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 1940
Top boys' names in 1940
More about 1940
boys
1,159,172 boys got a published name in 1940; 1 in 12,464 of them was named Augustus, which outranked 84.4% of the 3,937 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).