Fun Facts About the Name Autum
- More than 3 thousand babies named Autum: U.S. records list 3,311 babies given the name Autum from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Autum Mean?
Autum is a variant spelling of Autumn, an English name taken directly from the word for the season between summer and winter. The season word came into English through Old French autompne, from Latin autumnus, the Roman term for that time of year. The deeper origin of Latin autumnus is uncertain. The Roman writer Varro connected it to Latin augere, "to increase," but that is generally treated as a folk explanation rather than a proven source. Other suggestions point to an Etruscan or pre-Roman Mediterranean origin, and no derivation is firmly settled. The name itself has no meaning beyond the season it names.
Autum Name History & Origins
Before English adopted a Latin-derived word for the third season, Old English called it hærfest, the ancestor of modern "harvest." The word autumn entered English in the Middle Ages by way of Old French, and its spelling later regained the -n of Latin autumnus. English also formed its own term, fall (from "the fall of the leaf"), used from the 16th century; it became the usual word in North America while autumn remained standard in Britain.
Using seasons and months as personal names is an English-language practice, seen in names such as Summer, June, and May. Autumn appears as a given name, used mainly for girls, and Autum is a respelling of it with the final -n dropped. The spelling is a trimmed form of the ordinary word rather than a separate name with its own derivation.
How Popular is the Name Autum?
Autum has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 1998. Its best rank was #1,245 in 1998.
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 | #8,429 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 2024 | #9,609 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 2023 | #6,962 | 16 | 0.0010% |
| 2022 | #7,017 | 16 | 0.0010% |
| 2021 | #6,433 | 18 | 0.0011% |
| 2020 | #9,028 | 11 | 0.0007% |
| 2019 | #8,193 | 13 | 0.0008% |
| 2018 | #5,810 | 21 | 0.0012% |
| 2017 | #7,895 | 14 | 0.0008% |
| 2016 | #4,749 | 29 | 0.0016% |
| 2015 | #4,308 | 33 | 0.0018% |
| 2014 | #3,724 | 41 | 0.0023% |
| 2013 | #2,941 | 57 | 0.0032% |
| 2012 | #2,740 | 64 | 0.0036% |
| 2011 | #2,538 | 71 | 0.0040% |
| 2010 | #2,564 | 71 | 0.0040% |
| 2009 | #2,402 | 80 | 0.0044% |
| 2008 | #2,126 | 95 | 0.0050% |
| 2007 | #2,020 | 101 | 0.0053% |
| 2006 | #2,069 | 95 | 0.0050% |
| 2005 | #1,912 | 101 | 0.0055% |
| 2004 | #1,770 | 108 | 0.0059% |
| 2003 | #2,002 | 90 | 0.0049% |
| 2002 | #1,468 | 130 | 0.0072% |
| 2001 | #1,386 | 137 | 0.0076% |
| 2000 | #1,525 | 119 | 0.0066% |
| 1999 | #1,283 | 143 | 0.0081% |
| 1998 | #1,245 | 146 | 0.0083% |
| 1997 | #1,457 | 113 | 0.0065% |
| 1996 | #1,478 | 111 | 0.0063% |
| 1995 | #1,514 | 103 | 0.0059% |
| 1994 | #1,714 | 86 | 0.0048% |
| 1993 | #1,654 | 91 | 0.0050% |
| 1992 | #2,157 | 62 | 0.0034% |
| 1991 | #1,819 | 78 | 0.0042% |
| 1990 | #2,013 | 67 | 0.0035% |
| 1989 | #2,251 | 53 | 0.0029% |
| 1988 | #1,892 | 65 | 0.0036% |
| 1987 | #1,946 | 58 | 0.0033% |
| 1986 | #2,572 | 38 | 0.0022% |
| 1985 | #2,104 | 50 | 0.0029% |
| 1984 | #1,966 | 52 | 0.0031% |
| 1983 | #2,051 | 49 | 0.0029% |
| 1982 | #2,150 | 47 | 0.0028% |
| 1981 | #1,915 | 56 | 0.0034% |
| 1980 | #2,191 | 46 | 0.0028% |
| 1979 | #1,661 | 67 | 0.0042% |
| 1978 | #2,743 | 30 | 0.0020% |
| 1977 | #2,217 | 41 | 0.0027% |
| 1976 | #2,063 | 42 | 0.0029% |
| 1975 | #2,687 | 28 | 0.0019% |
| 1974 | #3,437 | 19 | 0.0013% |
| 1973 | #8,522 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1972 | #8,390 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1971 | #6,666 | 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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