Austin Name Meaning

A name pulled from Augustin, Austin has been a solid force towards the top of the charts since the 1980s. While his long-standing popularity has made him easily recognizable, he’s cooled enough to feel renewed in a field crowded with Liam and Noah.

He has a lot going for him when it comes to trends, fitting in both the place name bucket since he’s a city in Texas as well as the surname category that houses Jackson, Carter, and Lincoln. In his Austen form, he’s a literary pick, while Auston appears as another variation of the name. He’s part of the vowel name trend we’ve been seeing, where A names for boys are especially taking off.

A nice alternative to more popular names like Aaron and Aiden, Austin will fit in the classroom yet not be seen constantly in most schools. He’s got a healthy bit of boyhood charm about him but still commands respect well into adulthood. Another upside for many is his lack of nicknames, saving him from unwanted shortenings at every turn.

Austin has a likability factor about him, a name with good-guy vibes that can’t be shaken. Like Ryan, he’s a boy-next-door name who is well on his way to becoming a classic.

Infographic of Austin name meaning, which is An English variant of Augustus, Austin means great.
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Austin Name Popularity

How popular is the name Austin? Here’s everything we know.

Year Rank # Births % Births
1910 — 54 0.0153%
1911 — 43 0.0115%
1912 — 176 0.0349%
1913 — 227 0.04%
1914 — 278 0.0399%
1915 — 376 0.0414%
1916 — 409 0.0423%
1917 — 368 0.0368%
1918 — 448 0.0417%
1919 — 397 0.0379%
1920 — 430 0.0387%
1921 — 404 0.0353%
1922 — 417 0.0374%
1923 — 411 0.0367%
1924 — 383 0.033%
1925 — 404 0.0357%
1926 — 399 0.0363%
1927 — 382 0.0345%
1928 — 357 0.0334%
1929 — 328 0.0317%
1930 — 348 0.0333%
1931 — 317 0.0321%
1932 — 235 0.0238%
1933 — 254 0.0273%
1934 — 220 0.0228%
1935 — 171 0.0176%
1936 — 204 0.0212%
1937 — 200 0.0203%
1938 — 160 0.0156%
1939 — 155 0.0152%
1940 — 209 0.0197%
1941 — 182 0.0162%
1942 — 248 0.0196%
1943 — 254 0.0195%
1944 — 195 0.0157%
1945 — 199 0.0163%
1946 — 212 0.0144%
1947 — 206 0.0123%
1948 — 183 0.0115%
1949 — 117 0.0073%
1950 — 191 0.0119%
1951 — 219 0.0129%
1952 — 161 0.0092%
1953 — 161 0.0091%
1954 — 195 0.0107%
1955 — 170 0.0092%
1956 — 179 0.0095%
1957 — 194 0.0101%
1958 — 138 0.0073%
1959 — 135 0.0071%
1960 — 138 0.0073%
1961 — 159 0.0084%
1962 — 148 0.0081%
1963 — 164 0.0091%
1964 — 170 0.0097%
1965 — 149 0.0091%
1966 — 137 0.0088%
1967 — 154 0.0101%
1968 — 140 0.0093%
1969 — 129 0.0084%
1970 — 181 0.0114%
1971 — 217 0.0144%
1972 — 180 0.0132%
1973 — 206 0.0159%
1974 — 264 0.0203%
1975 — 376 0.0293%
1976 — 490 0.038%
1977 — 663 0.0492%
1978 — 871 0.0648%
1979 — 981 0.0696%
1980 — 1,153 0.0789%
1981 — 1,438 0.0978%
1982 — 1,790 0.1198%
1983 — 2,037 0.138%
1984 — 2,328 0.1565%
1985 — 2,721 0.1793%
1986 — 3,196 0.2117%
1987 — 4,083 0.2676%
1988 — 5,584 0.3583%
1989 — 6,883 0.4265%
1990 — 7,911 0.4773%
1991 — 9,054 0.5555%
1992 — 11,452 0.7175%
1993 — 17,579 1.1276%
1994 — 23,191 1.5111%
1995 — 25,905 1.7188%
1996 — 25,660 1.7137%
1997 — 25,117 1.6982%
1998 — 23,477 1.5686%
1999 — 20,767 1.3867%
2000 — 15,944 1.0437%
2001 — 14,955 0.9925%
2002 — 14,537 0.9701%
2003 — 11,687 0.7682%
2004 — 10,744 0.7049%
2005 — 10,107 0.661%
2006 — 10,286 0.6569%
2007 — 9,189 0.5824%
2008 — 7,984 0.5166%
2009 — 7,279 0.487%
2010 — 6,900 0.4788%
2011 — 7,026 0.4931%
2012 — 6,999 0.4912%
2013 — 6,484 0.4554%
2014 — 6,303 0.4326%
2015 — 5,796 0.3983%
2016 — 5,343 0.3706%
2017 — 5,024 0.36%
2018 — 4,642 0.3379%
2019 — 4,357 0.3219%
2020 — 3,927 0.3085%
2021 — 3,744 0.3063%
2022 — 3,339 0.2531%
2023 — 3,477 0.2687%

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Names Like Austin

If you like Austin, you’ll love these other names like Austin.

What names are diminutives of Austin?

A diminutive is a name that’s like Austin sounds, you might also like these names that sound like Austin, but shorter.

Name Meaning Origin Popularity Other Gender
Auggie

Great, magnificient

Latin

What names are variants of Austin?

Mix it up with these names that are a variation of the name Austin.

Name Meaning Origin Popularity Other Gender
August

To increase

Latin

Augustine

Great, magnificient

Latin

Augustus

Great, magnificient

Latin

Austen

Great, magnificient

Latin

Auston
Austyn

Great, magnificient

Latin

Osten

Latin

Ostin

French

Ostyn

French

Ostynn

French

What names sound like Austin?

If you like how Austin sounds, you might also like these names that sound like Austin.

Name Meaning Origin Popularity Other Gender
Aston

East town; ash tree settlement

English

Auden

Old friend

English

Easton

East town

English

Jestin

Welsh

Justain

Just, upright, righteous

Latin

Justan

Just, upright, righteous

Latin

Justen

Just, upright, righteous

Latin

Justin

Just and fair

English

Justino

Just, upright, righteous

Latin

Justyn

Just, upright, righteous

Latin

Westin

Western town

English

Weston

West town

English

What names are similar to Austin?

Find a name that’s like Austin, but just a little bit different.

Name Meaning Origin Popularity Other Gender
Brandon

Broom hill

English

Dylan

Great tide

Welsh

Eric

Everlasting ruler

Scandinavian

Evan

God is gracious

Welsh

Henry

Home ruler

English

Jason

To heal

Greek

Joshua

God is salvation

Hebrew

Michael

Who is Like God?

Hebrew

Ryan

Little king

Irish

Tyler

Tiler

English

Lists With Austin

Find inspiration in these baby boy name lists featuring the name Austin.

Siblings of Austin

Mamas with kids named Austin also have kids with these names.

Name Meaning Origin Popularity Other Gender
Aiden

Little fire

Irish

Hudson

Son of Hudd

English

Harrison

Son of Harry

English

Elizabeth

God is my oath

Hebrew

Zoe

Life

Greek

Aubree

Elf ruler

English

Cameron

Crooked nose

Scottish

Emma

Whole or universal

German

River

Flowing body of water

English

Piper

Pipe player

English

Roman

One from Rome

Latin

Lucas

From Lucania

Latin

Jack

God is gracious

English

Abbott

Father, priest

English

Abigail

Father’s rejoice

Hebrew

Axton

From the ash town

English

Skyler

Fugitive; giving shelter

Danish

17 Comments

  1. Austin means great, magnificent, and majestic! We believe the Lord is going to use him for great things to further His kingdom.

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  2. The definition of the don’t give a f*** 2ed born and usually my best friend but now he’s 10 n not as nice to his mommy as he was

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  3. We have two other kids with A names and liked the sound of Austin with our last name.

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  4. Husband got choice pick for a boy name. Needless to say we both grew up watching wrestling and loved stone cold Steve Austin. The rest is history as they say.

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  5. We chose Austin Miles because we love how it goes together. We don’t have any significant family names that we loved but we both could agree in Austin and then the middle name Miles just fell into place!

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    • Just had our boy recently and came to look up spellings as we went with Miles Austin!!

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  6. Reason why I gave the name Austin to my first son because it was the state capital. Was originally going to be Dallas but I decided to go to Austin

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  7. Austin is my maiden name. His dads first name is Ray so we decided to go with Austin Ray and as little bit of us both.

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  8. The meaning

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  9. My boyfriend loves wrestling and us big fan of Stone Cold Steve Austin. He has always liked the name Austin. He told me if we had a boy he would like him to be named Austin and I liked it too. The only thing I dislike is that you can’t shorten it so makes nicknames a little bit hard.

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    • Ofcoz you can’t shorten this Name but all in all i like this. And my first boy is Austin. My friend call me Daddy Austin, i like it

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  10. We narrowed down to 5 boy names we both liked and agreed with. Then we chose the ones that went well with the middle names we had. His name came down to Austin Lee Michael or Jameson Lee when we finally had the reveal party. Then we let the older kids pick the one they liked most. They chose Austin since all the kids have 2 middle names.

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  11. My husband picked out the name from a football player. It just stuck the whole time and I didn’t even think twice about it. I chose the middle name, Austin Joseph. He came 6 weeks early and spent only 4 short days in the nicu. He is now a happy healthy 7 year old with a little sister ?

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  12. After choosing the perfect name for our first boy, we couldn’t agree on a name for our second boy. Mama went through a list of potential names that she liked and DaDa told her that he liked Austin.

    We love the name but it’s a pretty common name in the state where we live, RI, it was #35 at some point.

    Our baby seems to like music. We often play the song Austin by Blake Shelton for him.

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  13. My husband picked this name out this name for our son. I love the name Austin. You don’t hear the name Austin very much at all.

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  14. Ive had the name Austin picked out for years and my husband liked it too. I never could figure out a middle name tho and he came up with it lol so we have Austin Riley now 🙂

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  15. Had another boy and wanted to stay with the letter A. Plus live the city of Austin, Texas.

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