Austen

Boy · recorded 1917–2025 · given to both girls and boys (about 1.2 to 1)

  • #2,516in 2025
  • 1 in 32,227boys in 2025
  • −50%last ten years

Most popular in 1995.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1917

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 57 recorded years as a table
Austen, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19175
19235
19254
19266
19572
19683
19757
19766
19778
19789
197912
198022
198124
198229
198334
198438
198543
198649
198751
198876
198988
1990102
1991112
1992130
1993167
1994209
1995284
1996280
1997259
1998201
1999177
2000126
2001110
2002106
200388
200479
200592
200698
200780
200883
200974
201078
201179
201273
201366
201466
201563
201650
201748
201844
201960
202042
202144
202240
202335
202446
202531

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Austen isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025
53
Rank in 2025
#2,516
How rare
1 in 32,227 boys
Since 1917
8,125

Most popular in 1995, at 284 per million boys born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has fallen by 50% per million boys born.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.