# Austen (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/austen/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys and girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈɔstɪn/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 9,416 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 8,125 / 1,291 (14% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 542, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 28 | 4,937 |
| 2012 | 26 | 5,279 |
| 2013 | 25 | 5,336 |
| 2014 | 43 | 3,596 |
| 2015 | 61 | 2,850 |
| 2016 | 92 | 2,118 |
| 2017 | 73 | 2,468 |
| 2018 | 53 | 3,059 |
| 2019 | 72 | 2,453 |
| 2020 | 49 | 3,185 |
| 2021 | 71 | 2,488 |
| 2022 | 57 | 2,930 |
| 2023 | 53 | 3,101 |
| 2024 | 55 | 2,976 |
| 2025 | 44 | 3,469 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 150 | 1,178 |
| 2012 | 139 | 1,266 |
| 2013 | 125 | 1,353 |
| 2014 | 127 | 1,348 |
| 2015 | 120 | 1,427 |
| 2016 | 95 | 1,664 |
| 2017 | 88 | 1,748 |
| 2018 | 80 | 1,874 |
| 2019 | 108 | 1,549 |
| 2020 | 72 | 1,979 |
| 2021 | 77 | 1,945 |
| 2022 | 70 | 2,119 |
| 2023 | 60 | 2,319 |
| 2024 | 80 | 1,958 |
| 2025 | 53 | 2,518 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 3 | 5,591 |
| 2021 | 3 | 5,581 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 14 | 1,600 |
| 2012 | 30 | 962 |
| 2013 | 33 | 882 |
| 2014 | 36 | 837 |
| 2015 | 35 | 873 |
| 2016 | 26 | 1,081 |
| 2017 | 16 | 1,546 |
| 2018 | 23 | 1,158 |
| 2019 | 10 | 2,104 |
| 2020 | 15 | 1,548 |
| 2021 | 10 | 2,125 |
| 2022 | 8 | 2,529 |
| 2023 | 12 | 1,906 |
| 2024 | 11 | 2,088 |
| 2025 | 9 | 2,440 |

## People named Austen

- Austen Henry Layard, British politician (1817–1894)
- Austen Campbell, English footballer (1901–1981)
- Austen Robin Crapp, Australian bishop (1934–2024)
- Sky Blu, American singer and rapper

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.