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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Autum

Autum was the 8429th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 12 babies. Its best year was 1998, when it ranked 1245th with 146 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 4,121 places. More babies were named Autum in the 2000s than in any other decade.

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Rank in 2025
#8,429 girls, up 606 places since 2020
Babies in 2025
12girls
Girls and boys
Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
Peak year
1998146 babies
Total since 1880
3,311babies recorded

Autum popularity since 1880

050100150200 1900192019401960198020002020
Girls Babies per year, US, from Social Security records. Years with fewer than 5 babies show as zero.
YearRank (girls)Babies (girls)
2025#8,42912
2020#9,03511
2010#2,56471
2000#1,525119
1990#2,01367
1980#2,19146
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How popular is Autum, counting every spelling?

Autum has no other common spelling that sounds the same.

How many kids will share the name Autum?

12 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Autum (0.00 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Autum born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 705 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Autum.

Chance of another Autum in a class of 20under 1 in 50US, born 2025

Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.

How old are people named Autum?

About 3,200 people born in the US named Autum are alive today, with a median age of 27; half are between 20 and 35. That makes Autum mostly worn by children and young adults.

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Estimated people alive in the US with the name, by age, mid-2026. The darker bar holds the median age.

Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.

Names with a similar history

These names rose and fell in step with Autum: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Autum, they share its era and feel.

Questions about the name Autum

How popular is the name Autum?

Autum was the 8429th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 12 babies. Its best year was 1998, when it ranked 1245th with 146 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 4,121 places. More babies were named Autum in the 2000s than in any other decade.

Is Autum a boy or girl name?

In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Autum in the US.