Augusten — #13254 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Augusten

The Social Security Administration has registered 120 babies named Augusten between 2006 and 2024, spanning 19 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Augusten currently holds the #13254 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2015, when 16 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Augusten performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 87 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Augusten shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Augusten in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Augusten in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 120 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.