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Autumn

Pronounced AO1 T AH0 M (ARPABET)

  • 2 syllables
  • Peaked 1998
  • 115 years in use
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How popular is Autumn?

Autumn is a girls' name, and first appears in 1910. It has been given to 143,464 children — the 292nd most common girls' name on record.

Its use has been broadly flat across the past two decades. Its best single year was 1998, when 4,208 children were given it.

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1998Girls: 4,208Boys: 6

Characteristics

  • 2 syllables
Phonetic detail
Pronunciations:
AO1 T AH0 M
Stress pattern:
10
Syllables:
2

Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.

Names like Autumn

Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.

Sibling names for Autumn

Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.

Frequently asked questions

How popular is the name Autumn?
Autumn ranks 292nd among girls' names in US records, with 143,464 births since 1910. Over the past decade it accounts for 34,472.
Is Autumn a unisex name?
No. Autumn is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
When was Autumn most popular?
1998, when 4,208 children were given the name. It has been in use for 115 years and is still recorded as of 2024.