How Many People Are Named Author?
people named Author are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 538,243 people in the US has this name
Based on 2,173 babies named Author in Social Security records from 1880 to 1995, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
59 births
Trend
Last year given
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Author in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Author alive today is about 69 years old, and 77% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 61 and 80 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Author first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1933, to 59 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 1995.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 1995
🏆 Rank History
Author has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #557, in 1883.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #557 (1883) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,044 in the 1920s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Author alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Author were born in Texas than in any other state: about 33 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Author was given 7 times as often in Georgia, 6.8 times in Mississippi and 6.5 times in Alabama.
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