Austin Boy
How popular is Austin?
#113 boy name in 2025
3,103 baby boys were named Austin in the US in 2025, making it the 113th most popular boy name. Another 111 girls got the name (#1,808 for girls).
Austin popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #113 for boys (▼ 5 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 3,103 boys, 111 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-47% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #69 in 2015, #88 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1995 (25,908 boys) |
| Highest rank | #9 in 1996 (2 years at that rank) |
| First recorded | 1880 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 97% boys, 3% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 2% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Austin 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 Austin is most popular
Babies named Austin per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Delaware: 4.6 per 1,000 (70 boys)
- Connecticut: 4.3 per 1,000 (289 boys)
- Rhode Island: 4.0 per 1,000 (66 boys)
- Vermont: 4.0 per 1,000 (25 boys)
- New Jersey: 3.9 per 1,000 (782 boys)
Austin by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 609 | #175 |
| 1890s | 586 | #191 |
| 1900s | 715 | #204 |
| 1910s | 3,190 | #232 |
| 1920s | 4,259 | #253 |
| 1930s | 2,688 | #290 |
| 1940s | 2,491 | #353 |
| 1950s | 2,208 | #427 |
| 1960s | 2,031 | #523 |
| 1970s | 4,841 | #229 |
| 1980s | 31,307 | #59 |
| 1990s | 190,140 | #9 |
| 2000s | 112,776 | #23 |
| 2010s | 59,130 | #58 |
| 2020s | 21,071 | #88 |
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Questions
- Is Austin a boy or girl name?
- Austin is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 97% of babies named Austin were boys.
- How popular is the name Austin?
- 3,103 baby boys were named Austin in the US in 2025, making it the 113th most popular boy name. Another 111 girls got the name (#1,808 for girls).
- When was Austin most popular?
- Austin peaked in 1995, when 25,908 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #9, held for 2 years starting in 1996.
- How many people are named Austin?
- 443,723 babies have been named Austin in the US since 1880. We estimate about 420,075 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 27.
- Where is Austin most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Austin was most common in Delaware, at 4.6 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.