Author
Last seen for boys in 1995 at #8,868
- Peak · boys
- 1883 · 11 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 2,173since 1880
Author over time
Rank among boys' names. Author 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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| 1996 | — | |
| 1995 | #8,868 | 5 |
| 1994 | — | |
| 1993 | #6,816 | 7 |
| 1992 | #6,128 | 8 |
| 1991 | #4,476 | 12 |
| 1990 | — | |
| 1989 | — | |
| 1988 | — | |
| 1987 | #5,459 | 7 |
| 1986 | #6,721 | 5 |
| 1985 | — | |
| 1984 | #6,315 | 5 |
| 1983 | — | |
| 1982 | — | |
| 1981 | #5,468 | 6 |
| 1980 | #6,250 | 5 |
| 1979 | #5,355 | 6 |
| 1978 | — | |
| 1977 | #4,582 | 7 |
| 1976 | #3,724 | 9 |
| 1975 | #2,902 | 13 |
| 1974 | #4,634 | 6 |
| 1973 | — | |
| 1972 | #3,963 | 7 |
| 1971 | — | |
| 1970 | #4,230 | 6 |
| 1969 | #2,861 | 10 |
| 1968 | #1,962 | 17 |
| 1967 | #3,231 | 7 |
| 1966 | #2,784 | 9 |
| 1965 | #2,982 | 8 |
| 1964 | #2,409 | 12 |
| 1963 | #2,414 | 12 |
| 1962 | #1,852 | 19 |
| 1961 | #2,322 | 13 |
| 1960 | #2,121 | 15 |
| 1959 | #1,709 | 22 |
| 1958 | #1,557 | 25 |
| 1957 | #2,019 | 16 |
| 1956 | #1,480 | 28 |
| 1955 | #1,458 | 28 |
| 1954 | #1,200 | 39 |
| 1953 | #1,836 | 18 |
| 1952 | #1,347 | 31 |
| 1951 | #1,139 | 40 |
| 1950 | #1,139 | 39 |
| 1949 | #1,110 | 40 |
| 1948 | #1,346 | 29 |
| 1947 | #1,233 | 35 |
| 1946 | #1,003 | 46 |
| 1945 | #1,103 | 35 |
| 1944 | #1,085 | 37 |
| 1943 | #998 | 45 |
| 1942 | #991 | 45 |
| 1941 | #1,091 | 36 |
| 1940 | #939 | 46 |
| 1939 | #954 | 43 |
| 1938 | #1,009 | 40 |
| 1937 | #869 | 50 |
| 1936 | #949 | 42 |
| 1935 | #1,057 | 37 |
| 1934 | #1,241 | 29 |
| 1933 | #799 | 59 |
| 1932 | #1,025 | 42 |
| 1931 | #1,145 | 35 |
| 1930 | #944 | 51 |
| 1929 | #1,010 | 45 |
| 1928 | #980 | 49 |
| 1927 | #1,041 | 45 |
| 1926 | #980 | 49 |
| 1925 | #1,144 | 38 |
| 1924 | #1,093 | 43 |
| 1923 | #1,041 | 46 |
| 1922 | #949 | 54 |
| 1921 | #1,101 | 41 |
| 1920 | #1,089 | 42 |
| 1919 | #1,122 | 38 |
| 1918 | #1,286 | 30 |
| 1917 | #1,362 | 26 |
| 1916 | #1,138 | 33 |
| 1915 | #1,505 | 21 |
| 1914 | #1,388 | 19 |
| 1913 | #1,205 | 18 |
| 1912 | #1,268 | 14 |
| 1911 | #1,387 | 7 |
| 1910 | #755 | 16 |
| 1909 | #1,155 | 7 |
| 1908 | #877 | 10 |
| 1907 | #1,094 | 7 |
| 1906 | — | |
| 1905 | #836 | 9 |
| 1904 | #760 | 10 |
| 1903 | #1,009 | 6 |
| 1902 | #1,137 | 5 |
| 1901 | #943 | 6 |
| 1900 | #1,050 | 7 |
| 1899 | — | |
| 1898 | #663 | 11 |
| 1897 | — | |
| 1896 | — | |
| 1895 | — | |
| 1894 | #668 | 10 |
| 1893 | #1,035 | 5 |
| 1892 | #1,066 | 5 |
| 1891 | — | |
| 1890 | #739 | 8 |
| 1889 | — | |
| 1888 | — | |
| 1887 | #819 | 6 |
| 1886 | #758 | 7 |
| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | #848 | 6 |
| 1883 | #556 | 11 |
| 1882 | #691 | 8 |
| 1881 | #866 | 5 |
| 1880 | #809 | 6 |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Author 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 Author is popular in 1916
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- South Carolina#318 · 1 in 2,794
- Louisiana#348 · 1 in 2,471
Best ever in a state: #233 in Georgia, 1910.
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| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| South Carolina | #318 | 6 | 1 in 2,794 |
| Louisiana | #348 | 6 | 1 in 2,471 |
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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 Author
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1995
- Biggest jump: 400 spots in 1910 (#1,155 → #755)
- Biggest drop: 632 spots in 1911 (#755 → #1,387)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1883 at #556 (11 births)
- Births halved by 1885, 2 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 26 yrs · run 1880–1884
- Highest: 1 in 9,511 boys born in 1883 were named Author (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 380,740 boys born in 1995 (0.00%)
- 20.8% of all boys named Author (452) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 49 | #556 (1883) | #764 |
| 1890s | 39 | #663 (1898) | #834 |
| 1900s | 67 | #760 (1904) | #985 |
| 1910s | 222 | #755 (1910) | #1,242 |
| 1920s | 452 | #949 (1922) | #1,043 |
| 1930s | 428 | #799 (1933) | #999 |
| 1940s | 394 | #939 (1940) | #1,090 |
| 1950s | 286 | #1,139 (1951) | #1,488 |
| 1960s | 122 | #1,852 (1962) | #2,494 |
| 1970s | 54 | #2,902 (1975) | #4,199 |
| 1980s | 28 | #5,459 (1987) | #6,043 |
| 1990s | 32 | #4,476 (1991) | #6,572 |
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.
Author in 1916
Top boys' names in 1916
More about 1916
boys
890,080 boys got a published name in 1916; 1 in 26,972 of them was named Author, which outranked 74.9% of the 4,535 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,120Orvel34
- #1,120Orvin34
- #1,120Spurgeon34
- #1,138Author33
- #1,138Ballard33
- #1,138Bethel33
- #1,138Denzel33
- #1,157Arlington32
- #1,157Authur32
- #1,157Barnett32
Tied with 18 names at #1,138; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.