Autry
- Gender
- Mostly boys
- Say it
- AW-tree
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #12,003 for boys
Autry is a name of English origin. In 2025 it ranked 12,003rd for boys in the US (5 babies).
What does Autry mean?
English: surname, probably of Norman French origin
Gene Autry was a famous 'singing cowboy' of American films, radio and records.
Is Autry a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Autry has been given to girls and boys, mostly boys. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the US.
How popular is Autry in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #12,003among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 340,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 5 boys in the US were named Autry, making it the 12,003rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,029th. Its busiest year was 1938, with 57 boys. It first appears in the records in 1913.
2025 had fewer boys named Autry than any year since 2019.
Half of all the boys named Autry in the US since 1880 were born between 1938 and 1975, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 1943, 32% of the babies named Autry in the US were girls.
Autry in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #12,003 |
| 2024 | 14 | #6,194 |
| 2023 | 11 | #7,284 |
| 2022 | 10 | #7,762 |
| 2021 | 14 | #6,027 |
| 2020 | 11 | #7,029 |
| 2019 | 5 | #12,138 |
| 2018 | 7 | #9,664 |
| 2017 | 9 | #8,136 |
| 2016 | 7 | #9,659 |
| 2015 | 7 | #9,562 |
| 2014 | 5 | #12,102 |
| 2013 | 8 | #8,784 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 6 | #10,801 |
| 2010 | 5 | #12,224 |
| 2009 | 5 | #12,486 |
| 2008 | 10 | #7,693 |
| 2007 | 6 | #10,915 |
| 2006 | 9 | #7,992 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 9 | #7,048 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 5 | #10,341 |
| 1999 | 6 | #8,697 |
| 1998 | 7 | #7,553 |
| 1997 | 9 | #6,094 |
| 1996 | 9 | #5,975 |
| 1995 | 6 | #7,785 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 6 | #7,414 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 6 | #7,171 |
| 1989 | 7 | #6,222 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 8 | #4,962 |
| 1986 | 7 | #5,327 |
| 1985 | 7 | #5,142 |
| 1984 | 5 | #6,311 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 8 | #4,591 |
| 1981 | 10 | #3,856 |
| 1980 | 7 | #4,938 |
| 1979 | 9 | #4,066 |
| 1978 | 9 | #3,855 |
| 1977 | 6 | #5,121 |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 8 | #3,939 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 7 | #3,960 |
| 1971 | 6 | #4,373 |
| 1970 | 10 | #3,069 |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 5 | #4,135 |
| 1967 | 17 | #1,905 |
| 1966 | 9 | #2,783 |
| 1965 | 15 | #2,083 |
| 1964 | 7 | #3,281 |
| 1963 | 12 | #2,413 |
| 1962 | 13 | #2,278 |
| 1961 | 17 | #1,996 |
| 1960 | 16 | #2,041 |
| 1959 | 18 | #1,915 |
| 1958 | 8 | #3,031 |
| 1957 | 17 | #1,951 |
| 1956 | 17 | #1,944 |
| 1955 | 14 | #2,138 |
| 1954 | 12 | #2,315 |
| 1953 | 14 | #2,098 |
| 1952 | 15 | #2,009 |
| 1951 | 12 | #2,245 |
| 1950 | 12 | #2,206 |
| 1949 | 15 | #1,940 |
| 1948 | 18 | #1,757 |
| 1947 | 16 | #1,915 |
| 1946 | 21 | #1,556 |
| 1945 | 30 | #1,203 |
| 1944 | 21 | #1,482 |
| 1943 | 25 | #1,398 |
| 1942 | 31 | #1,244 |
| 1941 | 44 | #960 |
| 1940 | 44 | #967 |
| 1939 | 50 | #867 |
| 1938 | 57 | #816 |
| 1937 | 35 | #1,094 |
| 1936 | 24 | #1,356 |
| 1935 | 17 | #1,708 |
| 1934 | 18 | #1,658 |
| 1933 | 9 | #2,541 |
| 1932 | 9 | #2,638 |
| 1931 | 9 | #2,650 |
| 1930 | 10 | #2,607 |
| 1929 | 5 | #3,957 |
| 1928 | 7 | #3,355 |
| 1927 | 5 | #4,208 |
| 1926 | 5 | #4,199 |
| 1925 | 9 | #2,934 |
| 1924 | 8 | #3,259 |
| 1923 | 11 | #2,613 |
| 1922 | 10 | #2,800 |
| 1921 | 11 | #2,631 |
| 1920 | 10 | #2,764 |
| 1919 | 10 | #2,664 |
| 1918 | 12 | #2,397 |
| 1917 | 6 | #3,543 |
| 1916 | 8 | #2,925 |
| 1915 | 5 | #3,824 |
| 1914 | 0 | – |
| 1913 | 12 | #1,579 |
Names like Autry
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Autry: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/autry, updated 20 October 2026.