Augustus
Last seen for girls in 1922 at #5,009 · #407 for boys in 2025, 783 births
Given to boys >99.9% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1880 · 74 births
- Debut · boys
- 74 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 21,680since 1880
Augustus over time
Rank among boys' names. Augustus has never cracked the top 100 here.
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 | — | #407 | 783 | |
| 2024 | — | #409 | 791 | |
| 2023 | — | #486 | 614 | |
| 2022 | — | #466 | 660 | |
| 2021 | — | #457 | 661 | |
| 2020 | — | #499 | 585 | |
| 2019 | — | #465 | 638 | |
| 2018 | — | #460 | 637 | |
| 2017 | — | #422 | 734 | |
| 2016 | — | #457 | 672 | |
| 2015 | — | #465 | 648 | |
| 2014 | — | #545 | 505 | |
| 2013 | — | #693 | 346 | |
| 2012 | — | #695 | 340 | |
| 2011 | — | #768 | 292 | |
| 2010 | — | #769 | 290 | |
| 2009 | — | #795 | 280 | |
| 2008 | — | #791 | 277 | |
| 2007 | — | #793 | 272 | |
| 2006 | — | #823 | 247 | |
| 2005 | — | #775 | 255 | |
| 2004 | — | #842 | 211 | |
| 2003 | — | #852 | 203 | |
| 2002 | — | #842 | 197 | |
| 2001 | — | #882 | 178 | |
| 2000 | — | #958 | 159 | |
| 1999 | — | #936 | 156 | |
| 1998 | — | #925 | 153 | |
| 1997 | — | #962 | 137 | |
| 1996 | — | #945 | 137 | |
| 1995 | — | #862 | 157 | |
| 1994 | — | #866 | 153 | |
| 1993 | — | #893 | 143 | |
| 1992 | — | #892 | 140 | |
| 1991 | — | #874 | 145 | |
| 1990 | — | #1,072 | 98 | |
| 1989 | — | #1,130 | 88 | |
| 1988 | — | #1,329 | 60 | |
| 1987 | — | #1,379 | 53 | |
| 1986 | — | #1,645 | 39 | |
| 1985 | — | #1,724 | 35 | |
| 1984 | — | #1,320 | 50 | |
| 1983 | — | #1,375 | 46 | |
| 1982 | — | #1,395 | 46 | |
| 1981 | — | #1,154 | 63 | |
| 1980 | — | #1,313 | 51 | |
| 1979 | — | #1,352 | 47 | |
| 1978 | — | #1,299 | 48 | |
| 1977 | — | #1,367 | 44 | |
| 1976 | — | #1,163 | 54 | |
| 1975 | — | #1,238 | 47 | |
| 1974 | — | #1,370 | 39 | |
| 1973 | — | #1,253 | 43 | |
| 1972 | — | #1,083 | 56 | |
| 1971 | — | #1,014 | 64 | |
| 1970 | — | #989 | 67 | |
| 1969 | — | #1,110 | 49 | |
| 1968 | — | #1,006 | 54 | |
| 1967 | — | #931 | 60 | |
| 1966 | — | #941 | 59 | |
| 1965 | — | #897 | 67 | |
| 1964 | — | #958 | 63 | |
| 1963 | — | #929 | 65 | |
| 1962 | — | #1,013 | 57 | |
| 1961 | — | #928 | 68 | |
| 1960 | — | #996 | 59 | |
| 1959 | — | #897 | 73 | |
| 1958 | — | #956 | 63 | |
| 1957 | — | #783 | 92 | |
| 1956 | — | #897 | 69 | |
| 1955 | — | #772 | 89 | |
| 1954 | — | #727 | 98 | |
| 1953 | — | #731 | 96 | |
| 1952 | — | #671 | 107 | |
| 1951 | — | #726 | 91 | |
| 1950 | — | #778 | 77 | |
| 1949 | — | #707 | 94 | |
| 1948 | — | #661 | 105 | |
| 1947 | — | #715 | 92 | |
| 1946 | — | #623 | 106 | |
| 1945 | — | #640 | 89 | |
| 1944 | — | #629 | 95 | |
| 1943 | — | #639 | 100 | |
| 1942 | — | #598 | 110 | |
| 1941 | — | #671 | 83 | |
| 1940 | — | #616 | 93 | |
| 1939 | — | #636 | 86 | |
| 1938 | — | #571 | 105 | |
| 1937 | — | #605 | 92 | |
| 1936 | — | #566 | 103 | |
| 1935 | — | #575 | 101 | |
| 1934 | — | #576 | 105 | |
| 1933 | — | #588 | 97 | |
| 1932 | — | #470 | 149 | |
| 1931 | — | #562 | 109 | |
| 1930 | — | #546 | 121 | |
| 1929 | — | #587 | 105 | |
| 1928 | — | #500 | 145 | |
| 1927 | — | #485 | 155 | |
| 1926 | — | #518 | 137 | |
| 1925 | — | #475 | 163 | |
| 1924 | — | #495 | 155 | |
| 1923 | — | #453 | 183 | |
| 1922 | #5,009 | 5 | #480 | 164 |
| 1921 | — | #468 | 171 | |
| 1920 | — | #474 | 165 | |
| 1919 | — | #444 | 176 | |
| 1918 | #4,809 | 5 | #461 | 166 |
| 1917 | — | #466 | 149 | |
| 1916 | — | #470 | 148 | |
| 1915 | — | #423 | 162 | |
| 1914 | — | #383 | 154 | |
| 1913 | — | #396 | 116 | |
| 1912 | — | #374 | 106 | |
| 1911 | — | #389 | 53 | |
| 1910 | — | #337 | 54 | |
| 1909 | — | #357 | 43 | |
| 1908 | — | #413 | 33 | |
| 1907 | — | #331 | 41 | |
| 1906 | — | #424 | 27 | |
| 1905 | — | #299 | 45 | |
| 1904 | — | #288 | 44 | |
| 1903 | — | #401 | 24 | |
| 1902 | — | #288 | 43 | |
| 1901 | — | #294 | 35 | |
| 1900 | — | #312 | 45 | |
| 1899 | — | #315 | 31 | |
| 1898 | — | #255 | 48 | |
| 1897 | — | #253 | 47 | |
| 1896 | — | #249 | 53 | |
| 1895 | — | #254 | 50 | |
| 1894 | — | #253 | 47 | |
| 1893 | — | #226 | 56 | |
| 1892 | — | #257 | 48 | |
| 1891 | — | #260 | 38 | |
| 1890 | — | #259 | 43 | |
| 1889 | — | #284 | 35 | |
| 1888 | — | #218 | 66 | |
| 1887 | — | #221 | 51 | |
| 1886 | — | #222 | 58 | |
| 1885 | — | #190 | 69 | |
| 1884 | — | #204 | 65 | |
| 1883 | — | #205 | 53 | |
| 1882 | — | #197 | 65 | |
| 1881 | — | #215 | 51 | |
| 1880 | — | #175 | 74 | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Augustus was already there! It came in at #175, and was given to 74 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1903, when fewer than 25 boys a year got the name.
See more about Augustus
- 2 spots since 2024 (#409 → #407)
- 92 spots since 2020 (#499 → #407)
- 58 spots since 2015 (#465 → #407)
- Biggest jump: 198 spots in 1991 (#1,072 → #874)
- Biggest drop: 173 spots in 1958 (#783 → #956)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1880 at #175 (74 births)
- Births halved by 1889, 9 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 123 yrs · run 1880–1961
- Highest: 1 in 1,493 boys born in 1880 were named Augustus (0.07%)
- Latest: 1 in 2,181 boys born in 2025 (0.05%)
- 23.5% of all boys named Augustus (5,102) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 587 | #175 (1880) | #213 |
| 1890s | 461 | #226 (1893) | #258 |
| 1900s | 380 | #288 (1904) | #341 |
| 1910s | 1,284 | #337 (1910) | #414 |
| 1920s | 1,543 | #453 (1923) | #494 |
| 1930s | 1,068 | #470 (1932) | #570 |
| 1940s | 967 | #598 (1942) | #650 |
| 1950s | 855 | #671 (1952) | #794 |
| 1960s | 601 | #897 (1965) | #971 |
| 1970s | 509 | #989 (1970) | #1,213 |
| 1980s | 531 | #1,130 (1989) | #1,376 |
| 1990s | 1,419 | #862 (1995) | #923 |
| 2000s | 2,279 | #775 (2005) | #835 |
| 2010s | 5,102 | #422 (2017) | #574 |
| 2020s | 4,094 | #407 (2025) | #454 |
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.
Augustus in 1922
Top girls' names in 1922
Top boys' names in 1922
More about 1922
girls
1,201,003 girls got a published name in 1922; 1 in 240,201 of them was named Augustus, which outranked 13.5% of the 5,789 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Tied with 780 names at #5,009; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,088,154 boys got a published name in 1922; 1 in 6,635 of them was named Augustus, which outranked 90.3% of the 4,967 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).