How common is the name Austin?

362,154 people in the United States have the first name Austin, about 1 in 834. It ranks #136 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

AUSTIN

#136

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
362,154
About
1 in 834
This common or more
35%
Who bears it

Of the 362,154 people named Austin, 80.7% reported their origin as White, 7.2% as Hispanic or Latino and 4.5% as two or more races. 98.8% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Austin peaked in 1995, when 26,080 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18802025
Peak year
1995
Births that year
26,080
In 2025*
3,214 ▼88%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 443,723 babies have been given the name since 1880. 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.

Austin by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1990s, when it ranked #29. The largest share of babies named Austin, 46.2%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1880s#458609
1890s#588586
1900s#631715
1910s#5453,216
1920s#6014,270
1930s#7262,688
1940s#8712,491
1950s#1,0972,208
1960s#1,2412,031
1970s#7734,921
1980s#18832,156
1990s#29191,674
2000s#49113,931
2010s#9860,316
2020s#15821,911
Before 19010.3%
Greatest Generation 1901–271.7%
Silent Generation 1928–451.1%
Baby boom 1946–640.9%
Generation X 1965–801.6%
Millennials 1981–9634.5%
Generation Z 1997–1246.2%
2013 and later13.7%

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 Austin is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Austin has been most common in Nevada (2×), Utah (1.9×), and Idaho (1.7×), and least common in District of Columbia (0.28×).

435,844 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 Austin

#134 Chris · 366,260#135 Raymond · 364,286#137 Madison · 360,351#138 Shirley · 360,153

Spelled almost the same

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

#2,953 Austen · 7,627#3,074 Austyn · 7,194#5,848 Auston · 2,839#21,819 Austine · 462#33,297 Austan · 249#33,858 Austina · 243#47,349 Austn · 138

Also a last name

As a last name, Austin ranks #270 of 156,621, with 113,709 people. See Austin as a last name

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