How Many People Are Named Austen?
people named Austen are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 37,280 people in the US has this name
Based on 9,416 babies named Austen in Social Security records from 1917 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
567 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Variant of AUSTIN.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Austen, 13.9% were girls and 86.1% were boys. The share of girls among babies named Austen rose from 10.4% in the 1980s to 44.4% in the 2020s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Austen alive today is about 23 years old, and 67% are under 30. Half of them were between 15 and 31 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Austen first appears in the records in 1917 and was given most often in 1995, to 567 babies. In 2025, 97 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1917 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Austen has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #420, in 1995. In 2025 it ranked #2,518. Among girls, its best rank was #2,118, in 2016.
| Boys | Girls | |
|---|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #2,518 | #3,468 |
| Best rank | #420 (1995) | #2,118 (2016) |
| Years in the top 100 | None | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #535 in the 1990s | #3,275 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Austen alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Austen were born in Texas than in any other state: about 923 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Austen was given 1.9 times as often in Oregon, 1.8 times in Washington and 1.7 times in Texas.
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