Baby name

Austin

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Origin of the name

Austin is a medieval English contraction of Augustine. The capital of Texas was named after Stephen F. Austin.

Short-lived name

In 1995, Austin reached its peak: 25,908 boys, 1 baby in 141. Since then, the name has fallen 87%, to about 3,410 births a year. In 2025, it ranked No. 113. 43% of all babies named Austin since 1880 were born in the 1990s.

438,042births since 1880

1990sgeneration

No. 10rank at its peak, in 1995

Where babies named Austin are born

1995

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The darker the blue, the more common Austin is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.

Where it is most popular

Compared with the national average, Austin is most common in Nevada (2 times), Utah (2) and Idaho (1.7), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.

One letter apart

Justin 790,469
Dustin 208,341
Agustin 16,327
Austen 8,125
Austyn 5,173
Auston 3,588

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