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
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 1883 · 213 births
- Debut · girls
- 151 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 16,588since 1880
Augusta over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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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 | #3,211 | 49 | — | |
| 2024 | #3,081 | 52 | — | |
| 2023 | #3,911 | 38 | — | |
| 2022 | #4,295 | 33 | — | |
| 2021 | #3,297 | 48 | — | |
| 2020 | #3,735 | 39 | #10,605 | 6 |
| 2019 | #3,222 | 49 | #9,756 | 7 |
| 2018 | #2,962 | 55 | #10,760 | 6 |
| 2017 | #2,597 | 67 | — | |
| 2016 | #5,130 | 26 | #9,664 | 7 |
| 2015 | #3,346 | 48 | — | |
| 2014 | #3,272 | 49 | — | |
| 2013 | #4,002 | 37 | — | |
| 2012 | #4,486 | 32 | #12,274 | 5 |
| 2011 | #4,568 | 31 | — | |
| 2010 | #3,745 | 41 | — | |
| 2009 | #4,107 | 37 | — | |
| 2008 | #3,645 | 44 | — | |
| 2007 | #4,213 | 36 | — | |
| 2006 | #3,854 | 39 | #9,585 | 7 |
| 2005 | #4,373 | 31 | — | |
| 2004 | #4,387 | 31 | — | |
| 2003 | #3,347 | 43 | — | |
| 2002 | #4,071 | 31 | #9,392 | 6 |
| 2001 | #4,025 | 31 | #10,556 | 5 |
| 2000 | #2,940 | 48 | #8,209 | 7 |
| 1999 | #3,313 | 38 | — | |
| 1998 | #2,929 | 44 | — | |
| 1997 | #2,776 | 44 | — | |
| 1996 | #2,476 | 51 | #7,136 | 7 |
| 1995 | #3,087 | 37 | — | |
| 1994 | #2,585 | 48 | — | |
| 1993 | #2,573 | 48 | #6,228 | 8 |
| 1992 | #2,351 | 55 | #6,128 | 8 |
| 1991 | #2,215 | 59 | #8,236 | 5 |
| 1990 | #2,523 | 47 | #6,415 | 7 |
| 1989 | #2,879 | 38 | #7,905 | 5 |
| 1988 | #2,987 | 34 | #6,426 | 6 |
| 1987 | #2,236 | 48 | #5,459 | 7 |
| 1986 | #2,265 | 45 | #5,332 | 7 |
| 1985 | #2,704 | 35 | #6,523 | 5 |
| 1984 | #3,423 | 24 | — | |
| 1983 | #2,975 | 28 | #6,238 | 5 |
| 1982 | #3,093 | 28 | — | |
| 1981 | #4,005 | 19 | #3,221 | 13 |
| 1980 | #3,609 | 22 | #3,838 | 10 |
| 1979 | #2,582 | 35 | #4,842 | 7 |
| 1978 | #1,987 | 48 | #3,857 | 9 |
| 1977 | #2,124 | 44 | #3,836 | 9 |
| 1976 | #2,174 | 39 | — | |
| 1975 | #1,498 | 68 | #4,797 | 6 |
| 1974 | #2,396 | 32 | #3,837 | 8 |
| 1973 | #2,689 | 26 | #3,013 | 11 |
| 1972 | #2,523 | 28 | #2,323 | 16 |
| 1971 | #2,477 | 30 | #2,558 | 14 |
| 1970 | #3,030 | 22 | #3,521 | 8 |
| 1969 | #2,515 | 27 | #2,415 | 13 |
| 1968 | #2,969 | 19 | #2,576 | 11 |
| 1967 | #2,781 | 20 | #2,030 | 15 |
| 1966 | #2,839 | 19 | #1,723 | 20 |
| 1965 | #2,411 | 25 | #2,366 | 12 |
| 1964 | #2,195 | 30 | #1,793 | 20 |
| 1963 | #1,754 | 43 | #2,115 | 15 |
| 1962 | #1,917 | 36 | #1,757 | 21 |
| 1961 | #2,197 | 29 | #2,706 | 10 |
| 1960 | #1,925 | 35 | #1,858 | 19 |
| 1959 | #1,720 | 41 | #1,974 | 17 |
| 1958 | #1,679 | 41 | #2,093 | 15 |
| 1957 | #1,681 | 41 | #2,019 | 16 |
| 1956 | #1,533 | 48 | #1,298 | 35 |
| 1955 | #1,877 | 32 | #1,538 | 25 |
| 1954 | #1,422 | 50 | #1,628 | 22 |
| 1953 | #1,261 | 59 | #1,280 | 34 |
| 1952 | #1,210 | 62 | #1,804 | 18 |
| 1951 | #1,266 | 54 | #1,462 | 26 |
| 1950 | #1,192 | 60 | #1,746 | 18 |
| 1949 | #1,220 | 55 | #1,501 | 24 |
| 1948 | #1,157 | 60 | #1,346 | 29 |
| 1947 | #1,170 | 59 | #1,733 | 19 |
| 1946 | #1,032 | 67 | #1,355 | 27 |
| 1945 | #1,122 | 49 | #1,926 | 13 |
| 1944 | #971 | 64 | #1,212 | 30 |
| 1943 | #832 | 87 | #1,529 | 21 |
| 1942 | #823 | 87 | #1,585 | 20 |
| 1941 | #756 | 89 | #1,372 | 24 |
| 1940 | #808 | 77 | #1,983 | 13 |
| 1939 | #775 | 77 | #1,390 | 23 |
| 1938 | #846 | 70 | #1,689 | 17 |
| 1937 | #723 | 87 | #1,688 | 17 |
| 1936 | #723 | 84 | #1,169 | 32 |
| 1935 | #664 | 99 | #1,295 | 27 |
| 1934 | #671 | 99 | #1,932 | 14 |
| 1933 | #551 | 133 | #1,586 | 19 |
| 1932 | #606 | 117 | #1,254 | 29 |
| 1931 | #586 | 127 | #1,843 | 16 |
| 1930 | #557 | 149 | #1,299 | 30 |
| 1929 | #599 | 130 | #1,378 | 27 |
| 1928 | #558 | 157 | #1,188 | 36 |
| 1927 | #522 | 182 | #1,468 | 26 |
| 1926 | #483 | 206 | #1,219 | 35 |
| 1925 | #473 | 214 | #1,679 | 21 |
| 1924 | #449 | 241 | #1,776 | 20 |
| 1923 | #423 | 251 | #2,020 | 16 |
| 1922 | #426 | 243 | #1,196 | 36 |
| 1921 | #400 | 287 | #1,509 | 25 |
| 1920 | #380 | 304 | #1,348 | 29 |
| 1919 | #381 | 290 | #1,082 | 40 |
| 1918 | #346 | 357 | #1,827 | 18 |
| 1917 | #349 | 325 | #1,362 | 26 |
| 1916 | #328 | 342 | #1,374 | 25 |
| 1915 | #304 | 369 | #1,660 | 18 |
| 1914 | #323 | 266 | #1,342 | 20 |
| 1913 | #300 | 253 | #1,075 | 22 |
| 1912 | #288 | 252 | #1,268 | 14 |
| 1911 | #281 | 192 | #1,537 | 6 |
| 1910 | #288 | 181 | #1,118 | 9 |
| 1909 | #268 | 179 | #756 | 14 |
| 1908 | #268 | 176 | #946 | 9 |
| 1907 | #226 | 213 | #999 | 8 |
| 1906 | #239 | 181 | #752 | 11 |
| 1905 | #210 | 216 | #786 | 10 |
| 1904 | #222 | 188 | #810 | 9 |
| 1903 | #205 | 205 | #910 | 7 |
| 1902 | #214 | 195 | #744 | 10 |
| 1901 | #185 | 225 | #559 | 13 |
| 1900 | #200 | 245 | #1,162 | 6 |
| 1899 | #185 | 228 | #857 | 7 |
| 1898 | #185 | 248 | #1,002 | 6 |
| 1897 | #179 | 236 | #1,057 | 5 |
| 1896 | #165 | 265 | — | |
| 1895 | #154 | 288 | #795 | 8 |
| 1894 | #157 | 272 | #857 | 7 |
| 1893 | #151 | 260 | #836 | 7 |
| 1892 | #143 | 290 | — | |
| 1891 | #139 | 256 | — | |
| 1890 | #130 | 299 | #884 | 6 |
| 1889 | #132 | 273 | #722 | 8 |
| 1888 | #131 | 270 | — | |
| 1887 | #127 | 221 | — | |
| 1886 | #120 | 237 | #959 | 5 |
| 1885 | #118 | 223 | — | |
| 1884 | #117 | 217 | — | |
| 1883 | #108 | 213 | — | |
| 1882 | #113 | 183 | — | |
| 1881 | #113 | 157 | — | |
| 1880 | #113 | 151 | #909 | 5 |
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
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 2,145 | #108 (1883) | #119 |
| 1890s | 2,642 | #130 (1890) | #159 |
| 1900s | 2,023 | #185 (1901) | #224 |
| 1910s | 2,827 | #281 (1911) | #319 |
| 1920s | 2,215 | #380 (1920) | #471 |
| 1930s | 1,042 | #551 (1933) | #670 |
| 1940s | 694 | #756 (1941) | #989 |
| 1950s | 488 | #1,192 (1950) | #1,484 |
| 1960s | 283 | #1,754 (1963) | #2,350 |
| 1970s | 372 | #1,498 (1975) | #2,348 |
| 1980s | 321 | #2,236 (1987) | #3,018 |
| 1990s | 471 | #2,215 (1991) | #2,683 |
| 2000s | 371 | #2,940 (2000) | #3,896 |
| 2010s | 435 | #2,597 (2017) | #3,733 |
| 2020s | 259 | #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 1976
girls
#2,174
39 births · 1 in 37,567 girls
Top girls' names in 1976
More about 1976
girls
1,465,099 girls got a published name in 1976; 1 in 37,567 of them was named Augusta, which outranked 80.1% of the 10,913 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Ranked beside Augusta
- #2,135Tiffini40
- #2,135Tonda40
- #2,135Tyisha40
- #2,174Augusta39
- #2,174Alida39
- #2,174Ashli39
- #2,174Bevin39
- #2,210Akia38
- #2,210Aliza38
- #2,210Amparo38
Tied with 35 names at #2,174; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Biggest movers since 1975
Risers
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.