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Austen

#2,518 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Majestic, through Austin

Austen has been given to 9,416 babies in the U.S. since 1917. In 2025 it ranked #2,518 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 1995, with 540 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 86% boys, 14% girls all-time.

Babies named Austen, 2025

1 in 62,600

Austen over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
020040060018801900192019401960198020002020

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Austen over time

In 2025, Austen went to 45% girls and 55% boys.

19172025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Austen: meaning, origin, and history

Majestic, through Austin

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Austen means

Austen belongs to the name family reached through Austen → Austin. Its meaning is “majestic”.

Origin, language, and formation

Austen is used in English.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Austin.

Pronunciation and spelling

In English, Austen is pronounced /ˈɔstɪn/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 8,125 boys were recorded with the name Austen between 1917 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 540 in 1995; its best national rank was #420 in 1995.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #1,979 in 2020 to #2,518 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #1,427 in 2015 to #2,518 in 2025.

In the United States, 1,291 girls were recorded with the name Austen between 1980 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 92 in 2016; its best national rank was #2,118 in 2016.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #3,185 in 2020 to #3,468 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #2,850 in 2015 to #3,468 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Austen?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 62,600
53 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 32,200
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#2,518
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
43,358 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Austen sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 43,358 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Austen. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Austens were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Austen was born before 1998 — so the typical Austen is around 27 today.

Median birth year
1998
About 27 years old
Biggest decade
1990s
45.7% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
39.5%
Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950
8,102
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

1990s — 45.7% of all recorded uses (3,712).

Is Austen rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
−560
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−539
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−1,091
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.44×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
9.8%
Peak was 1995 (540)
Years since peak
30
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
13.7% average annual change
Best rank ever
#420
1995

Spellings of Austen

Austen is not the most common spelling — Justin is, with 51.8% against Austen's 0.53%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Austen is used — boys

Across 2016–2025, Austen was most concentrated in California — about 1 in 25,000 boys, against 1 in 34,847 across all states with data. It was least common in Tennessee (1 in 100,000).

14 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in 25,000
  2. 2Oregon1 in 25,000
  3. 3Texas1 in 25,000
  4. 4Georgia1 in 33,333
  5. 5Maryland1 in 33,333
  6. 6New York1 in 33,333
  7. 7Washington1 in 33,333
  8. 8Florida1 in 50,000

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings.

Where Austen is used — girls

Across 2016–2025, Austen was most concentrated in South Carolina — about 1 in 11,111 girls, against 1 in 35,081 across all states with data. It was least common in Ohio (1 in 100,000).

19 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1South Carolina1 in 11,111
  2. 2Oregon1 in 25,000
  3. 3Texas1 in 25,000
  4. 4Florida1 in 33,333
  5. 5Louisiana1 in 33,333
  6. 6North Carolina1 in 33,333
  7. 7California1 in 50,000
  8. 8Indiana1 in 50,000

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings.

Austen around the world

Where Austen ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    1996–2025
    #2,440
    in 2025
  • Scotland
    1974–2024
    #727
    in 2024
  • Ireland
    2011–2011
    #730
    in 2011
  • France
    2018–2018
    #5,997
    in 2018
  • Canada
    1991–2024
    #2,328
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    1970–2013
    #499
    in 2013

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, National Records of Scotland, Central Statistics Office, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS, NRS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CSO, CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Notable people named Austen

People whose public names include Austen, backed by Wikidata given-name records and ordered by linked Wikimedia pages. The name may be a middle name.

People data from Wikidata (CC0). Fame is measured, not judged — the order reflects how widely each person is documented, not the U.S. birth records popularity this page is otherwise about.

Austen in other languages

Cross-language forms and variants of Austen. Linked forms have their own page here.

AustinAustyn

Variant forms from Wikidata (CC0). Most are used mainly outside the United States; U.S. birth records statistics cover US usage only.

Austen by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#2,518
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 539
Best rank ever
#420
1995
Peak year
1995
540 that year
First recorded
1917
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
8,125
Count in 2025
53

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#3,468
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 283
Best rank ever
#2,118
2016
Peak year
2016
92 that year
First recorded
1980
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
1,291
Count in 2025
44

Names similar to Austen

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Names with a curve like Austen

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Austen, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

MarquiseDeonteDaquanTravonDandreLadariusDarionTylorDeionDakotahMarquezDevan

Sibling names for Austen

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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