August
August was given to 3,958 boys in 2025, #81 among boys’ names; 74,452 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 53,500 Americans named August and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (72% of everyone recorded); the median is 8 years old and half are between 4 and 17.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of August by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does August mean?
Wiktionary, English section
August is “a male given name from Latin.” Its etymology gives the senses “month of August” (augustus) and “venerable” (Augustus) and “increase” (*augos).
Also “a female given name from English derived from the month (of birth).”
Early Middle English August(us), re-Latinized from Old English Agustus, from Late Latin Agustus, from Latin augustus (“month of August”), from the agnomen Augustus (“venerable”) of Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus, possibly from either Old Latin *augos (“increase”), from Proto-Italic *augos, from Proto-Indo-European base *h₂ewg- (“to increase”); or Latin avis (“bird”), referring to divination by observing bird flights, singing, feeding or entrails + garrīre (“to chatter”). Doublet of august and Augustus.
/ˈɔ.ɡəst/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is August?
#81 among boys’ names, 2025
August rose from #195 in 2015 to #81 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born rose from 1.1 to 2.3 per 1,000.
4,226 babies in 2025, the peak
August peaked in 2025, when 4,226 babies were given it (3,958 boys, #81 among boys’ names). In 2024 it went to 3,894 boys.
Births by sex.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3,958 | #81 | 2.3 |
| 2024 | 3,894 | #88 | 2.3 |
| 2023 | 3,459 | #104 | 2.0 |
| 2022 | 3,420 | #109 | 2.0 |
| 2021 | 3,160 | #120 | 1.8 |
| 2020 | 2,432 | #155 | 1.4 |
| 2019 | 2,389 | #167 | 1.3 |
| 2018 | 2,291 | #169 | 1.3 |
| 2017 | 2,061 | #191 | 1.1 |
| 2016 | 2,092 | #193 | 1.1 |
Every recorded year (146)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 2,093 | #195 | 1.1 |
| 2014 | 1,545 | #241 | 0.80 |
| 2013 | 1,043 | #319 | 0.55 |
| 2012 | 946 | #333 | 0.50 |
| 2011 | 720 | #395 | 0.38 |
| 2010 | 647 | #427 | 0.34 |
| 2009 | 651 | #432 | 0.33 |
| 2008 | 582 | #477 | 0.29 |
| 2007 | 413 | #609 | 0.20 |
| 2006 | 384 | #618 | 0.19 |
| 2005 | 343 | #636 | 0.17 |
| 2004 | 301 | #673 | 0.15 |
| 2003 | 304 | #654 | 0.15 |
| 2002 | 281 | #665 | 0.14 |
| 2001 | 290 | #643 | 0.15 |
| 2000 | 310 | #613 | 0.16 |
| 1999 | 283 | #632 | 0.15 |
| 1998 | 312 | #596 | 0.16 |
| 1997 | 258 | #645 | 0.14 |
| 1996 | 223 | #710 | 0.12 |
| 1995 | 249 | #662 | 0.13 |
| 1994 | 196 | #749 | 0.10 |
| 1993 | 168 | #813 | 0.09 |
| 1992 | 165 | #812 | 0.08 |
| 1991 | 153 | #834 | 0.08 |
| 1990 | 146 | #841 | 0.07 |
| 1989 | 152 | #803 | 0.08 |
| 1988 | 123 | #855 | 0.06 |
| 1987 | 115 | #870 | 0.06 |
| 1986 | 130 | #796 | 0.07 |
| 1985 | 118 | #820 | 0.06 |
| 1984 | 108 | #843 | 0.06 |
| 1983 | 90 | #931 | 0.05 |
| 1982 | 103 | #876 | 0.06 |
| 1981 | 106 | #858 | 0.06 |
| 1980 | 108 | #851 | 0.06 |
| 1979 | 104 | #851 | 0.06 |
| 1978 | 95 | #880 | 0.06 |
| 1977 | 107 | #822 | 0.07 |
| 1976 | 106 | #809 | 0.07 |
| 1975 | 104 | #814 | 0.07 |
| 1974 | 109 | #771 | 0.07 |
| 1973 | 92 | #829 | 0.06 |
| 1972 | 99 | #804 | 0.06 |
| 1971 | 118 | #756 | 0.07 |
| 1970 | 110 | #783 | 0.06 |
| 1969 | 111 | #742 | 0.06 |
| 1968 | 99 | #746 | 0.06 |
| 1967 | 119 | #683 | 0.07 |
| 1966 | 105 | #727 | 0.06 |
| 1965 | 110 | #713 | 0.06 |
| 1964 | 126 | #687 | 0.06 |
| 1963 | 133 | #678 | 0.07 |
| 1962 | 122 | #694 | 0.06 |
| 1961 | 161 | #624 | 0.08 |
| 1960 | 148 | #639 | 0.07 |
| 1959 | 164 | #603 | 0.08 |
| 1958 | 155 | #617 | 0.07 |
| 1957 | 181 | #574 | 0.08 |
| 1956 | 186 | #555 | 0.09 |
| 1955 | 151 | #599 | 0.07 |
| 1954 | 190 | #529 | 0.09 |
| 1953 | 216 | #475 | 0.11 |
| 1952 | 193 | #502 | 0.10 |
| 1951 | 202 | #475 | 0.11 |
| 1950 | 203 | #468 | 0.11 |
| 1949 | 249 | #429 | 0.14 |
| 1948 | 241 | #429 | 0.14 |
| 1947 | 250 | #431 | 0.14 |
| 1946 | 230 | #420 | 0.14 |
| 1945 | 201 | #420 | 0.15 |
| 1944 | 239 | #392 | 0.18 |
| 1943 | 249 | #388 | 0.17 |
| 1942 | 280 | #362 | 0.20 |
| 1941 | 237 | #376 | 0.19 |
| 1940 | 258 | #354 | 0.22 |
| 1939 | 249 | #353 | 0.22 |
| 1938 | 249 | #352 | 0.22 |
| 1937 | 300 | #307 | 0.28 |
| 1936 | 288 | #316 | 0.28 |
| 1935 | 270 | #332 | 0.26 |
| 1934 | 295 | #316 | 0.29 |
| 1933 | 337 | #289 | 0.34 |
| 1932 | 365 | #286 | 0.35 |
| 1931 | 423 | #265 | 0.41 |
| 1930 | 432 | #271 | 0.39 |
| 1929 | 454 | #263 | 0.42 |
| 1928 | 421 | #276 | 0.38 |
| 1927 | 496 | #256 | 0.44 |
| 1926 | 458 | #267 | 0.41 |
| 1925 | 514 | #252 | 0.46 |
| 1924 | 574 | #239 | 0.51 |
| 1923 | 544 | #240 | 0.50 |
| 1922 | 596 | #225 | 0.55 |
| 1921 | 610 | #217 | 0.55 |
| 1920 | 610 | #211 | 0.57 |
| 1919 | 618 | #203 | 0.63 |
| 1918 | 618 | #207 | 0.61 |
| 1917 | 661 | #184 | 0.71 |
| 1916 | 676 | #178 | 0.76 |
| 1915 | 709 | #162 | 0.84 |
| 1914 | 533 | #166 | 0.81 |
| 1913 | 401 | #171 | 0.78 |
| 1912 | 343 | #171 | 0.80 |
| 1911 | 166 | #188 | 0.73 |
| 1910 | 144 | #188 | 0.74 |
| 1909 | 129 | #179 | 0.79 |
| 1908 | 138 | #168 | 0.89 |
| 1907 | 134 | #163 | 0.91 |
| 1906 | 120 | #164 | 0.90 |
| 1905 | 109 | #175 | 0.82 |
| 1904 | 127 | #151 | 1.0 |
| 1903 | 116 | #154 | 1.0 |
| 1902 | 108 | #162 | 0.88 |
| 1901 | 116 | #141 | 1.1 |
| 1900 | 148 | #144 | 1.0 |
| 1899 | 142 | #117 | 1.3 |
| 1898 | 164 | #112 | 1.3 |
| 1897 | 137 | #120 | 1.2 |
| 1896 | 180 | #103 | 1.5 |
| 1895 | 190 | #101 | 1.6 |
| 1894 | 162 | #109 | 1.4 |
| 1893 | 155 | #111 | 1.4 |
| 1892 | 181 | #102 | 1.5 |
| 1891 | 186 | #86 | 1.8 |
| 1890 | 206 | #84 | 1.9 |
| 1889 | 171 | #96 | 1.5 |
| 1888 | 213 | #86 | 1.8 |
| 1887 | 194 | #83 | 1.9 |
| 1886 | 203 | #84 | 1.8 |
| 1885 | 193 | #86 | 1.8 |
| 1884 | 213 | #80 | 1.9 |
| 1883 | 209 | #77 | 2.0 |
| 1882 | 234 | #74 | 2.1 |
| 1881 | 172 | #81 | 1.7 |
| 1880 | 210 | #74 | 1.9 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is August a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 74,452 Americans recorded as August, 8% are girls and 92% boys. In 2025 it went to 268 girls and 3,958 boys.
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named August: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named August, and how old are they?
53,500 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 72% of the 74,452 Americans ever recorded as August. The median August alive today is 8 years old; half are between 4 and 17.
The 2020 Census counted 32,401 people named August (4,014 women and girls, 28,387 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 33,643 born in the U.S. The Census count is 4% below that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 912 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 2,280 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 1,860 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 2,850 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 8,520 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 37,100 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named August born?
The states with the most babies named August are California, Texas and Illinois, with 21% of its births recorded by state in 2025.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 364 | #118 | 0.8× |
| Texas | 328 | #127 | 0.7× |
| Illinois | 187 | #51 | 1.3× |
| Missouri | 176 | #20 | 1.8× |
| Ohio | 176 | #70 | 0.9× |
| New York | 175 | #107 | 1.0× |
| North Carolina | 165 | #84 | 0.7× |
| Michigan | 164 | #51 | 1.0× |
| Florida | 161 | #148 | 0.5× |
| Pennsylvania | 147 | #88 | 1.0× |
Where August is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, August is most over-represented in Missouri: since 1910 it was given 1.8 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of August with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as August
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about August and names like it
- Compare August and AugustusBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 2020sAugust peaked in 2025.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named August since 1910.
- English namesWiktionary’s origin for August: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 2025The year the most babies were named August.
- The names of Generation AlphaMost people named August alive today were born 2013-2025.
- Names starting with AMost given first.