Author — boys' name

What the Data Says About Author

The Social Security Administration has registered 2,173 babies named Author between 1880 and 1995, spanning 116 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Author currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1995. The name reached its historical peak in 1933, when 59 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Author performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 452 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Author shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 158 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Georgia and Alabama. In total, SSA state-level files list Author in 10 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Author 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 2,173 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.