A couple of months ago, we looked at Austin’s top baby names of 2017. When I found the data for that post, I also found nine other top-10 lists for Austin (2008-2016). Because they’re out of date, I’ll go ahead and consolidate these earlier rankings into a single blog post (like I did for New York City a while back).
2016
The most popular baby names in Austin in 2016.
| Top Girl Names (Austin, 2016) | Top Boy Names (Austin, 2016) |
| 1. Olivia 2. Mia 3. Isabella 4. Sophia 5. Elizabeth 6. Ava 7. Emma 8. Charlotte 9. Sofia 10. Camila & Emily (tie) | 1. William 2. Alexander 3. Ethan 4. Noah 5. Oliver 6. Benjamin 7. Liam 8. Jacob 9. James 10. Mathew |
(“Mathew” could be a typo…?)
2015
The most popular baby names in Austin in 2015.
| Top Girl Names (Austin, 2015) | Top Boy Names (Austin, 2015) |
| 1. Olivia 2. Sophia 3. Emma 4. Sofia 5. Ava 6. Evelyn 7. Emily 8. Abigail 9. Isabella 10. Mia | 1. Liam 2. Noah 3. William 4. James 5. Alexander 6. Jacob 7. Luke 8. David 9. Dylan 10. Henry |
2014
The most popular baby names in Austin in 2014.
| Top Girl Names (Austin, 2014) | Top Boy Names (Austin, 2014) |
| 1. Olivia 2. Emma 3. Isabella 4. Sofia 5. Mia 6. Sophia 7. Ava 8. Charlotte 9. Emily 10. Abigail | 1. Noah 2. William 3. Michael 4. Alexander 5. Benjamin 6. James 7. Anthony 8. Jacob 9. Liam 10. Daniel & Ethan (tie) |
2013
The most popular baby names in Austin in 2013.
| Top Girl Names (Austin, 2013) | Top Boy Names (Austin, 2013) |
| 1. Olivia 2. Sophia 3. Emily 4. Isabella 5. Emma 6. Mia 7. Abigail 8. Avery 9. Ava 10. Sofia | 1. Alexander 2. William 3. Noah 4. Jacob 5. Benjamin 6. Ethan 7. David 8. Liam 9. Andrew 10. Christopher, James, John & Luke (4-way tie) |
2012
The most popular baby names in Austin in 2012.
| Top Girl Names (Austin, 2012) | Top Boy Names (Austin, 2012) |
| 1. Sophia 2. Isabella 3. Emma 4. Olivia 5. Ava 6. Abigail 7. Mia 8. Emily 9. Sofia 10. Harper | 1. William 2. Alexander 3. Ethan 4. Noah 5. Christopher 6. Jacob 7. David 8. James 9. Benjamin 10. Matthew |
2011
The most popular baby names in Austin in 2011.
| Top Girl Names (Austin, 2011) | Top Boy Names (Austin, 2011) |
| 1. Sophia 2. Isabella 3. Olivia 4. Emma 5. Abigail 6. Ava 7. Emily 8. Addison 9. Elizabeth 10. Sofia | 1. Jacob 2. William 3. Alexander 4. Daniel 5. Noah 6. David 7. Mason 8. John 9. Benjamin 10. Ethan |
2010
The most popular baby names in Austin in 2010.
| Top Girl Names (Austin, 2010) | Top Boy Names (Austin, 2010) |
| 1. Sophia 2. Isabella 3. Ava 4. Abigail 5. Emma 6. Olivia 7. Emily 8. Avery 9. Chloe 10. Elizabeth | 1. William 2. Jacob 3. Alexander 4. Noah 5. Christopher 6. Daniel 7. John 8. Andrew 9. Michael 10. Angel |
2009
The most popular baby names in Austin in 2009.
| Top Girl Names (Austin, 2009) | Top Boy Names (Austin, 2009) |
| 1. Isabella 2. Mia 3. Sophia 4. Emily 5. Ava 6. Emma 7. Olivia 8. Elizabeth 9. Natalie 10. Ashley | 1. William 2. Jose 3. Daniel 4. Alexander 5. Christopher 6. Andrew 7. Jacob 8. Angel 9. Michael 10. Joshua |
2008
The most popular baby names in Austin in 2008.
| Top Girl Names (Austin, 2008) | Top Boy Names (Austin, 2008) |
| 1. Isabella 2. Sophia 3. Emily 4. Abigail 5. Emma 6. Ava 7. Olivia 8. Ashley 9. Elizabeth 10. Madison & Natalie (tie) | 1. Alexander 2. Daniel 3. David 4. Angel 5. Jacob 6. Michael 7. John 8. Joshua 9. William 10. Christopher & Noah (tie) |
Did any of these names (or rankings) stand out to you?
Source: Most Popular Baby Names 2008-2017 City Of Austin | Open Data | City of Austin Texas
Image: Adapted from Flag of Texas (public domain)
