
| 1917 | — | #919 | 48 | |
| 1916 | — | #1,058 | 37 | |
| 1915 | — | #1,159 | 31 | |
| 1914 | — | #1,003 | 31 | |
| 1913 | — | #1,311 | 16 | |
| 1912 | — | #1,174 | 16 | |
| 1911 | — | #925 | 13 | |
| 1910 | — | #981 | 11 | |
| 1909 | — | — | ||
| 1908 | — | #1,217 | 6 | |
| 1907 | — | #999 | 8 | |
| 1906 | — | #640 | 14 | |
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| 1903 | — | #1,009 | 6 | |
| 1902 | — | #933 | 7 | |
| 1901 | — | #943 | 6 | |
| 1900 | — | #785 | 11 | |
| 1899 | — | #1,051 | 5 | |
| 1898 | — | #885 | 7 | |
| 1897 | — | #1,057 | 5 | |
| 1896 | — | #1,101 | 5 | |
| 1895 | — | #1,079 | 5 | |
| 1894 | — | #954 | 6 | |
| 1893 | — | — | ||
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| 1891 | — | #597 | 10 | |
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | #789 | 7 | |
| 1888 | — | #648 | 10 | |
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | #605 | 10 | |
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | #764 | 7 | |
| 1883 | — | #677 | 8 | |
| 1882 | — | #837 | 6 | |
| 1881 | — | #706 | 7 | |
| 1880 | — | #809 | 6 | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Auther was already there! It came in at #809, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1885, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Auther is popular in 1930
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Alabama#258 · 1 in 2,232
- North Carolina#328 · 1 in 3,333
- Mississippi#363 · 1 in 3,386
- Texas#665 · 1 in 7,371
Best ever in a state: #220 in Alabama, 1925.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Alabama | #258 | 12 | 1 in 2,232 |
| North Carolina | #328 | 10 | 1 in 3,333 |
| Mississippi | #363 | 6 | 1 in 3,386 |
| Texas | #665 | 8 | 1 in 7,371 |
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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 Auther
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1989
- Biggest jump: 266 spots in 1900 (#1,051 → #785)
- Biggest drop: 359 spots in 1907 (#640 → #999)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1891 at #597 (10 births)
- Births halved by 1892, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 38 yrs · run 1925–1930
- Highest: 1 in 9,511 boys born in 1906 were named Auther (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 400,186 boys born in 1989 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #597 in 1891, was only 1 in 10,119 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 23.8% of all boys named Auther (560) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 61 | #605 (1886) | #729 |
| 1890s | 43 | #597 (1891) | #961 |
| 1900s | 58 | #640 (1906) | #932 |
| 1910s | 301 | #919 (1917) | #1,045 |
| 1920s | 560 | #793 (1926) | #917 |
| 1930s | 490 | #836 (1932) | #913 |
| 1940s | 400 | #904 (1940) | #1,095 |
| 1950s | 239 | #1,289 (1950) | #1,627 |
| 1960s | 109 | #1,876 (1961) | #2,740 |
| 1970s | 61 | #2,973 (1971) | #4,095 |
| 1980s | 27 | #4,130 (1986) | #5,933 |
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.
Auther in 1930
Top girls' names in 1930
Top boys' names in 1930
More about 1930
girls
1,125,927 girls got a published name in 1930; 1 in 225,185 of them was named Auther, which outranked 13.3% of the 5,247 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Tied with 697 names at #4,550; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,097,378 boys got a published name in 1930; 1 in 18,290 of them was named Auther, which outranked 81.5% of the 4,542 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).