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Austen vs Cem

Austen and Cemcompared on official birth-registration statistics and Namewise's recorded data. This page states what each name's record shows — it never picks a winner or scores one name against the other.

Head to head

Ranks are only compared within one published list and one year. Two ranks from different years, from a boys' and a girls' list, or from different registrars are not comparable, so they are not placed side by side.

  • England and Wales · Boys

    In 2024, Austen was ranked #2088 and Cem #4270 among boys in England and Wales.

Austen and Cem over time

Austen and Cem appear together in 1 published list, across 28 years of shared records. Austen held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Cem in 0.

In none of those lists did their order change and stay changed.

Counted list by list. Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale in the same year, so those comparisons are real — but positions from different lists are not, so nothing here is combined into an overall standing.

How this pair is related

The relationship kinds these two qualify for, each under its own stated rule. Every one is drawn from a list they both appear in.

  • Repeatedly exchanged positions

    Austen and Cem changed places 8 times in England and Wales · Boys between 1996 and 2024, ending at #2088 and #4270.

  • Peaked in the same years

    Both reached their highest recorded position in England and Wales · Boys within 2 years — Austen #629 in 1997, Cem #661 in 1997.

List by list

  • England and Wales · Boys28 shared years, 19962024

    Austen held the stronger position in 19 of those years, Cem in 9.

    Highest recorded here: Austen #629 in 1997, Cem #661 in 1997.

    The order between them never changed and held in this list.

    Most recent shared year, 2024: Austen #2088, Cem #4270.

Two names moving past each other in a ranking is a fact about the ranking. Namewise does not claim one name displaced the other, that families chose between them, or that either influenced the other — none of that is in this data.

Side by side

Side-by-side comparison of Austen, Cem
FieldAustenCem
Record typeOfficial statistical record (evidence-only)Official statistical record (evidence-only)
Gender usagemalemale
MeaningNot yet recordedNot yet recorded
OriginNot yet recordedNot yet recorded
PronunciationNot yet recordedNot yet recorded
Syllables21
Common variants / nicknamesNot yet recordedNot yet recorded
Recorded regional usageGB-ENW, GB-SCT, IEGB-ENW
Most recent popularity observationScotland · Boys #727 (2024)England and Wales · Boys #4270 (2024)
Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score)Not yet recordedNot yet recorded
Spelling simplicity (demonstration score)88/10095/100
International familiarity (demonstration score)100/10040/100
Data Confidencemediummedium

What the data shows

  • Austen has 2 syllables, compared with 1 for Cem.
  • Both names have recorded usage in GB-ENW.

How each name got here

Austen

Popularity journey

  1. First recorded1996

    First recorded at #784 among boys in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.

    England and Wales · Boys

  2. Highest recorded1996–2024

    Highest recorded position: #629 among boys in England and Wales, in 1997 (recorded 1996–2024).

    England and Wales · Boys

  3. Most recent2024

    Most recently recorded at #2088 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.

    England and Wales · Boys

Cem

Popularity journey

  1. First recorded1996

    First recorded at #818 among boys in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.

    England and Wales · Boys

  2. Highest recorded1996–2024

    Highest recorded position: #661 among boys in England and Wales, in 1997 (recorded 1996–2024).

    England and Wales · Boys

  3. Most recent2024

    Most recently recorded at #4270 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.

    England and Wales · Boys