Autumn

Where Autumn comes from

The dictionaries list Autumn as a given name — a female given name from English of modern usage, from autumn, the name of the season — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

  • English
Along the way
  1. 1910
    First appearance
    #2,398 among girls, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1978
    Autumn Phillips born
    former granddaughter-in-law of Elizabeth II
  3. 1980
    Autumn Reeser born
    American actress
  4. 2013
    Peak, #64
    3,968 babies named Autumn — more than any year before or since.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from English of modern usage, from autumn, the name of the season.
Namesakes
  • Autumn Reeser · American actress, born 1980
  • Autumn Phillips · former granddaughter-in-law of Elizabeth II, born 1978
  • Autumn Peltier · Anishinaabe water protector, born 2004
  • Autumn Durald · American cinematographer, born 1979
  • Autumn Falls · American pornographic actress, born 2000

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.