Declining since 1996, #113 for boys today.
Popularity of Austin since 1880
Babies named Austin per year in U.S. Social Security records.
Data table (by decade)
| Decade | Boys |
|---|---|
| 1880s | 609 |
| 1890s | 586 |
| 1900s | 715 |
| 1910s | 3,190 |
| 1920s | 4,259 |
| 1930s | 2,688 |
| 1940s | 2,491 |
| 1950s | 2,208 |
| 1960s | 2,031 |
| 1970s | 4,841 |
| 1980s | 31,307 |
| 1990s | 190,140 |
| 2000s | 112,776 |
| 2010s | 59,130 |
| 2020s | 21,071 |
Meaning & origin
Austin arrived at its 1990s boom with better paperwork than most of its peers. Unlike invented contemporaries, it is a genuine medieval name, the everyday English form of Augustine, and it has been in American records every year since 1880. The 1995 peak made it a defining name of that decade's Western-and-surname fashion, and the slide that began in 1996 has been long but shallow: in 2025 it still ranked No. 113, given to about 1 in every 550 newborns.
Its current geography is an odd and pleasing scatter, strongest in Vermont, Delaware, and the District of Columbia rather than in Texas, a reminder that the name's reach long ago outgrew its cowboy-boots image. With Austin Butler giving it fresh Hollywood presence and the Latin "venerable" root underneath, Austin reads today as a relaxed American classic from a very specific vintage, familiar to everyone and no longer everywhere.
Austin is what centuries of everyday English speech did to Augustine: the Latin Augustinus, a diminutive of Augustus ("great, venerable"), wore down to two syllables in the Middle Ages, when the Austin friars took their name from it. It survived the intervening centuries mainly as a surname, borne most famously by Stephen F. Austin, for whom the Texas capital is named. Modern American use, recorded continuously since 1880, took off in the late 1980s as parents embraced surnames and Western place names together; the name peaked in 1995, with the Austin Powers films arriving just after its crest.
Read more: Austin on Wikipedia
Where Austin is most popular
Births per 100,000 boys by state. Press play or drag the slider to watch it move across the decades. The lightest shade means too few recorded births.
“Austin” around the world
Where Austin lands in the latest official birth statistics abroad, matched to the U.S. spelling.
France
45
babies in 2024
Ireland
28
babies in 2025
New Zealand
#41
in 2025
Quebec
29
babies in 2025
Australia (NSW)
#37
in 2025
Sources: INSEE (France) · CSO Ireland (Ireland) · NZ Dept of Internal Affairs (New Zealand) · Retraite Québec (Quebec) · NSW Registry of BDM (Australia (NSW)).
Nicknames & variants
Nicknames: Aus, Ozzie
Famous people named Austin
- Austin Butler · American actor and Elvis portrayer
Sibling names for Austin
Names that share Austin's style, for a brother or sister.
Sisters: Savannah, Sierra, Cheyenne, Madison, Paige, Alexis, London, Sydney, Alexus, Dakotah, Egypt, Hayleigh, Ireland, Jersey, Malaysia, Montana, Paris, Raleigh, Savanna, Shelbi, Shyanne, Alaska, Arizona, Berlin, Britain, Cheyanna, China, Chyanne, Chyenne, Florida, Haily, Indiana, Kansas, Kaytlin, Laramie, Nevada, Sedona, Sheyenne, Sicily, Taylar, Tennessee, Tijuana, Albany, Atlanta, Brazil, Chelse, Cheyenna, Germany, Jerzee, Montanna, Shaianne, Tanzania, Tequilla, Texie, Topanga, British, California, Chealsea, Cheynne, Daytona, England, Jayleah, Kenosha, Korea, Louisiana, Shelsey, Shenandoah, Sonoma, Cheyane, Tulsa, Alabama, Alexsys, Amerika, Arvada, Australia, Chealsey, Dacotah, Londin, Malibu, Miami, Navada, Portland, Russia, Seattle, Seville, Southern, Texanna, Topeka
Brothers: Dallas, Hunter, Tanner, Colton, Dalton, Jordan, Dakota, Tyler, Boston, Denver, Houston, Memphis, Dakoda, Oakland, Brenten, Cuba, Dacota, Dresden, Hartford, Melbourne, Montreal, Ontario, Taiwan, Texas, Vegas, Dublin, Nicklous, Tacoma, Chicago, Thailand, Cambridge, Dakodah, Detroit, Frisco, Rocklin, Waco, Zurich
Names like Austin
Names whose popularity has moved with Austin's over the last 50 years.
