Fun Facts About the Name Autumn
- A newer favorite: Autumn first entered the U.S. top 100 in 1997 and stayed there through 2025 - a run of 29 consecutive years.
- More than 146 thousand babies named Autumn: U.S. records list 146,277 babies given the name Autumn from 1880 through 2025. Even 338 boys received the name Autumn - about 1 boy for every 432 girls.
What Does the Name Autumn Mean?
Autumn is an English given name taken directly from the word for the season, so its meaning is the season itself: the period between summer and winter, traditionally associated with the harvest. The English word comes by way of Old French autompne (later automne) from Latin autumnus. The deeper origin of autumnus is uncertain. Some scholars have proposed an Etruscan source, and some ancient Roman writers linked it to Latin auctus or augere, "to increase" - a suggestion that is plausible but not established. As a name, Autumn carries the plain sense of the season rather than a separate etymological meaning of its own.
Autumn Name History & Origins
Autumn belongs to a group of English given names drawn from the calendar and the natural world, such as June, May, Rose, and Summer. Names taken from seasons and months became more common in the English-speaking world during the 20th century, and Autumn is generally treated as a feminine name, though it is occasionally given to boys as well.
The word has a longer history than the name. In Old English the season was called hærfest (harvest), the source of the modern word "harvest"; autumn entered English from Old French after the Norman Conquest and gradually took over the seasonal sense, while "harvest" narrowed to mean the gathering of crops. Because the given name is simply the modern English word, it has no older personal-name forms of its own, unlike names inherited from Latin, Greek, or Germanic sources.
How Popular is the Name Autumn?
Autumn recorded its highest annual U.S. birth count in 1998. Autumn entered the top 100 U.S. girl names in 1997.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #88 | 2,805 | 0.1745% |
| 2024 | #79 | 3,030 | 0.1878% |
| 2023 | #75 | 3,006 | 0.1876% |
| 2022 | #71 | 3,239 | 0.1976% |
| 2021 | #66 | 3,495 | 0.2131% |
| 2020 | #82 | 3,139 | 0.1943% |
| 2019 | #82 | 3,281 | 0.1956% |
| 2018 | #77 | 3,505 | 0.2061% |
| 2017 | #75 | 3,608 | 0.2091% |
| 2016 | #65 | 4,045 | 0.2283% |
| 2015 | #69 | 4,124 | 0.2311% |
| 2014 | #71 | 4,079 | 0.2284% |
| 2013 | #64 | 3,964 | 0.2259% |
| 2012 | #68 | 3,784 | 0.2149% |
| 2011 | #69 | 3,768 | 0.2142% |
| 2010 | #81 | 3,526 | 0.1984% |
| 2009 | #81 | 3,715 | 0.2022% |
| 2008 | #88 | 3,667 | 0.1939% |
| 2007 | #90 | 3,718 | 0.1934% |
| 2006 | #95 | 3,581 | 0.1884% |
| 2005 | #90 | 3,603 | 0.1950% |
| 2004 | #82 | 3,868 | 0.2107% |
| 2003 | #75 | 4,059 | 0.2222% |
| 2002 | #73 | 4,104 | 0.2284% |
| 2001 | #72 | 4,191 | 0.2328% |
| 2000 | #77 | 4,027 | 0.2218% |
| 1999 | #77 | 4,128 | 0.2327% |
| 1998 | #77 | 4,208 | 0.2382% |
| 1997 | #91 | 3,740 | 0.2149% |
| 1996 | #104 | 3,110 | 0.1774% |
| 1995 | #110 | 2,980 | 0.1695% |
| 1994 | #117 | 2,720 | 0.1523% |
| 1993 | #149 | 2,086 | 0.1153% |
| 1992 | #170 | 1,783 | 0.0967% |
| 1991 | #171 | 1,748 | 0.0932% |
| 1990 | #177 | 1,652 | 0.0870% |
| 1989 | #188 | 1,482 | 0.0804% |
| 1988 | #169 | 1,667 | 0.0936% |
| 1987 | #193 | 1,441 | 0.0829% |
| 1986 | #231 | 1,122 | 0.0654% |
| 1985 | #210 | 1,221 | 0.0710% |
| 1984 | #220 | 1,187 | 0.0705% |
| 1983 | #205 | 1,254 | 0.0751% |
| 1982 | #193 | 1,427 | 0.0843% |
| 1981 | #184 | 1,495 | 0.0896% |
| 1980 | #180 | 1,530 | 0.0921% |
| 1979 | #180 | 1,498 | 0.0933% |
| 1978 | #200 | 1,308 | 0.0854% |
| 1977 | #228 | 1,092 | 0.0712% |
| 1976 | #256 | 930 | 0.0635% |
| 1975 | #286 | 840 | 0.0576% |
| 1974 | #350 | 618 | 0.0421% |
| 1973 | #529 | 318 | 0.0218% |
| 1972 | #553 | 301 | 0.0198% |
| 1971 | #648 | 251 | 0.0151% |
| 1970 | #740 | 199 | 0.0114% |
| 1969 | #832 | 154 | 0.0091% |
| 1968 | #1,076 | 97 | 0.0059% |
| 1967 | #1,039 | 98 | 0.0059% |
| 1966 | #1,050 | 99 | 0.0059% |
| 1965 | #1,069 | 96 | 0.0054% |
| 1964 | #1,163 | 90 | 0.0047% |
| 1963 | #1,115 | 96 | 0.0050% |
| 1962 | #1,125 | 93 | 0.0047% |
| 1961 | #1,146 | 92 | 0.0046% |
| 1960 | #1,434 | 59 | 0.0029% |
| 1959 | #1,418 | 57 | 0.0028% |
| 1958 | #1,449 | 54 | 0.0027% |
| 1957 | #1,193 | 78 | 0.0038% |
| 1956 | #1,177 | 78 | 0.0039% |
| 1955 | #1,806 | 34 | 0.0017% |
| 1954 | #1,603 | 40 | 0.0021% |
| 1953 | #2,127 | 24 | 0.0013% |
| 1952 | #2,025 | 25 | 0.0013% |
| 1951 | #2,702 | 15 | 0.0008% |
| 1950 | #4,346 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1949 | #3,011 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 1948 | #3,148 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 1947 | #3,261 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 1946 | #4,460 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 1945 | #3,698 | 7 | 0.0005% |
| 1944 | #3,714 | 7 | 0.0005% |
| 1943 | #3,512 | 8 | 0.0006% |
| 1942 | #3,767 | 7 | 0.0005% |
| 1941 | #3,045 | 9 | 0.0007% |
| 1940 | #2,749 | 10 | 0.0009% |
| 1939 | #3,801 | 6 | 0.0005% |
| 1938 | #2,954 | 9 | 0.0008% |
| 1937 | #3,835 | 6 | 0.0006% |
| 1936 | #1,955 | 16 | 0.0015% |
| 1935 | #2,588 | 11 | 0.0010% |
| 1934 | #3,471 | 7 | 0.0007% |
| 1933 | #2,062 | 15 | 0.0015% |
| 1932 | #2,146 | 15 | 0.0014% |
| 1929 | #3,713 | 7 | 0.0006% |
| 1927 | #3,900 | 7 | 0.0006% |
| 1925 | #4,480 | 6 | 0.0005% |
| 1923 | #4,010 | 7 | 0.0006% |
| 1922 | #4,500 | 6 | 0.0005% |
| 1921 | #3,698 | 8 | 0.0006% |
| 1920 | #3,994 | 7 | 0.0006% |
| 1919 | #3,863 | 7 | 0.0006% |
| 1918 | #4,337 | 6 | 0.0005% |
| 1917 | #2,569 | 12 | 0.0011% |
| 1916 | #2,380 | 13 | 0.0012% |
| 1915 | #4,336 | 5 | 0.0005% |
| 1914 | #3,666 | 5 | 0.0007% |
| 1913 | #2,566 | 7 | 0.0011% |
| 1911 | #2,504 | 5 | 0.0012% |
| 1910 | #2,444 | 5 | 0.0013% |
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #8,995 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 2024 | #9,981 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2023 | #8,321 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2022 | #9,053 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 2021 | #10,914 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2020 | #7,566 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 2019 | #9,852 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2018 | #10,898 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2017 | #10,908 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2016 | #10,879 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2014 | #9,740 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2013 | #10,864 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2012 | #8,212 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2011 | #12,457 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2010 | #8,879 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 2009 | #11,134 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2006 | #10,790 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2005 | #11,632 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2004 | #3,376 | 28 | 0.0014% |
| 2003 | #7,909 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 2002 | #9,498 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2001 | #10,711 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2000 | #7,497 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1998 | #8,574 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1997 | #8,216 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1996 | #5,565 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 1995 | #7,879 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1994 | #8,898 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1993 | #8,799 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1989 | #8,003 | 5 | 0.0002% |
| 1988 | #5,796 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1987 | #4,262 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 1985 | #5,837 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1984 | #5,618 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1983 | #4,962 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1982 | #3,985 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 1981 | #6,359 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1980 | #3,864 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 1979 | #3,371 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 1978 | #3,081 | 13 | 0.0008% |
| 1977 | #5,914 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1976 | #4,468 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1975 | #3,450 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 1974 | #4,223 | 7 | 0.0004% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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