How rare is the name Austen?

7,627 people in the United States have the first name Austen, about 1 in 39,600. It ranks #2,953 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

AUSTEN

#2,953

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
7,627
About
1 in 39,600
This common or more
81.3%
Who bears it

Of the 7,627 people named Austen, 78% reported their origin as White, 8% as Hispanic or Latino and 5.8% as two or more races. 87.8% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Austen peaked in 1995, when 567 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19172025
Peak year
1995
Births that year
567
In 2025*
97 ▼83%
Recorded as
mostly male

At least 9,416 babies have been given the name since 1917. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Austen by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1990s, when it ranked #1,113. The largest share of babies named Austen, 40.3%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1910s#11,6155
1920s#10,44218
1950s#14,8235
1960s#17,2535
1970s#10,27368
1980s#2,247950
1990s#1,1133,932
2000s#2,0442,010
2010s#2,4661,682
2020s#3,078741
Greatest Generation 1901–270.2%
Baby boom 1946–640.1%
Generation X 1965–801.3%
Millennials 1981–9638%
Generation Z 1997–1240.3%
2013 and later20.2%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Austen is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Austen has been most common in Oregon (2.2×), Washington (2.1×), and Utah (2.1×), and least common in New Jersey (0.25×).

5,920 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Austen

#2,951 Lashawn · 7,636#2,952 Bristol · 7,629#2,954 Jaida · 7,624#2,955 Neva · 7,621

Spelled almost the same

5 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Austen, most common first.

#136 Austin · 362,154#3,074 Austyn · 7,194#5,848 Auston · 2,839#33,297 Austan · 249#47,349 Austn · 138

Also a last name

As a last name, Austen ranks #27,108 of 156,621, with 944 people. See Austen as a last name

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