Meaning not yet researched.
Austin: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 3,103 in 2025. Its best rank was #9 in 1997.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #9 in 1997; #113 in 2025. About 97% of babies named Austin in 2025 were boys.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#113 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1997, at #9.
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Austin: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 3,103 boys in 2025. Peak: #9 in 1997 · most boys in one year: 25,908 (1995).
In 2025, 3,103 US boys were named Austin, making it the 113th most common boys’ name of the year, down 5 places from #108 in 2024. That is 199 fewer than the 3,302 boys named Austin in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #9, reached in 1997. The most boys given the name in a single year was 25,908, in 1995. For comparison, it was #69 in 2015 and #429 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Austin in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 53 babies with the name. In all, 443,723 US babies have been given the name, 1.3% of them girls and 99% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1990s, with 191,674 babies named Austin.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 40,600 US boys were named Austin; the busiest of those years was 2016, with 5,374. In 2025 that was about 1 in 550 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Austin ranked highest in Delaware in 2025, at #42 for boys there. It was in the top 100 in 11 states (counting DC). Related spellings in the SSA files include Austyn (10,101 babies since 1880), Austen (9,416 babies since 1880), Auston (3,588 babies since 1880) and Aston (3,257 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Astin, Austynn and Austine are summarised on this page.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Rare spellings summarised here: Astin (609), Austynn (378), Austine (321), Austan (197), Astyn (84), Asten (54), Austun (49), Austinn (28), Ayston (11).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
No nicknames listed for Austin in the open dataset we use.
Austin is listed as a nickname for Augustine, Augustus.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 2 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Delaware | 18 | #42 | #58 |
| Vermont | 9 | #50 | #50 |
| New Jersey | 151 | #61 | #62 |
| New York | 234 | #74 | #71 |
| District of Columbia | 11 | #76 | #83 |
| Maryland | 71 | #76 | #50 |
| Connecticut | 47 | #76 | #71 |
| New Mexico | 22 | #82 | #66 |
| Florida | 231 | #93 | #54 |
| Pennsylvania | 134 | #95 | #57 |
| Montana | 12 | #97 | #88 |
| New Hampshire | 14 | #107 | #74 |
| Virginia | 78 | #107 | #63 |
| North Carolina | 113 | #108 | #66 |
| Massachusetts | 65 | #109 | #72 |
| South Carolina | 47 | #111 | #76 |
| Alaska | 7 | #112 | #152 |
| Oklahoma | 41 | #114 | #84 |
| Illinois | 103 | #115 | #74 |
| California | 343 | #116 | #73 |
| Louisiana | 42 | #120 | #73 |
| Georgia | 95 | #121 | #68 |
| Texas | 320 | #121 | #71 |
| Utah | 41 | #125 | #86 |
| Idaho | 20 | #126 | #89 |
| Kentucky | 43 | #130 | #80 |
| Tennessee | 74 | #130 | #88 |
| Colorado | 52 | #134 | #85 |
| Ohio | 100 | #136 | #63 |
| Alabama | 41 | #138 | #60 |
| North Dakota | 9 | #138 | #93 |
| Mississippi | 23 | #141 | #74 |
| Oregon | 28 | #143 | #70 |
| Rhode Island | 8 | #143 | #55 |
| Indiana | 56 | #146 | #78 |
| Michigan | 69 | #147 | #59 |
| Hawaii | 7 | #149 | #84 |
| West Virginia | 12 | #153 | #62 |
| Maine | 8 | #153 | #51 |
| Washington | 52 | #162 | #64 |
| Missouri | 42 | #166 | #77 |
| Kansas | 23 | #167 | #91 |
| Iowa | 25 | #168 | #104 |
| Arizona | 48 | #180 | #95 |
| Nebraska | 15 | #180 | #124 |
| Wisconsin | 34 | #182 | #73 |
| Minnesota | 31 | #208 | #82 |
| Nevada | 14 | #216 | #78 |
| Arkansas | 15 | #232 | #64 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 111 | #1,810 | 3,103 | #113 |
| 2024 | 117 | #1,733 | 3,302 | #108 |
| 2023 | 123 | #1,682 | 3,490 | #101 |
| 2022 | 176 | #1,336 | 3,376 | #111 |
| 2021 | 158 | #1,385 | 3,780 | #96 |
| 2020 | 155 | #1,413 | 4,020 | #88 |
| 2019 | 160 | #1,406 | 4,402 | #88 |
| 2018 | 127 | #1,656 | 4,693 | #81 |
| 2017 | 137 | #1,592 | 5,060 | #75 |
| 2016 | 117 | #1,777 | 5,374 | #73 |
| 2015 | 155 | #1,478 | 5,827 | #69 |
| 2014 | 121 | #1,729 | 6,317 | #66 |
| 2013 | 107 | #1,881 | 6,500 | #64 |
| 2012 | 84 | #2,238 | 7,014 | #58 |
| 2011 | 85 | #2,220 | 7,034 | #60 |
| 2010 | 93 | #2,120 | 6,909 | #64 |
| 2009 | 95 | #2,121 | 7,295 | #63 |
| 2008 | 91 | #2,186 | 7,997 | #55 |
| 2007 | 87 | #2,250 | 9,201 | #48 |
| 2006 | 103 | #1,944 | 10,293 | #41 |
| 2005 | 91 | #2,061 | 10,111 | #38 |
| 2004 | 152 | #1,373 | 10,745 | #35 |
| 2003 | 153 | #1,333 | 11,690 | #33 |
| 2002 | 201 | #1,060 | 14,542 | #26 |
| 2001 | 130 | #1,448 | 14,955 | #25 |
| 2000 | 52 | #2,784 | 15,947 | #23 |
| 1999 | 73 | #2,098 | 20,767 | #13 |
| 1998 | 114 | #1,495 | 23,478 | #10 |
| 1997 | 128 | #1,345 | 25,118 | #9 |
| 1996 | 156 | #1,164 | 25,663 | #9 |
| 1995 | 172 | #1,045 | 25,908 | #10 |
| 1994 | 228 | #861 | 23,192 | #17 |
| 1993 | 187 | #990 | 17,587 | #26 |
| 1992 | 176 | #1,046 | 11,458 | #38 |
| 1991 | 144 | #1,201 | 9,054 | #50 |
| 1990 | 156 | #1,120 | 7,915 | #55 |
| 1989 | 147 | #1,125 | 6,886 | #59 |
| 1988 | 134 | #1,140 | 5,588 | #63 |
| 1987 | 112 | #1,257 | 4,096 | #76 |
| 1986 | 103 | #1,299 | 3,202 | #90 |
| 1985 | 88 | #1,431 | 2,728 | #107 |
| 1984 | 74 | #1,536 | 2,339 | #117 |
| 1983 | 65 | #1,691 | 2,050 | #131 |
| 1982 | 51 | #2,027 | 1,801 | #156 |
| 1981 | 43 | #2,309 | 1,455 | #173 |
| 1980 | 32 | #2,803 | 1,162 | #211 |
| 1979 | 30 | #2,866 | 995 | #229 |
| 1978 | 17 | #4,092 | 885 | #239 |
| 1977 | 7 | #7,618 | 680 | #288 |
| 1976 | 9 | #6,087 | 519 | #332 |
| 1975 | 7 | #7,225 | 420 | #377 |
| 1974 | — | — | 311 | #452 |
| 1973 | 5 | #8,521 | 277 | #473 |
| 1972 | — | — | 236 | #513 |
| 1971 | — | — | 267 | #494 |
| 1970 | 5 | #8,076 | 251 | #508 |
| 1969 | — | — | 183 | #578 |
| 1968 | — | — | 195 | #540 |
| 1967 | — | — | 203 | #523 |
| 1966 | — | — | 201 | #535 |
| 1965 | — | — | 208 | #533 |
| 1964 | — | — | 212 | #539 |
| 1963 | — | — | 221 | #534 |
| 1962 | — | — | 200 | #557 |
| 1961 | — | — | 205 | #551 |
| 1960 | — | — | 203 | #554 |
| 1959 | — | — | 192 | #561 |
| 1958 | — | — | 199 | #545 |
| 1957 | — | — | 237 | #502 |
| 1956 | — | — | 226 | #503 |
| 1955 | — | — | 203 | #515 |
| 1954 | — | — | 235 | #474 |
| 1953 | — | — | 211 | #484 |
| 1952 | — | — | 214 | #474 |
| 1951 | — | — | 251 | #428 |
| 1950 | — | — | 240 | #429 |
| 1949 | — | — | 188 | #480 |
| 1948 | — | — | 235 | #435 |
| 1947 | — | — | 257 | #426 |
| 1946 | — | — | 261 | #399 |
| 1945 | — | — | 244 | #382 |
| 1944 | — | — | 240 | #390 |
| 1943 | — | — | 289 | #360 |
| 1942 | — | — | 297 | #353 |
| 1941 | — | — | 235 | #377 |
| 1940 | — | — | 245 | #366 |
| 1939 | — | — | 210 | #389 |
| 1938 | — | — | 212 | #389 |
| 1937 | — | — | 239 | #349 |
| 1936 | — | — | 250 | #344 |
| 1935 | — | — | 223 | #364 |
| 1934 | — | — | 251 | #347 |
| 1933 | — | — | 294 | #315 |
| 1932 | — | — | 273 | #332 |
| 1931 | — | — | 350 | #295 |
| 1930 | — | — | 386 | #290 |
| 1929 | — | — | 363 | #292 |
| 1928 | — | — | 389 | #284 |
| 1927 | — | — | 415 | #277 |
| 1926 | — | — | 430 | #274 |
| 1925 | 6 | #4,479 | 434 | #274 |
| 1924 | — | — | 420 | #277 |
| 1923 | — | — | 448 | #266 |
| 1922 | — | — | 456 | #265 |
| 1921 | 5 | #5,182 | 437 | #268 |
| 1920 | — | — | 467 | #253 |
| 1919 | 6 | #4,301 | 430 | #257 |
| 1918 | 10 | #3,047 | 483 | #242 |
| 1917 | 5 | #4,655 | 409 | #250 |
| 1916 | — | — | 441 | #238 |
| 1915 | 5 | #4,335 | 424 | #234 |
| 1914 | — | — | 320 | #236 |
| 1913 | — | — | 258 | #232 |
| 1912 | — | — | 223 | #232 |
| 1911 | — | — | 101 | #256 |
| 1910 | — | — | 101 | #233 |
| 1909 | — | — | 102 | #207 |
| 1908 | — | — | 84 | #227 |
| 1907 | — | — | 56 | #278 |
| 1906 | — | — | 83 | #213 |
| 1905 | — | — | 76 | #219 |
| 1904 | — | — | 66 | #233 |
| 1903 | — | — | 50 | #258 |
| 1902 | — | — | 64 | #224 |
| 1901 | — | — | 68 | #204 |
| 1900 | — | — | 66 | #251 |
| 1899 | — | — | 56 | #225 |
| 1898 | — | — | 65 | #217 |
| 1897 | — | — | 54 | #236 |
| 1896 | — | — | 62 | #230 |
| 1895 | — | — | 55 | #237 |
| 1894 | — | — | 55 | #231 |
| 1893 | — | — | 40 | #275 |
| 1892 | — | — | 71 | #206 |
| 1891 | — | — | 65 | #191 |
| 1890 | — | — | 63 | #207 |
| 1889 | — | — | 68 | #191 |
| 1888 | — | — | 79 | #187 |
| 1887 | — | — | 47 | #231 |
| 1886 | — | — | 64 | #207 |
| 1885 | — | — | 54 | #220 |
| 1884 | — | — | 70 | #192 |
| 1883 | — | — | 43 | #247 |
| 1882 | — | — | 65 | #198 |
| 1881 | — | — | 66 | #175 |
| 1880 | — | — | 53 | #220 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).