Boy or Girl

Is Austin a boy or girl name?

Austin is a boy name in the US. In 2024, 117 girls and 3,290 boys were named Austin, so 3.4% were girls. Across 1880–2024, 1.3% of the 440,461 US babies named Austin were girls.

Boy rank, 2024
#107
Girl rank, 2024
#1,725
Babies named Austin since 1880
440,461
Most popular year
1995
26,079 babies
Babies named Austin each year in the US
Line chart of US births named Austin from 1880 to 2024, boys and girls. The table below has every value.07,50015,00022,50030,00018801900192019401960198020002020

Boys and girls named Austin, by decade

DecadeBoysGirlsShare girls
1880s60900%
1890s58600%
1900s71500%
1910s3,190260.8%
1920s4,259110.3%
1930s2,68800%
1940s2,49200%
1950s2,20900%
1960s2,03200%
1970s4,844801.6%
1980s31,3088492.6%
1990s190,1351,5340.8%
2000s112,7731,1551%
2010s59,1121,1862%
2020s17,9397293.9%
Every year
YearBoysBoy rankGirlsGirl rank
20243,290#107117#1,725
20233,486#101123#1,679
20223,368#111176#1,335
20213,777#96158#1,385
20204,018#88155#1,411
20194,401#88160#1,405
20184,690#81127#1,656
20175,058#75137#1,591
20165,368#73117#1,777
20155,825#69155#1,478
20146,317#66121#1,729
20136,499#64107#1,881
20127,012#5884#2,237
20117,034#6085#2,220
20106,908#6493#2,120
20097,294#6395#2,121
20087,996#5591#2,186
20079,201#4887#2,249
200610,293#41103#1,944
200510,111#3891#2,061
200410,745#35152#1,373
200311,690#33153#1,333
200214,543#26201#1,060
200114,954#25130#1,448
200015,946#2352#2,784
199920,767#1373#2,098
199823,477#10114#1,495
199725,118#9128#1,345
199625,663#9156#1,164
199525,907#10172#1,045
199423,192#17228#861
199317,585#26187#990
199211,458#38176#1,046
19919,055#50144#1,201
19907,913#55156#1,120
19896,886#59147#1,125
19885,588#63134#1,140
19874,096#76112#1,257
19863,202#90103#1,299
19852,728#10788#1,431
19842,339#11774#1,536
19832,050#13165#1,691
19821,802#15651#2,026
19811,455#17343#2,309
19801,162#21132#2,803
1979995#22930#2,866
1978886#23817#4,093
1977680#2887#7,618
1976518#3329#6,087
1975421#3767#7,226
1974311#4530–
1973277#4735#8,521
1972238#5080–
1971266#4950–
1970252#5085#8,077
1969183#5780–
1968196#5390–
1967203#5230–
1966201#5350–
1965208#5330–
1964212#5400–
1963221#5340–
1962200#5580–
1961205#5510–
1960203#5530–
1959191#5640–
1958199#5450–
1957238#5020–
1956226#5030–
1955203#5150–
1954236#4720–
1953211#4840–
1952214#4740–
1951251#4280–
1950240#4290–
1949188#4800–
1948236#4350–
1947257#4260–
1946261#3990–
1945244#3810–
1944240#3900–
1943289#3600–
1942297#3530–
1941235#3770–
1940245#3660–
1939210#3890–
1938212#3890–
1937239#3490–
1936250#3440–
1935223#3640–
1934251#3470–
1933294#3150–
1932273#3320–
1931350#2950–
1930386#2900–
1929363#2920–
1928389#2840–
1927415#2770–
1926430#2740–
1925434#2746#4,479
1924420#2770–
1923448#2660–
1922456#2650–
1921437#2685#5,182
1920467#2530–
1919430#2576#4,301
1918483#24210#3,047
1917409#2505#4,655
1916441#2380–
1915424#2345#4,335
1914320#2360–
1913258#2320–
1912223#2320–
1911101#2560–
1910101#2330–
1909102#2070–
190884#2270–
190756#2780–
190683#2130–
190576#2190–
190466#2330–
190350#2580–
190264#2240–
190168#2040–
190066#2510–
189956#2250–
189865#2170–
189754#2360–
189662#2300–
189555#2370–
189455#2310–
189340#2750–
189271#2060–
189165#1910–
189063#2070–
188968#1910–
188879#1870–
188747#2310–
188664#2070–
188554#2200–
188470#1920–
188343#2470–
188265#1980–
188166#1750–
188053#2200–

Highest rank

As a boy name, Austin reached #9 in 1996. As a girl name, it reached #861 in 1994. Ranks count every name SSA published for that year and sex, so they go well past the top 1,000.

Names from the same era

These names were also most popular in the 1990s, with a similar number of babies. They can work as sibling or middle names that feel like they belong together.

Names spelled like Austin

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Source: US Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880–2024. Counts are Social Security card applications for US births; SSA leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies in a year. Updated 2026-10-05. How these numbers are made.