Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Austen*

#1,220 most common boys' name of all time · #2,918 across all names · 86% male / 14% female · used 1917–2025 · notable crossover

Rank among boys
#1,220
Rank overall
#2,918 of 105,966
First appeared
1917
Years on the list
57 of 146
All-time
9,416
Since 2016
1,402
Peak year
1995 #421
Best rank
#421 1995
Girls Boys peak 567/yr
192019401960198020002020

Austen first appears in 1917. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 44 53 97 #2,521
2024 55 80 135 #1,963
2023 53 60 113 #2,327
2022 57 70 127 #2,120
2021 71 77 148 #1,946
2020 49 72 121 #1,982
2019 72 108 180 #1,552
2018 53 80 133 #1,876
2017 73 88 161 #1,754
2016 92 95 187 #1,667
2015 61 120 181 #1,428
2014 43 127 170 #1,350
2013 25 125 150 #1,356
2012 26 139 165 #1,268
2011 28 150 178 #1,180
2010 27 150 177 #1,196
2009 17 147 164 #1,221
2008 8 170 178 #1,093
2007 20 166 186 #1,100
2006 21 202 223 #933
2005 11 184 195 #951
2004 12 157 169 #1,039
2003 16 174 190 #944
2002 16 205 221 #820
2001 12 214 226 #791
2000 10 248 258 #707
1999 11 340 351 #575
1998 17 384 401 #532
1997 21 489 510 #449
1996 18 531 549 #424
1995 27 540 567 #421
1994 36 403 439 #504
1993 29 328 357 #564
1992 29 260 289 #639
1991 15 227 242 #674
1990 17 210 227 #705
1989 18 177 195 #746
1988 13 145 158 #788
1987 10 96 106 #966
1986 11 90 101 #967
1985 15 80 95 #1,023
1984 8 68 76 #1,091
1983 7 61 68 #1,156
1982 6 52 58 #1,301
1981 5 43 48 #1,467
1980 6 39 45 #1,557
1979 20 20 #2,405
1978 14 14 #2,987
1977 13 13 #3,109
1976 10 10 #3,545
1975 11 11 #3,319
1968 5 5 #4,398
1957 5 5 #4,289
1926 7 7 #3,656
1925 5 5 #4,635
1923 6 6 #4,148
1917 5 5 #4,409