Augustus — #408 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Augustus

The Social Security Administration has registered 20,892 babies named Augustus between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Augustus currently holds the #408 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2024, when 787 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Augustus performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 5,101 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Augustus shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 1,329 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Pennsylvania. In total, SSA state-level files list Augustus in 49 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Augustus 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 20,892 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.