Austin
Austin was given to 3,103 boys in 2025, #113 among boys’ names; 443,723 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 418,000 Americans named Austin and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (94% of everyone recorded); the median is 27 years old and half are between 19 and 32.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Austin by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Austin mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Austin is “a male given name from Old French, of Anglo-Norman origin.” Its etymology gives the sense “majestic” (literally).
Also “an English surname originating as a patronymic from the given name.”
From Middle English Austin, from Anglo-Norman Aostin, Austin, similar to Old French Aostin, Austin, a popular variant of Old French Agustin, from Latin Augustīnus, from Augustus (literally “majestic”). Doublet of Augustine.
/ˈɔstɪn/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Austin?
#113 among boys’ names, 2025
Austin fell from #69 in 2015 to #113 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born fell from 3.0 to 1.8 per 1,000.
26,080 babies in 1995, the peak
Austin peaked in 1995, when 26,080 babies were given it (25,908 boys, #10 among boys’ names). The 3,214 births of 2025 (girls and boys) are 12% of that peak.
Births by sex.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3,103 | #113 | 1.8 |
| 2024 | 3,302 | #108 | 1.9 |
| 2023 | 3,490 | #101 | 2.0 |
| 2022 | 3,376 | #111 | 1.9 |
| 2021 | 3,780 | #96 | 2.2 |
| 2020 | 4,020 | #88 | 2.3 |
| 2019 | 4,402 | #88 | 2.5 |
| 2018 | 4,693 | #81 | 2.6 |
| 2017 | 5,060 | #75 | 2.7 |
| 2016 | 5,374 | #73 | 2.8 |
Every recorded year (146)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 5,827 | #69 | 3.0 |
| 2014 | 6,317 | #66 | 3.3 |
| 2013 | 6,500 | #64 | 3.4 |
| 2012 | 7,014 | #58 | 3.7 |
| 2011 | 7,034 | #60 | 3.7 |
| 2010 | 6,909 | #64 | 3.6 |
| 2009 | 7,295 | #63 | 3.7 |
| 2008 | 7,997 | #55 | 3.9 |
| 2007 | 9,201 | #48 | 4.4 |
| 2006 | 10,293 | #41 | 5.0 |
| 2005 | 10,111 | #38 | 5.1 |
| 2004 | 10,745 | #35 | 5.4 |
| 2003 | 11,690 | #33 | 5.9 |
| 2002 | 14,542 | #26 | 7.5 |
| 2001 | 14,955 | #25 | 7.7 |
| 2000 | 15,947 | #23 | 8.1 |
| 1999 | 20,767 | #13 | 10.8 |
| 1998 | 23,478 | #10 | 12.3 |
| 1997 | 25,118 | #9 | 13.3 |
| 1996 | 25,663 | #9 | 13.5 |
| 1995 | 25,908 | #10 | 13.6 |
| 1994 | 23,192 | #17 | 12.0 |
| 1993 | 17,587 | #26 | 9.0 |
| 1992 | 11,458 | #38 | 5.7 |
| 1991 | 9,054 | #50 | 4.5 |
| 1990 | 7,915 | #55 | 3.9 |
| 1989 | 6,886 | #59 | 3.4 |
| 1988 | 5,588 | #63 | 2.9 |
| 1987 | 4,096 | #76 | 2.2 |
| 1986 | 3,202 | #90 | 1.7 |
| 1985 | 2,728 | #107 | 1.5 |
| 1984 | 2,339 | #117 | 1.3 |
| 1983 | 2,050 | #131 | 1.1 |
| 1982 | 1,801 | #156 | 1.0 |
| 1981 | 1,455 | #173 | 0.81 |
| 1980 | 1,162 | #211 | 0.65 |
| 1979 | 995 | #229 | 0.58 |
| 1978 | 885 | #239 | 0.54 |
| 1977 | 680 | #288 | 0.41 |
| 1976 | 519 | #332 | 0.33 |
| 1975 | 420 | #377 | 0.27 |
| 1974 | 311 | #452 | 0.20 |
| 1973 | 277 | #473 | 0.18 |
| 1972 | 236 | #513 | 0.15 |
| 1971 | 267 | #494 | 0.15 |
| 1970 | 251 | #508 | 0.14 |
| 1969 | 183 | #578 | 0.10 |
| 1968 | 195 | #540 | 0.11 |
| 1967 | 203 | #523 | 0.12 |
| 1966 | 201 | #535 | 0.11 |
| 1965 | 208 | #533 | 0.11 |
| 1964 | 212 | #539 | 0.11 |
| 1963 | 221 | #534 | 0.11 |
| 1962 | 200 | #557 | 0.10 |
| 1961 | 205 | #551 | 0.10 |
| 1960 | 203 | #554 | 0.10 |
| 1959 | 192 | #561 | 0.09 |
| 1958 | 199 | #544 | 0.09 |
| 1957 | 237 | #501 | 0.11 |
| 1956 | 226 | #502 | 0.11 |
| 1955 | 203 | #514 | 0.10 |
| 1954 | 235 | #473 | 0.12 |
| 1953 | 211 | #483 | 0.11 |
| 1952 | 214 | #473 | 0.11 |
| 1951 | 251 | #427 | 0.13 |
| 1950 | 240 | #428 | 0.13 |
| 1949 | 188 | #479 | 0.11 |
| 1948 | 235 | #435 | 0.13 |
| 1947 | 257 | #426 | 0.14 |
| 1946 | 261 | #399 | 0.16 |
| 1945 | 244 | #382 | 0.18 |
| 1944 | 240 | #390 | 0.18 |
| 1943 | 289 | #360 | 0.20 |
| 1942 | 297 | #353 | 0.22 |
| 1941 | 235 | #377 | 0.19 |
| 1940 | 245 | #366 | 0.21 |
| 1939 | 210 | #389 | 0.19 |
| 1938 | 212 | #389 | 0.19 |
| 1937 | 239 | #349 | 0.22 |
| 1936 | 250 | #344 | 0.24 |
| 1935 | 223 | #364 | 0.21 |
| 1934 | 251 | #347 | 0.24 |
| 1933 | 294 | #315 | 0.30 |
| 1932 | 273 | #332 | 0.26 |
| 1931 | 350 | #295 | 0.34 |
| 1930 | 386 | #290 | 0.35 |
| 1929 | 363 | #292 | 0.34 |
| 1928 | 389 | #284 | 0.35 |
| 1927 | 415 | #277 | 0.37 |
| 1926 | 430 | #274 | 0.39 |
| 1925 | 434 | #274 | 0.39 |
| 1924 | 420 | #277 | 0.37 |
| 1923 | 448 | #266 | 0.41 |
| 1922 | 456 | #265 | 0.42 |
| 1921 | 437 | #268 | 0.40 |
| 1920 | 467 | #253 | 0.44 |
| 1919 | 430 | #257 | 0.44 |
| 1918 | 483 | #242 | 0.48 |
| 1917 | 409 | #250 | 0.44 |
| 1916 | 441 | #238 | 0.50 |
| 1915 | 424 | #234 | 0.50 |
| 1914 | 320 | #236 | 0.49 |
| 1913 | 258 | #232 | 0.50 |
| 1912 | 223 | #232 | 0.52 |
| 1911 | 101 | #256 | 0.45 |
| 1910 | 101 | #233 | 0.52 |
| 1909 | 102 | #207 | 0.62 |
| 1908 | 84 | #227 | 0.54 |
| 1907 | 56 | #278 | 0.38 |
| 1906 | 83 | #213 | 0.62 |
| 1905 | 76 | #219 | 0.57 |
| 1904 | 66 | #233 | 0.52 |
| 1903 | 50 | #258 | 0.42 |
| 1902 | 64 | #224 | 0.52 |
| 1901 | 68 | #204 | 0.64 |
| 1900 | 66 | #251 | 0.44 |
| 1899 | 56 | #225 | 0.53 |
| 1898 | 65 | #217 | 0.53 |
| 1897 | 54 | #236 | 0.48 |
| 1896 | 62 | #230 | 0.52 |
| 1895 | 55 | #237 | 0.47 |
| 1894 | 55 | #231 | 0.48 |
| 1893 | 40 | #275 | 0.36 |
| 1892 | 71 | #206 | 0.58 |
| 1891 | 65 | #191 | 0.64 |
| 1890 | 63 | #207 | 0.57 |
| 1889 | 68 | #191 | 0.61 |
| 1888 | 79 | #187 | 0.65 |
| 1887 | 47 | #231 | 0.46 |
| 1886 | 64 | #207 | 0.58 |
| 1885 | 54 | #220 | 0.50 |
| 1884 | 70 | #192 | 0.61 |
| 1883 | 43 | #247 | 0.41 |
| 1882 | 65 | #198 | 0.57 |
| 1881 | 66 | #175 | 0.66 |
| 1880 | 53 | #220 | 0.48 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Austin a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 443,723 Americans recorded as Austin, 1% are girls and 99% boys. In 2025 it went to 111 girls and 3,103 boys.
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Austin: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Austin, and how old are they?
418,000 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 94% of the 443,723 Americans ever recorded as Austin. The median Austin alive today is 27 years old; half are between 19 and 32.
The 2020 Census counted 362,154 people named Austin (4,274 women and girls, 357,880 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 402,314 born in the U.S. The Census count is 10% below that prediction. Possible reasons: people who give a short form or another name to the Census, and a survival estimate that can run high.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 884 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 2,740 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 6,400 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 147,000 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 201,000 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 60,600 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Austin born?
The states with the most babies named Austin are California, Texas and Florida, with 29% of its births recorded by state in 2025.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 353 | #116 | 0.6× |
| Texas | 333 | #121 | 0.8× |
| Florida | 240 | #93 | 1.1× |
| New York | 234 | #74 | 0.6× |
| New Jersey | 151 | #61 | 0.5× |
| Pennsylvania | 134 | #95 | 0.9× |
| North Carolina | 119 | #108 | 1.1× |
| Georgia | 104 | #121 | 1.1× |
| Illinois | 103 | #115 | 0.8× |
| Ohio | 100 | #136 | 1.2× |
Where Austin is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Austin is most over-represented in Kentucky: since 1910 it was given 1.5 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Austin with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 8 names spelled alike, given to 470,945 babies since 1880, Austin is the most given (94% of them). In 2025 it was given to 3,214 of their 3,648 babies (88%), again the most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Austin
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Austin and names like it
- Compare Austin and AustynBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1990sAustin peaked in 1995.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Austin since 1910.
- The top names of 1995The year the most babies were named Austin.
- The names of Generation ZMost people named Austin alive today were born 1997-2012.
- Names starting with AMost given first.