Austin — #107 US boys' name
434,891 babies named Austin in U.S. Social Security records since 1880, with the highest year being 1995. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 99.2% of names given to boys today.
44% of everyone ever named Austin was born in this single decade.
25,907 babies were named Austin in 1995 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Austin
The Social Security Administration has registered 434,891 babies named Austin between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Austin currently holds the #107 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1995, when 25,907 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Austin performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 190,135 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Austin shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 36,757 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Austin in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Austin in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 434,891 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Austin at a glance
Top 1,000 boys' namePeak year
Current rank
Active since
Austin popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1880
- Peak year (1995)
- 25,907
- Annual births at peak — across 145 years of records
Currently ranks #107 among boys.
434,891 total births across 145 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1995 with 25,907 births in a single year.
Austin popularity over time — girls
5,570 total births recorded since 1915 (Austin as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Austin accounts for 1% of total recorded use across both genders.
Austin by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 190,135 births that decade — 44% of Austin's all-time total
Austin decade highlights
- Peak decade 190,135 births
- Runner-up 112,773 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Austin's strongest decade
190,135 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 44% of all-time use.
Austin by state
Where Austin concentrates geographically — total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 36,757 | 8.5% |
| #2 | Texas | | 31,845 | 7.3% |
| #3 | Florida | | 23,142 | 5.3% |
| #4 | Ohio | | 22,233 | 5.1% |
| #5 | Michigan | | 16,899 | 3.9% |
| #6 | Pennsylvania | | 16,525 | 3.8% |
| #7 | New York | | 16,372 | 3.8% |
| #8 | Illinois | | 15,709 | 3.6% |
36,757 of 434,891 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 51 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 8.5% of nationwide
- Texas 7.3% of nationwide
- Florida 5.3% of nationwide
- Ohio 5.1% of nationwide
- Michigan 3.9% of nationwide
Recorded in 51 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 8.5% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Austin appears in 51 states. Explore state details →
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1880–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.