Augusta

#3,211 for girls in 2025, 49 births · Last seen for boys in 2020 at #10,605
Given to girls 90.7% of the time

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Peak · girls
1883 · 213 births
Debut · girls
151 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
16,588
since 1880

Augusta over time

girlsboys

Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201941peak #108, 1883peak #559, 1901girlsboys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#3,21149
2024#3,08152
2023#3,91138
2022#4,29533
2021#3,29748
2020#3,73539#10,6056
2019#3,22249#9,7567
2018#2,96255#10,7606
2017#2,59767
2016#5,13026#9,6647
2015#3,34648
2014#3,27249
2013#4,00237
2012#4,48632#12,2745
2011#4,56831
2010#3,74541
2009#4,10737
2008#3,64544
2007#4,21336
2006#3,85439#9,5857
2005#4,37331
2004#4,38731
2003#3,34743
2002#4,07131#9,3926
2001#4,02531#10,5565
2000#2,94048#8,2097
1999#3,31338
1998#2,92944
1997#2,77644
1996#2,47651#7,1367
1995#3,08737
1994#2,58548
1993#2,57348#6,2288
1992#2,35155#6,1288
1991#2,21559#8,2365
1990#2,52347#6,4157
1989#2,87938#7,9055
1988#2,98734#6,4266
1987#2,23648#5,4597
1986#2,26545#5,3327
1985#2,70435#6,5235
1984#3,42324
1983#2,97528#6,2385
1982#3,09328
1981#4,00519#3,22113
1980#3,60922#3,83810
1979#2,58235#4,8427
1978#1,98748#3,8579
1977#2,12444#3,8369
1976#2,17439
1975#1,49868#4,7976
1974#2,39632#3,8378
1973#2,68926#3,01311
1972#2,52328#2,32316
1971#2,47730#2,55814
1970#3,03022#3,5218
1969#2,51527#2,41513
1968#2,96919#2,57611
1967#2,78120#2,03015
1966#2,83919#1,72320
1965#2,41125#2,36612
1964#2,19530#1,79320
1963#1,75443#2,11515
1962#1,91736#1,75721
1961#2,19729#2,70610
1960#1,92535#1,85819
1959#1,72041#1,97417
1958#1,67941#2,09315
1957#1,68141#2,01916
1956#1,53348#1,29835
1955#1,87732#1,53825
1954#1,42250#1,62822
1953#1,26159#1,28034
1952#1,21062#1,80418
1951#1,26654#1,46226
1950#1,19260#1,74618
1949#1,22055#1,50124
1948#1,15760#1,34629
1947#1,17059#1,73319
1946#1,03267#1,35527
1945#1,12249#1,92613
1944#97164#1,21230
1943#83287#1,52921
1942#82387#1,58520
1941#75689#1,37224
1940#80877#1,98313
1939#77577#1,39023
1938#84670#1,68917
1937#72387#1,68817
1936#72384#1,16932
1935#66499#1,29527
1934#67199#1,93214
1933#551133#1,58619
1932#606117#1,25429
1931#586127#1,84316
1930#557149#1,29930
1929#599130#1,37827
1928#558157#1,18836
1927#522182#1,46826
1926#483206#1,21935
1925#473214#1,67921
1924#449241#1,77620
1923#423251#2,02016
1922#426243#1,19636
1921#400287#1,50925
1920#380304#1,34829
1919#381290#1,08240
1918#346357#1,82718
1917#349325#1,36226
1916#328342#1,37425
1915#304369#1,66018
1914#323266#1,34220
1913#300253#1,07522
1912#288252#1,26814
1911#281192#1,5376
1910#288181#1,1189
1909#268179#75614
1908#268176#9469
1907#226213#9998
1906#239181#75211
1905#210216#78610
1904#222188#8109
1903#205205#9107
1902#214195#74410
1901#185225#55913
1900#200245#1,1626
1899#185228#8577
1898#185248#1,0026
1897#179236#1,0575
1896#165265
1895#154288#7958
1894#157272#8577
1893#151260#8367
1892#143290
1891#139256
1890#130299#8846
1889#132273#7228
1888#131270
1887#127221
1886#120237#9595
1885#118223
1884#117217
1883#108213
1882#113183
1881#113157
1880#113151#9095
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Augusta was already there! It came in at #113, and was given to 151 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1965–1970, when fewer than 28 girls a year got the name.

See more about Augusta
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 130 spots since 2024 (#3,081#3,211)
  • 524 spots since 2020 (#3,735#3,211)
  • 135 spots since 2015 (#3,346#3,211)
  • Biggest jump: 71 spots in 1939 (#846#775)
  • Biggest drop: 151 spots in 1945 (#971#1,122)
Rise & fade · girls
3 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1883 at #108 (213 births)
  • Births halved by 1934, 51 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 65 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 65 yrs · run 1880–1944
Share of babies · girls
1 in 527
  • Highest: 1 in 527 girls born in 1883 were named Augusta (0.19%)
  • Latest: 1 in 32,801 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1910s
  • 17.0% of all girls named Augusta (2,827) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1967
  • Mostly boys until 1966, mostly girls since
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s2,145#108 (1883)#119
1890s2,642#130 (1890)#159
1900s2,023#185 (1901)#224
1910s2,827#281 (1911)#319
1920s2,215#380 (1920)#471
1930s1,042#551 (1933)#670
1940s694#756 (1941)#989
1950s488#1,192 (1950)#1,484
1960s283#1,754 (1963)#2,350
1970s372#1,498 (1975)#2,348
1980s321#2,236 (1987)#3,018
1990s471#2,215 (1991)#2,683
2000s371#2,940 (2000)#3,896
2010s435#2,597 (2017)#3,733
2020s259#3,081 (2024)#3,588

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Augusta in 1941

girls
#756
89 births · 1 in 13,574 girls
boys
#1,372
24 births · 1 in 51,180 boys

Top girls' names in 1941

  1. #1Mary58,048
  2. #2Barbara39,543
  3. #3Patricia36,905
  4. #4Carol24,187
  5. #5Linda23,721
  6. #6Judith23,320
  7. #7Betty20,905
  8. #8Nancy20,885
  9. #9Sandra19,500
  10. #10Shirley16,954
  11. #756Augusta89

Top boys' names in 1941

  1. #1James66,751
  2. #2Robert64,247
  3. #3John57,520
  4. #4William47,798
  5. #5Richard39,112
  6. #6Charles32,742
  7. #7David30,553
  8. #8Thomas26,641
  9. #9Ronald24,407
  10. #10Donald22,641
  11. #1,372Augusta24
More about 1941

girls

1,208,119 girls got a published name in 1941; 1 in 13,574 of them was named Augusta, which outranked 85.1% of the 5,085 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Augusta
  1. #751Gaynell90
  2. #751Leora90
  3. #751Ursula90
  4. #756Augusta89
  5. #756Ava89
  6. #756Carleen89
  7. #756Catharine89
  8. #768Berniece88
  9. #768Juliet88
  10. #768Leilani88

Tied with 11 names at #756; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1940
Risers
  1. 2,130Jerilyn#2,737#607
  2. 1,258Trina#2,109#851
  3. 372Karan#1,347#975
  4. 371Kristine#1,313#942
  5. 356Sherri#1,186#830
Fallers
  1. 447Kenneth#971#1,418
  2. 421Janna#997#1,418
  3. 366Beatriz#989#1,355
  4. 338Merna#997#1,335
  5. 337Eldora#957#1,294

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,228,318 boys got a published name in 1941; 1 in 51,180 of them was named Augusta, which outranked 65.7% of the 4,002 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Augusta
  1. #1,333Simeon25
  2. #1,333Thurmon25
  3. #1,333Trent25
  4. #1,372Augusta24
  5. #1,372Anastacio24
  6. #1,372Antoine24
  7. #1,372Armond24
  8. #1,411Aldon23
  9. #1,411Arlon23
  10. #1,411Audie23

Tied with 38 names at #1,372; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1940
Risers
  1. 586Gay#1,573#987
  2. 375Issac#1,251#876
  3. 363Otho#1,334#971
  4. 338Lawrance#1,208#870
  5. 313Ford#1,251#938
Fallers
  1. 508Wilkie#792#1,300
  2. 452Arlis#994#1,446
  3. 394Ruby#939#1,333
  4. 359Gonzalo#850#1,209
  5. 325Lenord#929#1,254

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1941