Autumn
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- AW-tum
- Origin
- English
- UK rank, 2025
- #111 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #88 for girls
Autumn is a girls' name of English origin, meaning “autumn, the season”. In 2025 it ranked 111th for girls in the UK (483 babies) and 88th for girls in the US (2,805 babies).
What does Autumn mean?
English: the season, from Latin autumnus via French
“autumn, the season”
The word replaced the older English name for the season, harvest.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Autumn a girl's or a boy's name?
Autumn is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 483 girls in the UK and 2,805 girls and 8 boys in the US.
How popular is Autumn in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #111among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 483about 1 in 580 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 12% in five years
- Same name in a class
- 2.4%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 483 girls in the UK were named Autumn, making it the 111th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 120th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 557 girls.
2025 had fewer girls named Autumn than any year since 2020.
Half of all the girls named Autumn in the UK since 1996 were born between 2012 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 107th in England and Wales, 129th in Scotland and 140th in Northern Ireland.
Autumn in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 483 | #111 |
| 2024 | 485 | #112 |
| 2023 | 557 | #99 |
| 2022 | 544 | #103 |
| 2021 | 527 | #108 |
| 2020 | 456 | #120 |
| 2019 | 441 | #130 |
| 2018 | 460 | #131 |
| 2017 | 392 | #159 |
| 2016 | 394 | #155 |
| 2015 | 403 | #151 |
| 2014 | 311 | #191 |
| 2013 | 276 | #205 |
| 2012 | 303 | #188 |
| 2011 | 309 | #187 |
| 2010 | 224 | #252 |
| 2009 | 186 | #280 |
| 2008 | 206 | #265 |
| 2007 | 108 | #421 |
| 2006 | 71 | #556 |
| 2005 | 62 | #581 |
| 2004 | 71 | #511 |
| 2003 | 65 | #535 |
| 2002 | 49 | #619 |
| 2001 | 56 | #564 |
| 2000 | 65 | #501 |
| 1999 | 76 | #454 |
| 1998 | 70 | #478 |
| 1997 | 72 | #468 |
| 1996 | 84 | #417 |
How popular is Autumn in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #88among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 2,805about 1 in 570 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 11% in five years
- Same name in a class
- 2.4%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 2,805 girls in the US were named Autumn, making it the 88th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 82nd. Its busiest year was 1998, with 4,208 girls. It first appears in the records in 1910. 8 boys were also named Autumn in 2025 (8,906th for boys).
2025 had fewer girls named Autumn than any year since 1994.
Half of all the girls named Autumn in the US since 1880 were born between 1996 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
Autumn in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2,805 | #88 |
| 2024 | 3,045 | #79 |
| 2023 | 3,011 | #75 |
| 2022 | 3,241 | #71 |
| 2021 | 3,498 | #66 |
| 2020 | 3,142 | #82 |
| 2019 | 3,283 | #82 |
| 2018 | 3,506 | #77 |
| 2017 | 3,611 | #75 |
| 2016 | 4,045 | #65 |
| 2015 | 4,124 | #69 |
| 2014 | 4,082 | #71 |
| 2013 | 3,968 | #64 |
| 2012 | 3,784 | #68 |
| 2011 | 3,769 | #69 |
| 2010 | 3,529 | #81 |
| 2009 | 3,717 | #81 |
| 2008 | 3,669 | #87 |
| 2007 | 3,719 | #90 |
| 2006 | 3,581 | #95 |
| 2005 | 3,603 | #90 |
| 2004 | 3,868 | #82 |
| 2003 | 4,059 | #75 |
| 2002 | 4,104 | #73 |
| 2001 | 4,191 | #72 |
| 2000 | 4,027 | #77 |
| 1999 | 4,128 | #77 |
| 1998 | 4,208 | #77 |
| 1997 | 3,740 | #91 |
| 1996 | 3,110 | #104 |
| 1995 | 2,980 | #110 |
| 1994 | 2,720 | #117 |
| 1993 | 2,086 | #149 |
| 1992 | 1,783 | #170 |
| 1991 | 1,748 | #171 |
| 1990 | 1,652 | #177 |
| 1989 | 1,482 | #188 |
| 1988 | 1,667 | #169 |
| 1987 | 1,441 | #193 |
| 1986 | 1,121 | #231 |
| 1985 | 1,222 | #210 |
| 1984 | 1,187 | #220 |
| 1983 | 1,254 | #205 |
| 1982 | 1,426 | #194 |
| 1981 | 1,496 | #184 |
| 1980 | 1,529 | #180 |
| 1979 | 1,498 | #180 |
| 1978 | 1,308 | #200 |
| 1977 | 1,092 | #228 |
| 1976 | 930 | #256 |
| 1975 | 840 | #286 |
| 1974 | 618 | #350 |
| 1973 | 318 | #529 |
| 1972 | 301 | #552 |
| 1971 | 251 | #648 |
| 1970 | 199 | #740 |
| 1969 | 154 | #832 |
| 1968 | 97 | #1,074 |
| 1967 | 98 | #1,039 |
| 1966 | 99 | #1,050 |
| 1965 | 96 | #1,070 |
| 1964 | 90 | #1,163 |
| 1963 | 96 | #1,113 |
| 1962 | 93 | #1,126 |
| 1961 | 92 | #1,143 |
| 1960 | 59 | #1,429 |
| 1959 | 57 | #1,416 |
| 1958 | 54 | #1,447 |
| 1957 | 78 | #1,192 |
| 1956 | 78 | #1,175 |
| 1955 | 34 | #1,802 |
| 1954 | 40 | #1,601 |
| 1953 | 24 | #2,121 |
| 1952 | 25 | #2,022 |
| 1951 | 15 | #2,693 |
| 1950 | 7 | #4,313 |
| 1949 | 12 | #2,998 |
| 1948 | 11 | #3,136 |
| 1947 | 11 | #3,238 |
| 1946 | 6 | #4,416 |
| 1945 | 7 | #3,674 |
| 1944 | 7 | #3,685 |
| 1943 | 8 | #3,492 |
| 1942 | 7 | #3,736 |
| 1941 | 9 | #3,028 |
| 1940 | 10 | #2,736 |
| 1939 | 6 | #3,780 |
| 1938 | 9 | #2,938 |
| 1937 | 6 | #3,798 |
| 1936 | 16 | #1,950 |
| 1935 | 11 | #2,573 |
| 1934 | 7 | #3,447 |
| 1933 | 15 | #2,051 |
| 1932 | 15 | #2,129 |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 7 | #3,680 |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 7 | #3,873 |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 6 | #4,425 |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 7 | #3,970 |
| 1922 | 6 | #4,443 |
| 1921 | 8 | #3,665 |
| 1920 | 7 | #3,955 |
| 1919 | 7 | #3,815 |
| 1918 | 6 | #4,289 |
| 1917 | 12 | #2,551 |
| 1916 | 13 | #2,368 |
| 1915 | 5 | #4,272 |
| 1914 | 5 | #3,617 |
| 1913 | 7 | #2,538 |
| 1912 | 0 | – |
| 1911 | 5 | #2,463 |
| 1910 | 5 | #2,398 |
Names like Autumn
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Athena Scarlett Fatima Willow Myla Eden Harper Aubrey Lara Felicity Riley Zara
Other spellings of Autumn
More English names
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Autumn: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/autumn, updated 20 October 2026.