August
August is ranked 88th among boys in 2024 (3,876 births). Its best rank was 74th, in 1880, 1882.
- Rank in 2024
- #88up 16 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 3,8760.23% of boys
- Peak year
- 20243,876 births
- Best rank
- #74first in 1880
- Since 1880
- 70,192people given the name
The story in the numbers
64,194 boys have been named August in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2024, with 3,876 births — 0.23% of all boys recorded that year.
It has never been more used than now: its record year is 2024, within the last few years of data.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2010, and the 2020s alone account for 25%. It has spent 145 of 145 years in the top 1,000, 13 of them in the top 100.
It is overwhelmingly a boy’s name: 5,998 girls have also been given it, 8.5% of the total.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named August | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 2,012 | |
| 1890s | 1,703 | |
| 1900s | 1,245 | |
| 1910s | 4,869 | |
| 1920s | 5,278 | |
| 1930s | 3,207 | |
| 1940s | 2,434 | |
| 1950s | 1,841 | |
| 1960s | 1,234 | |
| 1970s | 1,045 | |
| 1980s | 1,153 | |
| 1990s | 2,153 | |
| 2000s | 3,858 | |
| 2010s | 15,824 | |
| 2020s | 16,338 |
In 2024, its biggest year
August was the 88th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 2024 were Liam, Noah, Oliver, Theodore and James. See all of 2024.
Names that rose and fell with August
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Augustuspeak 2024
- Enochpeak 2023
- Casperpeak 2024
- Rushpeak 2023
- Asapeak 2022
- Abnerpeak 2024
- Westpeak 2024
- Jonespeak 2024
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.