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
0%100%Median name50%62.4%
Augie vs. every other boys name in current SSA rankings
Above the archive median
All-time archive position

Augie's 749 recorded births place it above 86.46% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.

3 jurisdictions
State-record footprint

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

Outside the top 1,000
Peak year (2021)
28
Annual births at peak, across 111 years of records
0102030 191519361945195419631973200820182025 18

Augie popularity over time - girls

10 total births recorded since 1921 (Augie as girls' name)

Unisex variant - 10 births
5 19212024 5

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

births

What this shows Peak: 1950s at 140 births (19% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

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 vs 15 similarly-sized boys names Scatter plot of 16 data points. 0%5%10%15%20% 20406080100120 New & already peakedOld name, single-era peakNew & still diversifyingLong history, steady all along Years in SSA records % of total births in the single peak year -68, 5.1%-102, 4.4%-114, 6.3%-113, 6.7%-39, 8.4%-72, 3.1%-51, 5.7%-36, 6.3%-88, 4.5%-115, 13%-56, 6.2%-27, 5.1%-30, 6.9%-106, 2.5%-33, 15%Augie-111, 3.7%Augie
Augie vs 15 similarly-sized boys names

Augie by state

Where Augie concentrates geographically, total births since 1915

Geographically diffuse
Top 3 states by recorded births for the name Augie
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 California
41 5.5%
#2 New York
23 3.1%
#3 Texas
6 0.8%
California share of Augie's total US births 5.5%
Even split

41 of 749 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 3 reporting states.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Augie?
749 babies have been named Augie since 1915. All-time, it sits at #6,156 of 45,481 boys' names by recorded births. In 2025, it ranks #5,231 of 13,930 among boys. The peak year was 2021 with 28 births.
Where does Augie sit in the SSA name archive?
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. All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the 2025 SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Augie most popular?
Augie was most popular in the 1950s decade with 140 total births. The single peak year was 2021.
Where is Augie most popular?
The top states for the name Augie are California (41 births), New York (23 births), Texas (6 births).
How long has the name Augie been used?
Augie has been recorded in Social Security data since 1915, spanning 111 years of data through 2025.
What names are similar to Augie?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include August, Augustus, Augustine, Augustin, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

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.

Keep exploring Augie

Nearby Names Like Augie

Names with a similar sound, spelling, or feel to Augie

Names with a similar popularity rank to Augie

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.

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.