Primarily a boy's name · 99% boys
Austin is an English masculine given name, an Old French language contraction of Agustin as Aostin, Austin. Agustin is the popular form of Augustin, equivalent to Augustine. Variations of the name include Austen and Auston.
From Wikipedia
In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Austin yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.
Austin's rank peaked a year after its count did: 25,907 births in 1995, then #9 the following year, 1996 — among the highest ranks reached by any name in this batch. Since then, a 48% fall over the past decade landed it at 3,290 births and #107 in 2024, out of a total that's reached 440,461 since 1880 — a substantial name by history, even well outside today's top 50.
Post Malone, born Austin Richard Post, and actor Austin Butler keep the name visible in music and film; 19th-century painter Edwin Austin Abbey shows it carried as a middle name well over a century earlier.
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Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.
| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880 | 53 | #220 |
| 1881 | 66 | #175 |
| 1882 | 65 | #198 |
| 1883 | 43 | #247 |
| 1884 | 70 | #192 |
| 1885 | 54 | #220 |
| 1886 | 64 | #207 |
| 1887 | 47 | #231 |
| 1888 | 79 | #187 |
| 1889 | 68 | #191 |
| 1890 | 63 | #207 |
| 1891 | 65 | #191 |
| 1892 | 71 | #206 |
| 1893 | 40 | #275 |
| 1894 | 55 | #231 |
| 1895 | 55 | #237 |
| 1896 | 62 | #230 |
| 1897 | 54 | #236 |
| 1898 | 65 | #217 |
| 1899 | 56 | #225 |
| 1900 | 66 | #251 |
| 1901 | 68 | #204 |
| 1902 | 64 | #224 |
| 1903 | 50 | #258 |
| 1904 | 66 | #233 |
| 1905 | 76 | #219 |
| 1906 | 83 | #213 |
| 1907 | 56 | #278 |
| 1908 | 84 | #227 |
| 1909 | 102 | #207 |
| 1910 | 101 | #233 |
| 1911 | 101 | #256 |
| 1912 | 223 | #232 |
| 1913 | 258 | #232 |
| 1914 | 320 | #236 |
| 1915 | 424 | #234 |
| 1916 | 441 | #238 |
| 1917 | 409 | #250 |
| 1918 | 483 | #242 |
| 1919 | 430 | #257 |
| 1920 | 467 | #253 |
| 1921 | 437 | #268 |
| 1922 | 456 | #265 |
| 1923 | 448 | #266 |
| 1924 | 420 | #277 |
| 1925 | 434 | #274 |
| 1926 | 430 | #274 |
| 1927 | 415 | #277 |
| 1928 | 389 | #284 |
| 1929 | 363 | #292 |
| 1930 | 386 | #290 |
| 1931 | 350 | #295 |
| 1932 | 273 | #332 |
| 1933 | 294 | #315 |
| 1934 | 251 | #347 |
| 1935 | 223 | #364 |
| 1936 | 250 | #344 |
| 1937 | 239 | #349 |
| 1938 | 212 | #389 |
| 1939 | 210 | #389 |
| 1940 | 245 | #366 |
| 1941 | 235 | #377 |
| 1942 | 297 | #353 |
| 1943 | 289 | #360 |
| 1944 | 240 | #390 |
| 1945 | 244 | #381 |
| 1946 | 261 | #399 |
| 1947 | 257 | #426 |
| 1948 | 236 | #435 |
| 1949 | 188 | #480 |
| 1950 | 240 | #429 |
| 1951 | 251 | #428 |
| 1952 | 214 | #474 |
| 1953 | 211 | #484 |
| 1954 | 236 | #472 |
| 1955 | 203 | #515 |
| 1956 | 226 | #503 |
| 1957 | 238 | #502 |
| 1958 | 199 | #545 |
| 1959 | 191 | #564 |
| 1960 | 203 | #553 |
| 1961 | 205 | #551 |
| 1962 | 200 | #558 |
| 1963 | 221 | #534 |
| 1964 | 212 | #540 |
| 1965 | 208 | #533 |
| 1966 | 201 | #535 |
| 1967 | 203 | #523 |
| 1968 | 196 | #539 |
| 1969 | 183 | #578 |
| 1970 | 252 | #508 |
| 1971 | 266 | #495 |
| 1972 | 238 | #508 |
| 1973 | 277 | #473 |
| 1974 | 311 | #453 |
| 1975 | 421 | #376 |
| 1976 | 518 | #332 |
| 1977 | 680 | #288 |
| 1978 | 886 | #238 |
| 1979 | 995 | #229 |
| 1980 | 1,162 | #211 |
| 1981 | 1,455 | #173 |
| 1982 | 1,802 | #156 |
| 1983 | 2,050 | #131 |
| 1984 | 2,339 | #117 |
| 1985 | 2,728 | #107 |
| 1986 | 3,202 | #90 |
| 1987 | 4,096 | #76 |
| 1988 | 5,588 | #63 |
| 1989 | 6,886 | #59 |
| 1990 | 7,913 | #55 |
| 1991 | 9,055 | #50 |
| 1992 | 11,458 | #38 |
| 1993 | 17,585 | #26 |
| 1994 | 23,192 | #17 |
| 1995 | 25,907 | #10 |
| 1996 | 25,663 | #9 |
| 1997 | 25,118 | #9 |
| 1998 | 23,477 | #10 |
| 1999 | 20,767 | #13 |
| 2000 | 15,946 | #23 |
| 2001 | 14,954 | #25 |
| 2002 | 14,543 | #26 |
| 2003 | 11,690 | #33 |
| 2004 | 10,745 | #35 |
| 2005 | 10,111 | #38 |
| 2006 | 10,293 | #41 |
| 2007 | 9,201 | #48 |
| 2008 | 7,996 | #55 |
| 2009 | 7,294 | #63 |
| 2010 | 6,908 | #64 |
| 2011 | 7,034 | #60 |
| 2012 | 7,012 | #58 |
| 2013 | 6,499 | #64 |
| 2014 | 6,317 | #66 |
| 2015 | 5,825 | #69 |
| 2016 | 5,368 | #73 |
| 2017 | 5,058 | #75 |
| 2018 | 4,690 | #81 |
| 2019 | 4,401 | #88 |
| 2020 | 4,018 | #88 |
| 2021 | 3,777 | #96 |
| 2022 | 3,368 | #111 |
| 2023 | 3,486 | #101 |
| 2024 | 3,290 | #107 |
