Augustus
Augustus was given to 783 boys in 2025, #407 among boys’ names; 21,690 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 15,300 Americans named Augustus and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (71% of everyone recorded); the median is 12 years old and half are between 6 and 27.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Augustus by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Augustus mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Augustus is “a male given name from Latin, risen in popularity since the 18th century.” Its etymology gives the sense “majestic, venerable” (augustus).
From Latin Augustus, from augustus (“majestic, venerable”). Doublet of august and August.
/ɔːˈɡʌstəs/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Augustus?
#407 among boys’ names, 2025
Augustus rose from #465 in 2015 to #407 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born rose from 0.34 to 0.46 per 1,000.
791 babies in 2024, the peak
Augustus peaked in 2024, when 791 boys were given it, #409 among boys’ names. The 783 births of 2025 are 99% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 783 | #407 | 0.46 |
| 2024 | 791 | #409 | 0.46 |
| 2023 | 614 | #486 | 0.36 |
| 2022 | 660 | #466 | 0.38 |
| 2021 | 661 | #457 | 0.38 |
| 2020 | 585 | #499 | 0.34 |
| 2019 | 638 | #465 | 0.36 |
| 2018 | 637 | #460 | 0.35 |
| 2017 | 734 | #422 | 0.40 |
| 2016 | 672 | #457 | 0.35 |
Every recorded year (146)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 648 | #465 | 0.34 |
| 2014 | 505 | #545 | 0.26 |
| 2013 | 346 | #693 | 0.18 |
| 2012 | 340 | #696 | 0.18 |
| 2011 | 292 | #768 | 0.15 |
| 2010 | 290 | #769 | 0.15 |
| 2009 | 280 | #795 | 0.14 |
| 2008 | 277 | #791 | 0.14 |
| 2007 | 272 | #793 | 0.13 |
| 2006 | 247 | #824 | 0.12 |
| 2005 | 255 | #775 | 0.13 |
| 2004 | 211 | #841 | 0.11 |
| 2003 | 203 | #851 | 0.10 |
| 2002 | 197 | #842 | 0.10 |
| 2001 | 178 | #881 | 0.09 |
| 2000 | 159 | #957 | 0.08 |
| 1999 | 156 | #934 | 0.08 |
| 1998 | 153 | #924 | 0.08 |
| 1997 | 137 | #960 | 0.07 |
| 1996 | 137 | #943 | 0.07 |
| 1995 | 157 | #859 | 0.08 |
| 1994 | 153 | #863 | 0.08 |
| 1993 | 143 | #893 | 0.07 |
| 1992 | 140 | #889 | 0.07 |
| 1991 | 145 | #870 | 0.07 |
| 1990 | 98 | #1,069 | 0.05 |
| 1989 | 88 | #1,127 | 0.04 |
| 1988 | 60 | #1,325 | 0.03 |
| 1987 | 53 | #1,378 | 0.03 |
| 1986 | 39 | #1,646 | 0.02 |
| 1985 | 35 | #1,727 | 0.02 |
| 1984 | 50 | #1,324 | 0.03 |
| 1983 | 46 | #1,376 | 0.03 |
| 1982 | 46 | #1,394 | 0.03 |
| 1981 | 63 | #1,155 | 0.04 |
| 1980 | 51 | #1,315 | 0.03 |
| 1979 | 47 | #1,353 | 0.03 |
| 1978 | 48 | #1,302 | 0.03 |
| 1977 | 44 | #1,369 | 0.03 |
| 1976 | 54 | #1,163 | 0.03 |
| 1975 | 47 | #1,239 | 0.03 |
| 1974 | 39 | #1,371 | 0.02 |
| 1973 | 43 | #1,254 | 0.03 |
| 1972 | 56 | #1,084 | 0.03 |
| 1971 | 64 | #1,015 | 0.04 |
| 1970 | 67 | #989 | 0.04 |
| 1969 | 49 | #1,112 | 0.03 |
| 1968 | 54 | #1,006 | 0.03 |
| 1967 | 60 | #933 | 0.03 |
| 1966 | 59 | #942 | 0.03 |
| 1965 | 67 | #898 | 0.04 |
| 1964 | 63 | #958 | 0.03 |
| 1963 | 65 | #930 | 0.03 |
| 1962 | 57 | #1,014 | 0.03 |
| 1961 | 68 | #927 | 0.03 |
| 1960 | 59 | #995 | 0.03 |
| 1959 | 73 | #897 | 0.03 |
| 1958 | 63 | #957 | 0.03 |
| 1957 | 92 | #782 | 0.04 |
| 1956 | 69 | #897 | 0.03 |
| 1955 | 89 | #772 | 0.04 |
| 1954 | 98 | #726 | 0.05 |
| 1953 | 96 | #730 | 0.05 |
| 1952 | 107 | #670 | 0.06 |
| 1951 | 91 | #725 | 0.05 |
| 1950 | 77 | #777 | 0.04 |
| 1949 | 94 | #706 | 0.05 |
| 1948 | 105 | #660 | 0.06 |
| 1947 | 92 | #714 | 0.05 |
| 1946 | 106 | #623 | 0.07 |
| 1945 | 89 | #641 | 0.07 |
| 1944 | 95 | #630 | 0.07 |
| 1943 | 100 | #639 | 0.07 |
| 1942 | 110 | #598 | 0.08 |
| 1941 | 83 | #671 | 0.07 |
| 1940 | 93 | #616 | 0.08 |
| 1939 | 86 | #637 | 0.08 |
| 1938 | 105 | #571 | 0.09 |
| 1937 | 92 | #605 | 0.09 |
| 1936 | 103 | #566 | 0.10 |
| 1935 | 101 | #575 | 0.10 |
| 1934 | 105 | #576 | 0.10 |
| 1933 | 97 | #588 | 0.10 |
| 1932 | 149 | #470 | 0.14 |
| 1931 | 109 | #562 | 0.10 |
| 1930 | 121 | #546 | 0.11 |
| 1929 | 105 | #587 | 0.10 |
| 1928 | 145 | #500 | 0.13 |
| 1927 | 155 | #486 | 0.14 |
| 1926 | 137 | #518 | 0.12 |
| 1925 | 163 | #475 | 0.15 |
| 1924 | 155 | #495 | 0.14 |
| 1923 | 183 | #453 | 0.17 |
| 1922 | 164 | #480 | 0.15 |
| 1921 | 171 | #468 | 0.16 |
| 1920 | 165 | #474 | 0.16 |
| 1919 | 176 | #444 | 0.18 |
| 1918 | 166 | #461 | 0.16 |
| 1917 | 149 | #466 | 0.16 |
| 1916 | 148 | #470 | 0.17 |
| 1915 | 162 | #423 | 0.19 |
| 1914 | 154 | #383 | 0.24 |
| 1913 | 116 | #396 | 0.23 |
| 1912 | 106 | #374 | 0.25 |
| 1911 | 53 | #389 | 0.23 |
| 1910 | 54 | #337 | 0.28 |
| 1909 | 43 | #357 | 0.26 |
| 1908 | 33 | #413 | 0.21 |
| 1907 | 41 | #331 | 0.28 |
| 1906 | 27 | #425 | 0.20 |
| 1905 | 45 | #300 | 0.34 |
| 1904 | 44 | #288 | 0.34 |
| 1903 | 24 | #401 | 0.20 |
| 1902 | 43 | #288 | 0.35 |
| 1901 | 35 | #295 | 0.33 |
| 1900 | 45 | #312 | 0.30 |
| 1899 | 31 | #315 | 0.29 |
| 1898 | 48 | #255 | 0.39 |
| 1897 | 47 | #254 | 0.42 |
| 1896 | 53 | #249 | 0.44 |
| 1895 | 50 | #254 | 0.43 |
| 1894 | 47 | #253 | 0.41 |
| 1893 | 56 | #226 | 0.50 |
| 1892 | 48 | #257 | 0.39 |
| 1891 | 38 | #260 | 0.38 |
| 1890 | 43 | #259 | 0.39 |
| 1889 | 35 | #284 | 0.32 |
| 1888 | 66 | #218 | 0.55 |
| 1887 | 51 | #222 | 0.50 |
| 1886 | 58 | #222 | 0.52 |
| 1885 | 69 | #190 | 0.64 |
| 1884 | 65 | #204 | 0.57 |
| 1883 | 53 | #205 | 0.51 |
| 1882 | 65 | #197 | 0.57 |
| 1881 | 51 | #215 | 0.51 |
| 1880 | 74 | #175 | 0.67 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Augustus a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Augustus has been given almost only to boys: 10 girls in 146 years of records.
Girls and boys named Augustus: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Augustus, and how old are they?
15,300 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 71% of the 21,690 Americans ever recorded as Augustus. The median Augustus alive today is 12 years old; half are between 6 and 27.
The 2020 Census counted 10,907 people named Augustus (44 women and girls, 10,863 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 11,905 born in the U.S. The Census count is 8% below that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 339 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 1,010 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 746 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 1,390 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 3,590 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 8,210 |
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 Augustus born?
The states with the most babies named Augustus are Texas, California and New York, with 21% of its births recorded by state in 2025.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 84 | #414 | 0.8× |
| California | 44 | #638 | 0.5× |
| New York | 36 | #463 | 0.9× |
| Missouri | 35 | #203 | 1.3× |
| Ohio | 30 | #363 | 0.7× |
| Florida | 29 | #585 | 0.5× |
| Illinois | 28 | #376 | 0.6× |
| Oklahoma | 27 | #180 | 0.8× |
| Tennessee | 26 | #335 | 0.7× |
| North Carolina | 24 | #447 | 1.0× |
Where Augustus is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Augustus is most over-represented in Montana: since 1910 it was given 1.7 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 Augustus with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 2 names spelled alike, given to 22,088 babies since 1880, Augustus is the most given (98% of them). In 2025 it was given to 783 of their 783 babies (100%), again the most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Augustus
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 Augustus and names like it
- Compare Augustus and AgustusBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 2020sAugustus peaked in 2024.
- Texas’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Augustus since 1910.
- Latin namesWiktionary’s origin for Augustus: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 2024The year the most babies were named Augustus.
- The names of Generation AlphaMost people named Augustus alive today were born 2013-2025.
- Names starting with AMost given first.