How Many People Are Named Austin?
people named Austin are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 815 people in the US has this name
Based on 443,723 babies named Austin in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
⭐ Uncommon
Peak Year
26,080 births
Trend
Declining (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Medieval contracted form of AUGUSTINE (1). Modern use of the name is probably also partly inspired by the common surname Austin, which is of the same origin. This is also the name of a city in Texas.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Austin in English. Counting Austin and these spellings together, about 429,062 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Austin, 1.3% were girls and 98.7% were boys. The share has stayed close to this since the 1880s: 0% of the babies were girls then and 3.8% in the 2020s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Austin alive today is about 25 years old, and 68% are under 30. Half of them were between 18 and 31 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Austin first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1995, to 26,080 babies. In 2025, 3,214 babies got the name. Over the last ten years, the number each year has been falling.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Austin reached #9 among boys' names in 1996 to 1997, and was in the top 10 for 4 years, 1995 to 1998. In 2025 it ranked #113.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #113 |
| Best rank | #9 (1996 to 1997) |
| Years in the top 10 | 4 |
| Years in the top 100 | 36 (1986 to 2021) |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #22 in the 1990s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Austin alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Austin were born in California than in any other state: about 36,441 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Austin was given 1.8 times as often in South Dakota, 1.8 times in Wyoming and 1.7 times in Iowa.
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