Author is an uncommon boys' name that was most common in the 1930s and has all but disappeared.
Author is a boy name. It last appears in U.S. records in 1995. Author first appears in 1880 and peaked in 1933 (59 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 5 | — | #8,986 |
| 1993 | 7 | — | #6,880 |
| 1992 | 8 | — | #6,176 |
| 1991 | 12 | — | #4,505 |
| 1987 | 7 | — | #5,510 |
| 1986 | 5 | — | #6,810 |
| 1984 | 5 | — | #6,399 |
| 1981 | 6 | — | #5,543 |
| 1980 | 5 | — | #6,330 |
| 1979 | 6 | — | #5,409 |
| 1977 | 7 | — | #4,628 |
| 1976 | 9 | — | #3,743 |
| 1975 | 13 | — | #2,919 |
| 1974 | 6 | — | #4,681 |
| 1972 | 7 | — | #3,999 |
| 1970 | 6 | — | #4,272 |
| 1969 | 10 | — | #2,879 |
| 1968 | 17 | — | #1,965 |
| 1967 | 7 | — | #3,256 |
| 1966 | 9 | — | #2,799 |
| 1965 | 8 | — | #3,000 |
| 1964 | 12 | — | #2,422 |
| 1963 | 12 | — | #2,425 |
| 1962 | 19 | — | #1,854 |
| 1961 | 13 | — | #2,329 |
| 1960 | 15 | — | #2,128 |
| 1959 | 22 | — | #1,720 |
| 1958 | 25 | — | #1,561 |
| 1957 | 16 | — | #2,026 |
| 1956 | 28 | — | #1,483 |
| 1955 | 28 | — | #1,460 |
| 1954 | 39 | — | #1,201 |
| 1953 | 18 | — | #1,839 |
| 1952 | 31 | — | #1,349 |
| 1951 | 40 | — | #1,140 |
| 1950 | 39 | — | #1,140 |
| 1949 | 40 | — | #1,111 |
| 1948 | 29 | — | #1,348 |
| 1947 | 35 | — | #1,234 |
| 1946 | 46 | — | #1,003 |
| 1945 | 35 | — | #1,103 |
| 1944 | 37 | — | #1,088 |
| 1943 | 45 | — | #999 |
| 1942 | 45 | — | #992 |
| 1941 | 36 | — | #1,092 |
| 1940 | 46 | — | #940 |
| 1939 | 43 | — | #955 |
| 1938 | 40 | — | #1,011 |
| 1937 | 50 | — | #869 |
| 1936 | 42 | — | #953 |
| 1935 | 37 | — | #1,059 |
| 1934 | 29 | — | #1,242 |
| 1933 | 59 | — | #799 |
| 1932 | 42 | — | #1,026 |
| 1931 | 35 | — | #1,147 |
| 1930 | 51 | — | #945 |
| 1929 | 45 | — | #1,012 |
| 1928 | 49 | — | #983 |
| 1927 | 45 | — | #1,041 |
| 1926 | 49 | — | #983 |
| 1925 | 38 | — | #1,145 |
| 1924 | 43 | — | #1,093 |
| 1923 | 46 | — | #1,042 |
| 1922 | 54 | — | #949 |
| 1921 | 41 | — | #1,104 |
| 1920 | 42 | — | #1,090 |
| 1919 | 38 | — | #1,125 |
| 1918 | 30 | — | #1,289 |
| 1917 | 26 | — | #1,365 |
| 1916 | 33 | — | #1,138 |
| 1915 | 21 | — | #1,507 |
| 1914 | 19 | — | #1,393 |
| 1913 | 18 | — | #1,211 |
| 1912 | 14 | — | #1,277 |
| 1911 | 7 | — | #1,399 |
| 1910 | 16 | — | #756 |
| 1909 | 7 | — | #1,161 |
| 1908 | 10 | — | #886 |
| 1907 | 7 | — | #1,105 |
| 1905 | 9 | — | #840 |
| 1904 | 10 | — | #763 |
| 1903 | 6 | — | #1,017 |
| 1902 | 5 | — | #1,155 |
| 1901 | 6 | — | #958 |
| 1900 | 7 | — | #1,054 |
| 1898 | 11 | — | #668 |
| 1894 | 10 | — | #676 |
| 1893 | 5 | — | #1,047 |
| 1892 | 5 | — | #1,078 |
| 1890 | 8 | — | #743 |
| 1887 | 6 | — | #827 |
| 1886 | 7 | — | #767 |
| 1884 | 6 | — | #859 |
| 1883 | 11 | — | #557 |
| 1882 | 8 | — | #704 |
| 1881 | 5 | — | #877 |
| 1880 | 6 | — | #825 |