Author
Author is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. Its best rank was 557th, in 1883.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 193359 births
- Best rank
- #557in 1883
- Since 1880
- 2,173people given the name
The story in the numbers
2,173 boys have been named Author in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1933, with 59 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 59 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1936, and the 1920s alone account for 21%. It has spent 26 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Author | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 49 | |
| 1890s | 39 | |
| 1900s | 67 | |
| 1910s | 222 | |
| 1920s | 452 | |
| 1930s | 428 | |
| 1940s | 394 | |
| 1950s | 286 | |
| 1960s | 122 | |
| 1970s | 54 | |
| 1980s | 28 | |
| 1990s | 32 |
In 1933, its biggest year
Author was the 799th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1933 were Robert, James, John, William and Richard. See all of 1933.
Names that rose and fell with Author
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
- Alfordpeak 1930
- Autherpeak 1926
- Dudleypeak 1931
- Harveypeak 1921
- Willispeak 1924
- Juliouspeak 1930
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.