Author peaked in the US in 1883 at #556, and is too rare now to appear in the latest official lists.
Author as a boy’s name Share of babies Rank
Author as a boy’s name, US Babies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published. 0 0.05 0.1 0.15 0.2 1880 1900 1920 1940 1960 1980 2000 2020 Author as a boy’s name, US Babies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published. 0 0.05 0.1 0.15 0.2 1880 1920 1960 2000 Author as a boy’s name, US Official rank (1 = most popular, log scale), 1880–2025, for US. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published. #1 #10 #100 #1,000 #10K 1880 1900 1920 1940 1960 1980 2000 2020 Author as a boy’s name, US Official rank (1 = most popular, log scale), 1880–2025, for US. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published. #1 #10 #100 #1,000 #10K 1880 1920 1960 2000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Official rank; #1 at the top. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.Show the numbers Year US 1995 #8,868 (5) 1993 #6,816 (7) 1992 #6,128 (8) 1991 #4,476 (12) 1987 #5,459 (7) 1986 #6,721 (5) 1984 #6,315 (5) 1981 #5,468 (6) 1980 #6,250 (5) 1979 #5,355 (6) 1977 #4,582 (7) 1976 #3,724 (9) 1975 #2,902 (13) 1974 #4,634 (6) 1972 #3,963 (7)
The tide so far Peaked in the US in 1883 at #556. In the US records since the data begins in 1880.