Autumn is a first name typically given to girls, but in rare cases also used as a boys name.
The first name Autumn is one of the top 100 most popular girls names in the US – currently at #69 in our SmartGenius ranking. Over 1,000 babies each year are named Autumn, accounting for approximately 0.20 % of all newborn girls. In the entire USA, approximately 135,164 people – children, adults and seniors – currently bear the name Autumn. That is 0.04 % of all living Americans.
Autumn is a name of English origin, and it refers to the season of the year between summer and winter. The word ‘autumn’ comes from the Latin word ‘autumnus’ which means ‘the season of the year when the leaves fall from the trees’. The name implies a sense of change and transition, as well as a sense of beauty and wonder.
The season autumn is often characterized... by cool temperatures, shorter days, and the changing colors of leaves on trees. In the Northern temperate zone, it lasts from 22 or 23 September to 22 December, in the southern temperate zone from 21 March to 21 June.
Autumn Reeser (*1980)
Her acting career began in the late 1990s and she is known for her roles in television series such as 'The O.C.' (2005 - 2007), 'Entourage' (2009 - 2010), 'No Ordinary Family' (2010 - 2011) and 'Last Resort' (2012 - 2013). She has also appeared in films such as 'Lost Boys: The Tribe' (2008) and 'Sully' (2016). Reeser is also a voice actress and has appeared in several animated series and video games. Additionally, she published several articles and essays, and is involved in various charities and social projects, including the organization 'Save the Children', which promotes the rights of children worldwide.
Autumn Peltier (*2004)
Autumn Peltier is an Anishinaabe Indigenous clean water activist and member of the Wiikwemkoong First Nation, an Indigenous community on Manitoulin Island in Ontario, Canada. Peltier has been an advocate for Indigenous rights and water conservation since she was eight years old. In 2015, she gave a moving speech at the United Nations General Assembly, calling on governments to do more to protect water. Since then, Peltier has participated in numerous international conferences and events to raise awareness about the importance of water conservation. In 2019, Teen Vogue magazine named her one of the 21 most influential people under 21.
Autumn de Forest (*2011)
De Forest began painting at the age of 5. By the age of 6, she had her first art exhibition, and by the age of 7, she was known as an 'art prodigy. Her abstract paintings have been described by critics as genius-level and intuitive. Over the years, she has participated in numerous art exhibitions and fairs around the world, including prestigious galleries such as the Salvador Dali Gallery in San Juan, Puerto Rico. De Forest has also participated in various charity events, raising funds for organizations such as St. Jude Children's Research Hospital and the Red Cross.
Emilie Autumn (*1977/79)
Emilie Autumn Liddell/Fritzges is an American singer, songwriter, author and violinist. She is known for her unique blend of classical music, industrial rock, and electronic music, as well as her flamboyant stage performances. Autumn began her musical career as a classical violinist before turning to rock music. In 2003, she released her debut album 'Enchant' to critical acclaim. It was followed by other albums such as 'Opheliac' (2006) and 'Fight Like a Girl' (2012), which stood out for their lyrical themes and musical styles.
This is a real surprise! Autumn is a name that has been around for a long time, but only really took off in the 21st century. In the year 2016, it reached its best rank at #63 according to our SmartGenius statistics. This makes Autumn much more popular than in previous generations, where it was so rare for several years that it was not even recorded in the statistics. While the name Autumn was observed for the first time ever in 1910, it now seems to have found its place in the zeitgeist of the 21st century. In 2016, the year of its highest popularity, the name was given a total of 4,046 times. Whether this beautiful girls' name can repeat or even exceed its previous best ranking in the coming years remains to be seen, but the prospects are promising given the positive trend.
In years where the graph has no value, the name Autumn was given less than five times or even none at all in the entire USA.
In 2022, Autumn ranked #70 in our SmartGenius statistics. In absolute figures, this means it was given to newborn girls a total of 3,222 times. No one knows what names (or combinations of numbers and letters) will be popular 50 years from now, but given its popularity in the early years of this millennium, there is a good chance that Autumn will not disappear from the screen anytime soon.
The name Autumn may not be in the top rankings of the most popular girls’ names, but it is one of the few female given names, along with only 536 others, that can be found in every single state in the U.S. from Alaska to Florida and from California to New York. Of course, the name occurs more frequently in some states than in others – and Autumn is apparently especially popular in Alaska. Although the name is not one of the top 100 most popular women’s names here either, one in 361 women in Alaska is called Autumn. In total, that’s 527 women who feel addressed when the name Autumn is shouted loudly across Alaska and who ensure that their name makes it to #104 in our SmartGenius ranking of the most common female names in this nice state. If you asked all women in the entire U.S. for their first name, you would hear Autumn as the answer a total of 135,140 times. This places Autumn at #259 in our SmartGenius statistics for the most popular women’s names in the whole of the USA. This is true for all currently living women across all states and age groups – the recent popularity of the name Autumn as a baby name is, of course, a bit different, as you can see from the statistics above.
Well, you might say, you probably figured that out yourself! But what you might not know is: The letter A is the most popular first letter for girls’ names. 11.8% of all common girls’ names in the US start with this letter. The second most common first letter in girls' names is S.
With six letters, the name Autumn is of average length. In fact, 28% of all common first names in the US consist of exactly six letters. 24% of all first names are shorter, while 48% have seven letters or more. On average, first names in the US (not counting hyphenated names) are 6.5 letters long. There are no significant differences between boys' and girls' names.
That means that if 11.8% of all girls' names start with an A, this initial letter occurs over three times as often as all other letters on average. And, by the way, of all the girls' names that begin with the letter A, the name Ashley is the most common.
If your name is Autumn and someone asks after your name, you can of course just tell them what it is. But sometimes that isn't so easy - what if it's too loud, and you don't understand them well? Or what if the other person is so far away that you can see them but not hear them? In these situations, you can communicate your name in so many other ways: you call spell it, sign it, or even use a flag to wave it...
So that everyone really understands you when you have to spell the name Autumn, you can simply say:
Apple
Unicorn
Tiger
Unicorn
Mouse
Nut
Braille is made up of dots, which the blind and visually impaired can feel to read words.
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Just use American Sign Language!
These flags are used for maritime communication - each flag represents a letter.
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In the navy, sailors of two ships might wave flags to each other to send messages. A sailor holds two flags in specific positions to represent different letters.
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In Morse code, letters and other characters are represented only by a series of short and long tones. For example, a short tone followed by a long tone stands for the letter A. Autumn sounds like this:
