Unisex name · since 1913
Autry
Autry has 1,218 recorded births since 1913 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1938 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #4,529 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,081 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,218
- born since 1913
- 1940s
- peak decade
Autry currently ranks #12081 among unisex names in America, with 1,218 babies recorded since 1913.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Autry has been recorded 1,218 times among boys since 1913, currently ranked #12081 nationally and more common than 13% of boys, with its heaviest use in the 1940s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1913 to 2025.
- #4,529 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #12,081 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 1,218 born since 1913
- 1940s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Autry ranks #4,529 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,081 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 1,218 born since 1913, peaking in the 1940s.
- #4,529 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,081 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,218
- born since 1913
- 1940s
- peak decade
Autry's 1,218 recorded births place it above 90.03% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
9 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Autry compares
1,218 Top 29% higher than 71% of 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Autry's all-time total is 3x the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Autry | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 1,218 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 57 | 34 | 22,252 |
Autry's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Autry's full recorded timeline at 1963, 33% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 67% in the earlier half -- the name was more prevalent in its earlier era than it is today. Its quietest year on record was 1915, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1938 peak of 57 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Autry popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1913–2025
- Peak year (1938)
- 57
- Annual births at peak, across 113 years of records
Autry popularity over time - girls
243 total births recorded since 1915 (Autry as girls' name)
Autry by decade
1940s is the heaviest window (265 births, 22% of the file).
1940s was Autry's strongest decade.
265 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 22% of all-time use.
Autry births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 53
1910s
53 births
- 1920s 81
1920s
81 births
- 1930s
1930s
238 births
- 1940s
1940s
265 births
- 1950s
1950s
139 births
- 1960s
1960s
111 births
- 1970s 55
1970s
55 births
- 1980s 59
1980s
59 births
- 1990s 49
1990s
49 births
- 2000s 44
2000s
44 births
- 2010s 59
2010s
59 births
- 2020s 65
2020s
65 births
What this shows Peak: 1940s at 265 births (22% of all-time use).
How Autry compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Autry's total volume
Autry by state
Where Autry concentrates geographically, total births since 1913
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 53 | 4.4% |
| #2 | Louisiana | | 41 | 3.4% |
| #3 | Alabama | | 17 | 1.4% |
| #4 | Arkansas | | 16 | 1.3% |
| #5 | Georgia | | 11 | 0.9% |
| #6 | Mississippi | | 6 | 0.5% |
| #7 | North Carolina | | 5 | 0.4% |
| #8 | Oklahoma | | 5 | 0.4% |
53 of 1,218 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 9 reporting states.
Autry appears in 9 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Autry's data
- Autry's decade-level peak was the 1940s (265 total births); usage has since declined to 65 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Texas records the most Autrys (53 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Names with a similar popularity rank to Autry
Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Autry: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1938)
Similar record span (~112 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, 1913–2025 (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 Autry 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.