Boys' name · since 1915
Augie
749 babies named Augie in U.S. Social Security records since 1915, with the highest year being 2021. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #6,156 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #5,231 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 749
- born since 1915
- 1950s
- peak decade
Augie currently ranks #5231 among boys' names in America, with 749 babies recorded since 1915.
Social Security Administration records show Augie recorded 749 times among boys since 1915, holding rank #5231 nationally today, ahead of 62% of boys, peaking in the 1950s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1915 to 2025.
- #6,156 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #5,231 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 749 born since 1915
- 1950s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Augie ranks #6,156 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #5,231 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 749 born since 1915, peaking in the 1950s.
- #6,156 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #5,231 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 749
- born since 1915
- 1950s
- peak decade
Augie's 749 recorded births place it above 86.46% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 3 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Augie compares
749 Top 36% higher than 64% of 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Augie's all-time total is 103% above the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Augie | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 749 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 28 | 34 | 22,252 |
Augie's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Augie splits its recorded history at 1962: 53% of all births land in the more recent half, 47% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1926 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2021 peak of 28 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Augie popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1915–2025
- Peak year (2021)
- 28
- Annual births at peak, across 111 years of records
Currently ranks #5231 among boys.
749 total births across 111 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2021 with 28 births in a single year.
Augie popularity over time - girls
10 total births recorded since 1921 (Augie as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Augie accounts for 1% of total recorded use across both genders.
Augie by decade
1950s is the heaviest window (140 births, 19% of the file).
1950s was Augie's strongest decade.
140 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 19% of all-time use.
Augie births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 14
1910s
14 births
- 1920s 28
1920s
28 births
- 1930s 52
1930s
52 births
- 1940s
1940s
95 births
- 1950s
1950s
140 births
- 1960s
1960s
109 births
- 1970s 41
1970s
41 births
- 1980s 6
1980s
6 births
- 1990s 6
1990s
6 births
- 2000s 31
2000s
31 births
- 2010s
2010s
97 births
- 2020s
2020s
130 births
What this shows Peak: 1950s at 140 births (19% of all-time use).
Augie decade highlights
- Peak decade 140 births
- Runner-up 130 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
How Augie compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Augie's total volume
Augie by state
Where Augie concentrates geographically, total births since 1915
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 41 | 5.5% |
| #2 | New York | | 23 | 3.1% |
| #3 | Texas | | 6 | 0.8% |
41 of 749 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 3 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 5.5% of nationwide
- New York 3.1% of nationwide
- Texas 0.8% of nationwide
Recorded in 3 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 5.5% of all recorded births nationwide - a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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What to do with Augie's data
- Augie's usage has stayed within range of its 1950s decade-level peak (140 total births) through the 2020s (130) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Augies (41 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Augie: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2021)
Similar record span (~110 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1915–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Augie draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.
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