Boys' name · since 1984
Austan
Austan has 197 recorded births since 1984 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1996 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #13,052 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 197
- born since 1984
- 1990s
- peak decade
197 boys have been named Austan since 1984, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Austan has been recorded 197 times among boys since 1984, though it is not among the currently most-used boys names, with its heaviest use in the 1990s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1984 to 2020.
- #13,052 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 197 born since 1984
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Austan ranks #13,052 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 197 born since 1984, peaking in the 1990s.
- #13,052 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 197
- born since 1984
- 1990s
- peak decade
Austan's 197 recorded births place it above 71.24% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Austan's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Austan splits its recorded history at 2002: 35% of all births land in the more recent half, 65% in the earlier half, leaning more toward its earlier era than today's. The single quietest year was 1992 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1996 peak of 24 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Austan popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1984–2020
- Peak year (1996)
- 24
- Annual births at peak, across 37 years of records
Austan by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (115 births, 58% of the file).
1990s was Austan's strongest decade.
115 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 58% of all-time use.
Austan births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 6
1980s
6 births
- 1990s
1990s
115 births
- 2000s
2000s
60 births
- 2010s 10
2010s
10 births
- 2020s 6
2020s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 115 births (58% of all-time use).
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What to do with Austan's data
- Austan's decade-level peak was the 1990s (115 total births); usage has since declined to 6 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Austan: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1996)
Similar record span (~36 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1984–2020 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Austan draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.