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How popular is the name Austin?
Births per year, rank history and how many Austins are alive today.
Austin (male) is currently the 88th most popular boys' name in England and Wales, with 597 babies given the name in 2024. The name peaked in 2016, when 812 babies were given the name, the 85th most popular that year. Its fortunes dipped to rank 119 in 2021 before climbing back to the 88th place it holds today. Numbers have been stable in recent years. At least 11,000 babies have been named Austin in England and Wales since 1996.
The Austin you are most likely to meet is around 11 years old. Half of all Austins born in England and Wales are between 7 and 16, and there are at least 12,000 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's roughly a 3.9% chance that at least one of them will be called Austin.
How many babies are named Austin each year?
Where does Austin rank among boys' names?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Austin most popular?
Austin peaked in 2016, when 812 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Austin?
At least 12,000 people named Austin born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Austin?
Most living Austins are between 7 and 16; the most common age is about 11.
Is Austin becoming more or less popular?
Recovering: it has climbed back after a dip in the rankings.