August
#960 for girls in 2025, 268 births · #81 for boys in 2025, 3,958 births
Given to boys 91.6% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1882 · 234 births
- Debut · boys
- 210 births
- In top 100 · boys
- 14 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 68,182since 1880
August over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #960 | 268 | #81 | 3,958 |
| 2024 | #912 | 291 | #88 | 3,894 |
| 2023 | #912 | 291 | #104 | 3,459 |
| 2022 | #865 | 321 | #109 | 3,420 |
| 2021 | #841 | 328 | #120 | 3,160 |
| 2020 | #856 | 316 | #155 | 2,432 |
| 2019 | #845 | 319 | #167 | 2,389 |
| 2018 | #897 | 300 | #169 | 2,291 |
| 2017 | #1,001 | 259 | #191 | 2,061 |
| 2016 | #1,113 | 228 | #193 | 2,092 |
| 2015 | #1,055 | 249 | #195 | 2,093 |
| 2014 | #1,100 | 232 | #241 | 1,545 |
| 2013 | #1,646 | 129 | #319 | 1,043 |
| 2012 | #1,639 | 131 | #333 | 946 |
| 2011 | #1,728 | 119 | #395 | 720 |
| 2010 | #1,818 | 112 | #427 | 647 |
| 2009 | #1,901 | 110 | #432 | 651 |
| 2008 | #1,949 | 108 | #477 | 582 |
| 2007 | #2,034 | 100 | #609 | 413 |
| 2006 | #2,229 | 86 | #618 | 384 |
| 2005 | #2,106 | 88 | #636 | 343 |
| 2004 | #2,309 | 75 | #672 | 301 |
| 2003 | #2,301 | 73 | #654 | 304 |
| 2002 | #1,844 | 97 | #664 | 281 |
| 2001 | #1,819 | 97 | #643 | 290 |
| 2000 | #1,759 | 99 | #613 | 310 |
| 1999 | #1,857 | 85 | #633 | 283 |
| 1998 | #1,493 | 114 | #596 | 312 |
| 1997 | #1,406 | 119 | #645 | 258 |
| 1996 | #1,641 | 93 | #711 | 223 |
| 1995 | #1,819 | 78 | #663 | 249 |
| 1994 | #2,232 | 59 | #750 | 196 |
| 1993 | #2,768 | 43 | #815 | 168 |
| 1992 | #3,680 | 29 | #814 | 165 |
| 1991 | #3,540 | 30 | #838 | 153 |
| 1990 | #4,230 | 23 | #845 | 146 |
| 1989 | #3,477 | 29 | #806 | 152 |
| 1988 | #3,690 | 25 | #855 | 123 |
| 1987 | #3,101 | 30 | #870 | 115 |
| 1986 | #3,554 | 24 | #796 | 130 |
| 1985 | #3,084 | 29 | #820 | 118 |
| 1984 | #2,677 | 34 | #843 | 108 |
| 1983 | #2,156 | 45 | #930 | 90 |
| 1982 | #3,172 | 27 | #876 | 103 |
| 1981 | #2,847 | 31 | #858 | 106 |
| 1980 | #2,342 | 41 | #850 | 108 |
| 1979 | #2,248 | 43 | #851 | 104 |
| 1978 | #2,050 | 46 | #880 | 95 |
| 1977 | #2,216 | 41 | #822 | 107 |
| 1976 | #2,439 | 33 | #809 | 106 |
| 1975 | #2,969 | 24 | #814 | 104 |
| 1974 | #2,433 | 31 | #771 | 109 |
| 1973 | #3,015 | 22 | #829 | 92 |
| 1972 | #3,543 | 17 | #804 | 99 |
| 1971 | #3,373 | 19 | #755 | 118 |
| 1970 | #4,246 | 13 | #782 | 110 |
| 1969 | #5,974 | 7 | #742 | 111 |
| 1968 | #4,222 | 11 | #746 | 99 |
| 1967 | #4,300 | 10 | #683 | 119 |
| 1966 | #3,400 | 14 | #726 | 105 |
| 1965 | #3,952 | 11 | #712 | 110 |
| 1964 | #5,474 | 7 | #686 | 126 |
| 1963 | #4,272 | 10 | #678 | 133 |
| 1962 | — | #694 | 122 | |
| 1961 | #4,882 | 8 | #625 | 161 |
| 1960 | #4,773 | 8 | #640 | 148 |
| 1959 | — | #604 | 164 | |
| 1958 | — | #618 | 155 | |
| 1957 | — | #575 | 181 | |
| 1956 | — | #556 | 186 | |
| 1955 | — | #599 | 151 | |
| 1954 | #5,148 | 6 | #530 | 190 |
| 1953 | — | #476 | 216 | |
| 1952 | — | #503 | 193 | |
| 1951 | — | #476 | 202 | |
| 1950 | — | #469 | 203 | |
| 1949 | — | #430 | 249 | |
| 1948 | — | #429 | 241 | |
| 1947 | — | #431 | 250 | |
| 1946 | — | #420 | 230 | |
| 1945 | — | #420 | 201 | |
| 1944 | — | #392 | 239 | |
| 1943 | — | #388 | 249 | |
| 1942 | — | #362 | 280 | |
| 1941 | — | #376 | 237 | |
| 1940 | — | #354 | 258 | |
| 1939 | — | #352 | 249 | |
| 1938 | — | #352 | 249 | |
| 1937 | — | #307 | 300 | |
| 1936 | #4,181 | 5 | #316 | 288 |
| 1935 | — | #332 | 270 | |
| 1934 | — | #316 | 295 | |
| 1933 | — | #289 | 337 | |
| 1932 | — | #286 | 365 | |
| 1931 | — | #265 | 423 | |
| 1930 | — | #271 | 432 | |
| 1929 | #4,570 | 5 | #263 | 454 |
| 1928 | #4,725 | 5 | #276 | 421 |
| 1927 | #4,286 | 6 | #256 | 496 |
| 1926 | — | #267 | 458 | |
| 1925 | — | #252 | 514 | |
| 1924 | #4,434 | 6 | #239 | 574 |
| 1923 | #4,967 | 5 | #240 | 544 |
| 1922 | #4,011 | 7 | #225 | 596 |
| 1921 | #5,099 | 5 | #217 | 610 |
| 1920 | #3,097 | 10 | #211 | 610 |
| 1919 | — | #203 | 618 | |
| 1918 | — | #207 | 618 | |
| 1917 | #4,083 | 6 | #184 | 661 |
| 1916 | — | #178 | 676 | |
| 1915 | #2,900 | 9 | #162 | 709 |
| 1914 | #3,188 | 6 | #166 | 533 |
| 1913 | — | #171 | 401 | |
| 1912 | — | #171 | 343 | |
| 1911 | — | #187 | 166 | |
| 1910 | — | #188 | 144 | |
| 1909 | — | #179 | 129 | |
| 1908 | — | #168 | 138 | |
| 1907 | — | #163 | 134 | |
| 1906 | — | #164 | 120 | |
| 1905 | — | #175 | 109 | |
| 1904 | — | #151 | 127 | |
| 1903 | — | #154 | 116 | |
| 1902 | — | #162 | 108 | |
| 1901 | — | #141 | 116 | |
| 1900 | — | #144 | 148 | |
| 1899 | — | #117 | 142 | |
| 1898 | — | #112 | 164 | |
| 1897 | — | #120 | 137 | |
| 1896 | — | #103 | 180 | |
| 1895 | — | #101 | 190 | |
| 1894 | — | #109 | 162 | |
| 1893 | — | #111 | 155 | |
| 1892 | — | #102 | 181 | |
| 1891 | — | #86 | 186 | |
| 1890 | — | #84 | 206 | |
| 1889 | — | #96 | 171 | |
| 1888 | — | #86 | 213 | |
| 1887 | — | #83 | 194 | |
| 1886 | — | #84 | 203 | |
| 1885 | — | #86 | 193 | |
| 1884 | — | #80 | 213 | |
| 1883 | — | #77 | 209 | |
| 1882 | — | #74 | 234 | |
| 1881 | — | #80 | 172 | |
| 1880 | — | #74 | 210 | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, August was already there! It came in at #74, and was given to 210 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1962–1988, when fewer than 140 boys a year got the name.
See more about August
- 7 spots since 2024 (#88 → #81)
- 74 spots since 2020 (#155 → #81)
- 114 spots since 2015 (#195 → #81)
- Biggest jump: 132 spots in 2008 (#609 → #477)
- Biggest drop: 74 spots in 1987 (#796 → #870)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1882 at #74 (234 births)
- Births halved by 1901, 19 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 14 yrs · run 1880–1891
- Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
- Highest: 1 in 432 boys born in 2025 were named August (0.23%)
- Its best rank, #74 in 1882, was only 1 in 486 (0.21%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 29.8% of all boys named August (20,323) were born in this decade
- Comeback: #74 (1882) → #930 (1983) → #81 (2025)
- The majority has never changed
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 2,012 | #74 (1882) | #82 |
| 1890s | 1,703 | #84 (1890) | #105 |
| 1900s | 1,245 | #141 (1901) | #160 |
| 1910s | 4,869 | #162 (1915) | #182 |
| 1920s | 5,277 | #211 (1920) | #245 |
| 1930s | 3,208 | #265 (1931) | #309 |
| 1940s | 2,434 | #354 (1940) | #400 |
| 1950s | 1,841 | #469 (1950) | #541 |
| 1960s | 1,234 | #625 (1961) | #693 |
| 1970s | 1,044 | #755 (1971) | #812 |
| 1980s | 1,153 | #796 (1986) | #850 |
| 1990s | 2,153 | #596 (1998) | #731 |
| 2000s | 3,859 | #432 (2009) | #602 |
| 2010s | 15,827 | #167 (2019) | #263 |
| 2020s | 20,323 | #81 (2025) | #110 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
August in 1920
Top girls' names in 1920
Top boys' names in 1920
More about 1920
girls
1,198,289 girls got a published name in 1920; 1 in 119,829 of them was named August, which outranked 46.3% of the 5,767 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #2,899Zennie11
- #2,899Zillah11
- #2,899Zoa11
- #3,097August10
- #3,097Adina10
- #3,097Agusta10
- #3,097Alison10
- #3,340Adine9
- #3,340Adria9
- #3,340Adrianna9
Tied with 242 names at #3,097; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,064,356 boys got a published name in 1920; 1 in 1,745 of them was named August, which outranked 95.8% of the 4,989 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.