Austen
Boy · OS-tin · Latin
Austen is a boys' name of Latin origin, meaning “venerable, majestic”. In 2025 it ranked 2,511th for boys in the UK (9 babies) and 2,516th for boys in the US (53 babies).
What does Austen mean?
Latin: English contraction of Augustine, later a surname
“venerable, majestic”
Recalls the novelist Jane Austen, author of Pride and Prejudice.
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Is Austen a girl's or a boy's name?
Austen is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 boys in the UK and 44 girls and 53 boys in the US.
How popular is Austen in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,511among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 9about 1 in 33,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 36% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 9 boys in the UK were named Austen, making it the 2,511th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,581st. Its busiest year was 2014, with 41 boys.
Half of all the boys named Austen in the UK since 1996 were born between 2005 and 2016. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
In 2025, 700 boys in the UK were given Austen or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #90, up from #2,511 for this spelling alone.
- Austin 691
- Austen 9
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,436th in England and Wales.
Austen in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #2,511 |
| 2024 | 14 | #1,825 |
| 2023 | 12 | #2,024 |
| 2022 | 8 | #2,678 |
| 2021 | 12 | #1,969 |
| 2020 | 16 | #1,581 |
| 2019 | 13 | #1,858 |
| 2018 | 26 | #1,142 |
| 2017 | 19 | #1,428 |
| 2016 | 31 | #1,030 |
| 2015 | 37 | #906 |
| 2014 | 41 | #830 |
| 2013 | 33 | #960 |
| 2012 | 32 | #1,003 |
| 2011 | 15 | #1,619 |
| 2010 | 28 | #1,066 |
| 2009 | 24 | #1,150 |
| 2008 | 21 | #1,249 |
| 2007 | 23 | #1,139 |
| 2006 | 18 | #1,256 |
| 2005 | 17 | #1,267 |
| 2004 | 10 | #1,688 |
| 2003 | 10 | #1,608 |
| 2002 | 9 | #1,594 |
| 2001 | 10 | #1,458 |
| 2000 | 13 | #1,165 |
| 1999 | 15 | #1,043 |
| 1998 | 21 | #818 |
| 1997 | 26 | #690 |
| 1996 | 22 | #746 |
How popular is Austen in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,516among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 53about 1 in 32,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 26% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 53 boys in the US were named Austen, making it the 2,516th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,977th. Its busiest year was 1995, with 540 boys. It first appears in the records in 1917. 44 girls were also named Austen in 2025 (3,458th for girls).
2025 had fewer boys named Austen than any year since 1982.
Half of all the boys named Austen in the US since 1880 were born between 1994 and 2007, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 3,156 boys in the US were given Austen or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #125, up from #2,516 for this spelling alone.
- Austin 3,103
- Austen 53
Girls were 13% of the babies named Austen in the US in 1980, and 45% in 2025.
Austen in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 53 | #2,516 |
| 2024 | 80 | #1,957 |
| 2023 | 60 | #2,314 |
| 2022 | 70 | #2,116 |
| 2021 | 77 | #1,942 |
| 2020 | 72 | #1,977 |
| 2019 | 108 | #1,548 |
| 2018 | 80 | #1,871 |
| 2017 | 88 | #1,746 |
| 2016 | 95 | #1,663 |
| 2015 | 120 | #1,427 |
| 2014 | 127 | #1,348 |
| 2013 | 125 | #1,352 |
| 2012 | 139 | #1,266 |
| 2011 | 150 | #1,178 |
| 2010 | 150 | #1,195 |
| 2009 | 147 | #1,218 |
| 2008 | 170 | #1,090 |
| 2007 | 166 | #1,098 |
| 2006 | 202 | #932 |
| 2005 | 184 | #949 |
| 2004 | 157 | #1,038 |
| 2003 | 174 | #941 |
| 2002 | 205 | #818 |
| 2001 | 214 | #787 |
| 2000 | 248 | #704 |
| 1999 | 340 | #574 |
| 1998 | 384 | #532 |
| 1997 | 489 | #449 |
| 1996 | 531 | #423 |
| 1995 | 540 | #420 |
| 1994 | 403 | #502 |
| 1993 | 328 | #563 |
| 1992 | 260 | #636 |
| 1991 | 227 | #671 |
| 1990 | 210 | #701 |
| 1989 | 177 | #741 |
| 1988 | 145 | #782 |
| 1987 | 96 | #960 |
| 1986 | 90 | #964 |
| 1985 | 80 | #1,019 |
| 1984 | 68 | #1,083 |
| 1983 | 61 | #1,153 |
| 1982 | 52 | #1,292 |
| 1981 | 43 | #1,455 |
| 1980 | 39 | #1,547 |
| 1979 | 20 | #2,378 |
| 1978 | 14 | #2,928 |
| 1977 | 13 | #3,036 |
| 1976 | 10 | #3,469 |
| 1975 | 11 | #3,244 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 5 | #4,135 |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 5 | #3,991 |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 7 | #3,383 |
| 1925 | 5 | #4,195 |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 6 | #3,819 |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 5 | #3,979 |
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