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Ostin

Gender
Boy
Say it
AH-stin
Origin
Latin
UK rank, 2025
#2,511 for boys
US rank, 2025
#4,395 for boys

Ostin is a boys' name of Latin origin, meaning “great, venerable”. In 2025 it ranked 2,511th for boys in the UK (9 babies) and 4,395th for boys in the US (23 babies).

What does Ostin mean?

Latin: phonetic spelling of Austin, from Augustine

“great, venerable”

Austin is a medieval English contraction of Augustine, from Latin augustus, 'venerable'.

Is Ostin a girl's or a boy's name?

Ostin is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 boys in the UK and 23 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Ostin in the UK?

Rank in 2025
2,511th among boys
Babies in 2025
9 about 1 in 33,000 boys
Five-year trend
Rising up 80% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 9 boys in the UK were named Ostin, making it the 2,511th most popular name for boys.

2025 had the most boys named Ostin of any year since it first appeared, in 2008.

Half of all the boys named Ostin in the UK since 1996 were born between 2013 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.

Among boys in 2025, it was 2,436th in England and Wales.

2008Busiest: 9 in 20252025
Ostin in the UK, year by year
YearBoysRank
20259#2,511
20244#4,346
20235#3,712
20220–
20214#4,188
20200–
20194#4,126
20186#3,162
20173#4,995
20160–
20156#3,149
20144#4,063
20134#4,008
20127#2,849
20111#6,218
20104#4,026
20090–
20083#4,615

How popular is Ostin in the US?

Rank in 2025
4,395th among boys
Babies in 2025
23 about 1 in 74,000 boys
Five-year trend
Rising up 56% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 23 boys in the US were named Ostin, making it the 4,395th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,695th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 38 boys. It first appears in the records in 1992.

Half of all the boys named Ostin in the US since 1880 were born between 2007 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.

1992Busiest: 38 in 20232025
Ostin in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
202523#4,395
202423#4,430
202338#3,175
202229#3,772
202129#3,736
202015#5,695
201918#5,149
201821#4,606
201717#5,293
201621#4,623
201519#4,888
201415#5,729
201311#7,021
201212#6,620
201111#7,002
201014#6,032
200916#5,551
200810#7,693
200710#7,586
200613#6,090
200511#6,628
20049#7,530
20037#8,636
200211#6,081
200112#5,660
20007#8,202
19999#6,524
19988#6,837
19975#9,259
19968#6,489
19950–
19940–
19937#6,809
19925#8,426

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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, “Ostin: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ostin, updated 20 October 2026.