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Austin

Boys' name · Millennial-era

Living in the US
~420,200 survival-weighted estimate
2025 rank
#113 among boys
Births in 2025
3,214 443,723 since 1880
Typical age
26 years, median

Austin popularity over time

Austin rank by birth year, 1880–2025Austin ranked #220 in 1880 and #113 in 2025. Its best rank in the period was #9, in 1996.#10#100#113best #9 in 199618901920195019802010
Rank among US baby names by birth year, 1880–2025. Lower is more popular; the scale is logarithmic so the top of the chart is not compressed.

The high point was 1995: 26,080 births recorded as Austin. The name is already in use in 1880, where the data begins. Austin has spent 36 years inside the national top 100.

As of 2025 the name sits at #113, with 3,214 births that year. Compared with 2015, births are down 46%.

Babies named Austin per yearPeaks at 26,080 births in 1995.26,080 in 1995018901920195019802010
Recorded US births by year. The peak is labelled; the axis starts at zero.

How many people are named Austin?

About 420,200 people named Austin are alive in the United States today. That is out of 443,723 recorded births since 1880.

This is a survival-weighted estimate, not a headcount: every recorded birth year is multiplied by the chance someone born that year is still alive, using the SSA period life table. How the estimate works.

How old is the average Austin?

Half of living Austins are older than 26, half younger. Most living bearers were born in the 1990s. By the site’s era rules that makes Austin a millennial-era name.

Your Austin

Ages of living people named AustinHalf of living Austins are older than 26 and half younger.median 26020406080100
Estimated living bearers by age today. Each bar is a birth year, weighted by the chance someone born then is still alive.

Where Austin is most common

The name is concentrated in Delaware, at 2.5× the national rate. Rhode Island, Vermont and Connecticut follow.

Where Austin is used more than average5 states use the name Austin more than the national average.Alaska: not over-representedAKMaine: not over-representedMEVermont: 2.1× the national rateVTNew Hampshire: 1.8× the national rateNHWashington: not over-representedWAIdaho: not over-representedIDMontana: not over-representedMTNorth Dakota: not over-representedNDMinnesota: not over-representedMNIllinois: not over-representedILWisconsin: not over-representedWIMichigan: not over-representedMINew York: not over-representedNYOregon: not over-representedORNevada: not over-representedNVWyoming: not over-representedWYSouth Dakota: not over-representedSDIowa: not over-representedIAIndiana: not over-representedINOhio: not over-representedOHPennsylvania: not over-representedPANew Jersey: not over-representedNJConnecticut: 1.9× the national rateCTRhode Island: 2.3× the national rateRICalifornia: not over-representedCAUtah: not over-representedUTColorado: not over-representedCONebraska: not over-representedNEMissouri: not over-representedMOKentucky: not over-representedKYWest Virginia: not over-representedWVVirginia: not over-representedVAMaryland: not over-representedMDDelaware: 2.5× the national rateDEMassachusetts: not over-representedMAArizona: not over-representedAZNew Mexico: not over-representedNMKansas: not over-representedKSArkansas: not over-representedARTennessee: not over-representedTNNorth Carolina: not over-representedNCSouth Carolina: not over-representedSCDistrict of Columbia: not over-representedDCOklahoma: not over-representedOKLouisiana: not over-representedLAMississippi: not over-representedMSAlabama: not over-representedALGeorgia: not over-representedGAHawaii: not over-representedHITexas: not over-representedTXFlorida: not over-representedFL
Same as national3× or more
Location quotient, 2016–2025. Shaded states use the name more than the country does, relative to their own births. Exact figures are in the table below.
States where Austin is over-represented, 2016–2025. The location quotient compares the state's share of the name with the national share.
StateBirthsvs national rate
Delaware 172 2.5×
Rhode Island 170 2.3×
Vermont 62 2.1×
Connecticut 599 1.9×
New Hampshire 178 1.8×

Austin in England and Wales

ONS recorded 612 births named Austin in 2025, ranking it #86.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Counts below three are suppressed by ONS.

Where the name Austin comes from

From Middle English Austin, from Anglo-Norman Aostin, Austin, similar to Old French Aostin, Austin, a popular variant of Old French Agustin, from Latin Augustīnus, from Augustus. Doublet of Augustine.

Etymology summarised from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0. Wiktionary entry.

Notable people named Austin

Ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions have an article about them — a measure of reach, not of importance.
NameKnown forYearsEditions
Austin Butler American actor 1991 55
Austin Mahone American singer 1996 38
Austin Nichols American actor and director 1980 30
Austin Abrams American actor 1996 29
Austin Aries American professional wrestler 1978 25
Austin Reaves American basketball player 1998 24
Austin Krajicek American tennis player 1990 24
Austin Daye American basketball player 1988 23
Photo credits (6)

The sharpest rise. Births under this name jumped from 11,634 in 1992 to 17,774 in 1993 — 1.5 times over in a single year.

Birth records contain the rise and nothing about its cause. This site does not supply one.

People and dates from Wikidata (CC0), limited to those with an English Wikipedia article who are known by this name as their first name.

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