Austen Boy & girl
How popular is Austen?
#2,516 boy name in 2025
53 baby boys were named Austen in the US in 2025, making it the 2516th most popular boy name. Another 44 girls got the name (#3,458 for girls).
Austen popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #2,516 for boys (▼ 559 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 53 boys, 44 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-56% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,427 in 2015, #1,977 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1995 (540 boys) |
| Highest rank | #420 in 1995 |
| First recorded | 1917 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 56% boys, 44% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Austen counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Austin family of names ranked #121 for boys in 2025 (#111 the year before), with 3,175 babies in all.
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Austen is most popular
Babies named Austen per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Oregon: 0.1 per 1,000 (6 boys)
- California: 0.0 per 1,000 (37 boys)
- Massachusetts: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 boys)
- Texas: 0.0 per 1,000 (28 boys)
- Florida: 0.0 per 1,000 (10 boys)
Austen by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 5 | #3,980 |
| 1920s | 18 | #3,383 |
| 1950s | 5 | #3,992 |
| 1960s | 5 | #4,135 |
| 1970s | 68 | #2,378 |
| 1980s | 851 | #741 |
| 1990s | 3,712 | #420 |
| 2000s | 1,867 | #704 |
| 2010s | 1,182 | #1,178 |
| 2020s | 412 | #1,942 |
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Questions
- Is Austen a boy or girl name?
- Austen is used for both. Over the last 10 years, 56% of babies named Austen were boys and 44% were girls.
- How popular is the name Austen?
- 53 baby boys were named Austen in the US in 2025, making it the 2516th most popular boy name. Another 44 girls got the name (#3,458 for girls).
- When was Austen most popular?
- Austen peaked in 1995, when 540 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #420 in 1995.
- How many people are named Austen?
- 9,416 babies have been named Austen in the US since 1880. We estimate about 9,187 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 27.
- Where is Austen most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Austen was most common in Oregon, at 0.1 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.