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 | |
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| 1983 | — | #6,238 | 5 | |
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| 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 1947
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Mississippi#354 · 1 in 4,165
- Georgia#457 · 1 in 7,507
Best ever in a state: #220 in Alabama, 1925.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Mississippi | #354 | 7 | 1 in 4,165 |
| Georgia | #457 | 6 | 1 in 7,507 |
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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 1947
Top boys' names in 1947
More about 1947
boys
1,829,599 boys got a published name in 1947; 1 in 50,822 of them was named Auther, which outranked 71.6% of the 4,266 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 34.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,190Tod37
- #1,190Wayman37
- #1,190Whitney37
- #1,213Auther36
- #1,213Angus36
- #1,213Arvil36
- #1,213Bernice36
- #1,233Aurelio35
- #1,233Author35
- #1,233Baron35
Tied with 19 names at #1,213; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.