Autry
#12,219 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' nameMeaning not yet documented
Autry has been given to 1,461 babies in the U.S. since 1913. In 2025 it ranked #12,219 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 1938, with 57 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 83% boys, 17% girls all-time.
Babies named Autry, 2025
1 in 663,000
Autry over time, 1880–2025
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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.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 — Autry over time
In 2025, Autry went to 0% girls and 100% boys.
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.
How common is Autry?
Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.
- Among all babies, 2025
- 1 in 663,000
- 5 of 3,315,165 births
- Among boys only
- 1 in 342,000
- <0.01% of boys
- Rank, 2025
- #12,219
- of 13,926 boys’ names in use
- Coin-flip room size
- 459,581 kids
- Even odds of a second one
Where Autry sits on the popularity scale
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.
Put another way: gather 459,581 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Autry. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.
When Autrys were born
Half of everyone ever recorded as Autry was born before 1948 — so the typical Autry is around 77 today.
- Biggest decade
- 1940s
- 21.8% of all use
- Born in the last 25 years
- 13.4%
- Spread across generations
- Recorded since 1950
- 581
- People you could plausibly meet
1940s — 21.8% of all recorded uses (265).
Is Autry 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
- −5,998
- Places dropped
- Rank vs 5 years ago
- −5,144
- Places dropped
- Rank vs 10 years ago
- −2,556
- Places dropped
- Births vs 10 years ago
- 0.71×
- Fewer babies than then
- Share of its own peak
- 8.8%
- Peak was 1938 (57)
- Years since peak
- 87
- Years
- Year-to-year steadiness
- Volatile
- 35.5% average annual change
Spellings of Autry
Autry is not the most common spelling — Avery is, with 59.4% against Autry's 1.1%.
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 Autry is used — boys
Across 1910–2025, Autry was most concentrated in Alabama — about 1 in 100,000 boys, against 1 in 234,981 across all states with data. It was least common in West Virginia (1 in —).
Most concentrated
- 1Alabama1 in 100,000
- 2Arkansas1 in 100,000
- 3Louisiana1 in 100,000
- 4Georgia1 in —
- 5Mississippi1 in —
- 6North Carolina1 in —
- 7Oklahoma1 in —
- 8Texas1 in —
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. Autry has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.
Where Autry is used — girls
Across 1910–2025, Autry was most concentrated in Texas — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 2,456,184 across all states with data.
Most concentrated
- 1Texas1 in —
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. Autry has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.
Autry by the numbers
The raw record for each sex the name is used for.
As a boy's name
Names similar to Autry
Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.
Sibling names for Autry
Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.