girl's name
Autumn
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- Origin Latin
- Gender Girl
- Syllables 2
- Letters 6
- Popularity Top 100 (US)
- Births on record 160,862
the United States
#88
2025 births
Autumn is a girl's name taken from the English word for the season, which comes through French from the Latin autumnus. The word's own origin is uncertain and may be Etruscan rather than Latin, making it one of few common English words with no recoverable root.
- Autumn is a name of Latin origin.
- Peaked in 1998, when 4,214 babies were given the name.
- Its usage has held steady over the past decade.
- Today about 1 in 1,179 babies in the United States is given this name.
- First appears in US birth records in 1910.
- 2 syllables, with the stress on syllable 1.
Autumn over time
Births per decade in the United States, 1910s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.
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| Decade | Births |
|---|---|
| 1910s | 65 |
| 1920s | 48 |
| 1930s | 85 |
| 1940s | 88 |
| 1950s | 412 |
| 1960s | 974 |
| 1970s | 7,409 |
| 1980s | 13,891 |
| 1990s | 28,193 |
| 2000s | 38,610 |
| 2010s | 37,761 |
| 2020s (to 2025) | 18,790 |
What Autumn means
Autumn names the season of harvest. Its deeper meaning is not recoverable — autumnus has no clear Latin derivation and is generally suspected of being borrowed from Etruscan, a language we cannot fully read.
Where Autumn comes from
Autumn comes through the Old French autompne from the Latin autumnus, and where the Latin word came from is genuinely unknown. It has no convincing Indo-European root, which has led scholars to suspect a borrowing from Etruscan — the same suspicion that attaches to Anthony. English used autumn from the fourteenth century, gradually displacing the older harvest as the season's name, though American English later favored fall, a shortening of the phrase fall of the leaf. As a given name Autumn is twentieth-century and American, part of the small group of season names that also includes Summer, Winter and the far rarer Spring.
Autumn in use
Autumn is one of the few everyday English words whose ultimate origin is genuinely unknown.
How popular is Autumn?
In 2025, Autumn was given to 2,813 babies in the United States, ranking #88 that year. It is one of the most popular names in the United States.
Where Autumn is used
US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.
Names that peaked alongside Autumn
These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.
Parents who like Autumn also like
Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Autumn over the last century — the same taste, a different name.
1 nickname for Autumn
Each one is a name in its own right — the figure underneath is how it is doing today, so you can see which short forms are rising and which have faded.
Autumn in other languages
The same name as it is spelled elsewhere — not shortenings, and not different names that merely sound alike. Each one has its own record here.
- Other forms
- Forms we hold no single language for — some are used across several, some are simply spelled differently.
- Autum
Sibling names for Autumn
Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Autumn — the two things that make a sibling set grate.
Common questions about Autumn
What does the name Autumn mean?
Autumn names the season, from the Latin autumnus.
Where does the word autumn come from?
From Latin, but the Latin word has no clear root and may be borrowed from Etruscan.
Are there names like Autumn?
Summer, Winter and the rarer Spring follow the same pattern of season names.
How popular is the name Autumn?
In 2025, Autumn was given to 2,813 babies in the United States, ranking #88 that year. It is one of the most popular names in the United States.
Is Autumn a girl's or a boy's name?
Autumn is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.
How many syllables are in Autumn?
Autumn has 2 syllables.
When was Autumn most popular?
Autumn peaked in 1998, when 4,214 babies were given the name. Its usage has held steady over the past decade.
What are the nicknames for Autumn?
Autumn is usually shortened to Leaf.
Is Autumn a good name?
That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Autumn currently ranks #88 in the United States. Its usage has held steady over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.