Autry

Last seen for girls in 2024 at #15,293 · #12,008 for boys in 2025, 5 births
Given to boys 83.4% of the time

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Peak · boys
1938 · 57 births
Debut · boys
12 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
1,218
since 1913

Autry over time

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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201938peak #2,579, 1938peak #816, 1938girlsboys
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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
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2025—#12,0085
2024#15,2935#6,19914
2023#11,1698#7,28911
2022—#7,76810
2021#13,4646#6,03214
2020#13,4536#7,03411
2019—#12,1455
2018#8,61712#9,6707
2017#10,6899#8,1409
2016#16,2155#9,6647
2015#8,44713#9,5687
2014#16,5135#12,1085
2013—#8,7898
2012#14,9626—
2011#13,3477#10,8086
2010—#12,2315
2009#15,2426#12,4915
2008—#7,69810
2007—#10,9216
2006—#7,9989
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2002#15,4325#7,0559
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2000—#10,3495
1999—#8,7046
1998—#7,5607
1997—#6,1009
1996—#5,9829
1995—#7,7926
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1992—#7,4226
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1990—#7,1786
1989—#6,2297
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1987—#4,9688
1986—#5,3327
1985—#5,1477
1984—#6,3155
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1982—#4,5938
1981—#3,85810
1980—#4,9407
1979—#4,0689
1978—#3,8579
1977—#5,1236
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1972—#3,9637
1971—#4,3756
1970—#3,07110
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1968—#4,1365
1967—#1,90617
1966—#2,7849
1965—#2,08415
1964—#3,2827
1963—#2,41412
1962—#2,27913
1961—#1,99717
1960—#2,04216
1959—#1,91618
1958#6,1035#3,0338
1957—#1,95217
1956—#1,94517
1955—#2,13914
1954—#2,31612
1953—#2,09914
1952#5,5635#2,01015
1951—#2,24612
1950—#2,20712
1949—#1,94115
1948#4,6516#1,75818
1947—#1,91616
1946#4,4176#1,55721
1945—#1,20430
1944—#1,48321
1943#2,69512#1,39925
1942#4,6225#1,24431
1941#2,84610#96044
1940#4,3495#96744
1939—#86750
1938#2,57911#81657
1937#3,8006#1,09435
1936#2,68910#1,35624
1935—#1,70817
1934—#1,65818
1933#3,7536#2,5429
1932—#2,6389
1931—#2,6519
1930—#2,60910
1929#4,0536#3,9595
1928#2,95410#3,3577
1927—#4,2105
1926—#4,2015
1925—#2,9369
1924#2,66113#3,2608
1923#3,6418#2,61411
1922—#2,80110
1921#4,4646#2,63211
1920#3,9577#2,76510
1919#4,8145#2,66510
1918—#2,39812
1917—#3,5456
1916—#2,9268
1915#3,1348#3,8255
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First appearance
1913

The first year at least five boys were named Autry! It came in at #1,580, and was given to 12 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1914–1915, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Autry is popular in 1938

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Autry, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Autry, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Autry, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Autry, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Autry, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Autry, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Autry, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Autry, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Autry, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Autry, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Autry, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Autry, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 boys named Autry, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Autry, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Autry, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Autry, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Autry, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Autry, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Autry, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Autry, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Autry, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Autry, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Autry, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Autry, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Autry, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 boys named Autry, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Autry, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Autry, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Autry, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Autry, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Autry, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Autry, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Autry, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Autry, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Autry, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Autry, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Autry, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Autry, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Autry, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Autry, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Autry, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Autry, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Autry, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Autry, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Autry, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Autry, so not publishedMSAlabama: #349 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 3,928 boysALGeorgia: #395 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 4,931 boysGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Autry, so not publishedHITexas: #626 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 7,396 boysTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Autry, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Alabama#349 · 1 in 3,928
  2. Georgia#395 · 1 in 4,931
  3. Texas#626 · 1 in 7,396

Best ever in a state: #267 in Louisiana, 1945.

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Alabama#34971 in 3,928
Georgia#39561 in 4,931
Texas#62681 in 7,396
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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 Autry
Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 5,809 spots since 2024 (#6,199 → #12,008)
  • 4,974 spots since 2020 (#7,034 → #12,008)
  • 2,440 spots since 2015 (#9,568 → #12,008)
  • Biggest jump: 278 spots in 1938 (#1,094 → #816)
  • Biggest drop: 284 spots in 1942 (#960 → #1,244)
Rise & fade · boys
25 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1913
  • Peaked 1938 at #816 (57 births)
  • Births halved by 1943, 5 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 4 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 4 yrs · run 1938–1941
Share of babies · boys
1 in 19,459
  • Highest: 1 in 19,459 boys born in 1938 were named Autry (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 341,615 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1940s
  • 21.8% of all boys named Autry (265) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 2019
  • Mostly girls until 2018, mostly boys since
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s53#1,580 (1913)#2,823
1920s81#2,614 (1923)#3,274
1930s238#816 (1938)#1,794
1940s265#960 (1941)#1,443
1950s139#1,916 (1959)#2,186
1960s111#1,906 (1967)#2,547
1970s55#3,071 (1970)#4,057
1980s59#3,858 (1981)#5,173
1990s49#5,982 (1996)#7,248
2000s44#7,055 (2002)#9,419
2010s59#8,140 (2017)#10,347
2020s65#6,032 (2021)#7,722

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.

Autry in 1938

girls
#2,579
11 births · 1 in 100,314 girls
boys
#816
57 births · 1 in 19,459 boys

Top girls' names in 1938

  1. #1Mary56,225
  2. #2Barbara39,277
  3. #3Patricia27,560
  4. #4Betty25,506
  5. #5Shirley23,766
  6. #6Carol19,421
  7. #7Nancy18,951
  8. #8Dorothy16,358
  9. #9Margaret15,330
  10. #10Joan14,303
  11. #2,579Autry11

Top boys' names in 1938

  1. #1Robert62,271
  2. #2James59,102
  3. #3John50,517
  4. #4William42,433
  5. #5Richard34,385
  6. #6Charles31,151
  7. #7Donald26,677
  8. #8David22,994
  9. #9Thomas21,381
  10. #10Ronald20,295
  11. #816Autry57
More about 1938

girls

1,103,456 girls got a published name in 1938; 1 in 100,314 of them was named Autry, which outranked 48.4% of the 4,995 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Autry
  1. #2,447Wyoma12
  2. #2,447Yolande12
  3. #2,447Zeola12
  4. #2,579Autry11
  5. #2,579Aletta11
  6. #2,579Almarie11
  7. #2,579Almer11
  8. #2,730Adair10
  9. #2,730Adelaida10
  10. #2,730Adline10

Tied with 150 names at #2,579; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1937
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,209Danielle#2,940 → #731
  2. ↑ 833Lorelei#1,451 → #618
  3. ↑ 623Helaine#1,493 → #870
  4. ↑ 399Janine#1,330 → #931
  5. ↑ 392Imelda#1,282 → #890
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,261Noreta#964 → #2,225
  2. ↓ 513Norita#532 → #1,045
  3. ↓ 432Noretta#856 → #1,288
  4. ↓ 366Ferne#950 → #1,316
  5. ↓ 327Verdell#904 → #1,231

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

boys

1,109,147 boys got a published name in 1938; 1 in 19,459 of them was named Autry, which outranked 79.8% of the 4,035 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Autry
  1. #808Rubin59
  2. #814Ismael58
  3. #814Melton58
  4. #816Autry57
  5. #816Adolphus57
  6. #816Arvin57
  7. #816Cloyd57
  8. #825Aron56
  9. #825Arvil56
  10. #825Brooks56

Tied with 8 names at #816; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1937
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,314Dion#2,197 → #883
  2. ↑ 448Tex#1,212 → #764
  3. ↑ 425Lonny#1,233 → #808
  4. ↑ 401Gonzalo#1,180 → #779
  5. ↑ 383Lance#722 → #339
Fallers
  1. ↓ 741Worth#1,000 → #1,741
  2. ↓ 528Estel#869 → #1,397
  3. ↓ 492Milburn#845 → #1,337
  4. ↓ 412Lonzo#835 → #1,247
  5. ↓ 405Joy#932 → #1,337

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

See the top 100 for 1938 →