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Austin
Pronounced /ˈɔstɪn/
Rank in 2024
#108
Born in 2024
3,290
Peak year
1995 · #10
Origin
Old French
Also recorded for girls:117 in 2024 (#1,734)
1880 to 2024
CoolingIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 3,290 boys were named Austin, about 1 in every 521.
- It peaked in 1995 with 25,907 babies, ranked #10.
- It appears in the very first year of records, 1880.
- 434,891 boys have been named Austin since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Austin per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- 0.4Greatest1901–27
- 0.2Silent1928–45
- 0.1Boomers1946–64
- 0.3Gen X1965–80
- 5.0Millennials1981–96
- 6.5Gen Z1997–12
- 2.6Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 7,346 babies, 0.44 per 1,000. Silent: 4,990 babies, 0.24 per 1,000. Boomers: 4,192 babies, 0.11 per 1,000. Gen X: 6,997 babies, 0.26 per 1,000. Millennials: 150,919 babies, 4.96 per 1,000. Gen Z: 203,089 babies, 6.47 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 56,097 babies, 2.58 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
From Middle English Austin, from Anglo-Norman Aostin, Austin, similar to Old French Aostin, Austin, a popular variant of Old French Agustin, from Latin Augustīnus, from Augustus (literally “majestic”). Doublet of Augustine.
- A male given name from Old French, of Anglo-Norman origin.
- An English surname originating as a patronymic from the given name.
- A male given name transferred from the surname.
- Origin
- Old French
- Say it
- /ˈɔstɪn/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Austin, CC BY-SA 4.0.