Auther
Auther is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. Its best rank was 604th, in 1891.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 192668 births
- Best rank
- #604in 1891
- Since 1880
- 2,349people given the name
The story in the numbers
2,349 boys have been named Auther in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1926, with 68 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 68 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1932, and the 1920s alone account for 24%. It has spent 37 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Auther | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 61 | |
| 1890s | 43 | |
| 1900s | 58 | |
| 1910s | 301 | |
| 1920s | 560 | |
| 1930s | 490 | |
| 1940s | 400 | |
| 1950s | 239 | |
| 1960s | 109 | |
| 1970s | 61 | |
| 1980s | 27 |
In 1926, its biggest year
Auther was the 793rd most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1926 were Robert, John, James, William and Charles. See all of 1926.
Names that rose and fell with Auther
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Rollinpeak 1925
- Sanfordpeak 1929
- Burtonpeak 1925
- Dillardpeak 1921
- Howellpeak 1920
- Willispeak 1924
- Alfredpeak 1928
- Dudleypeak 1931
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.