Augustus

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Augustus is ranked 408th among boys in 2024 (787 births). Its best rank was 175th, in 1880.

Rank in 2024: #408up 78 from 2023
Births in 2024: 7870.05% of boys
Peak year: 2024787 births
Best rank: #175in 1880
Since 1880: 20,892people given the name

Babies named Augustus, by year of birthboys

The story in the numbers

20,892 boys have been named Augustus in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2024, with 787 births.

This is a comeback. After an early peak the name fell to a fraction of its former share, and it has been climbing again for the past decade.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 2001, and the 2010s alone account for 24%. It has spent 122 of 145 years in the top 1,000.

Rank among boys, year by year

Higher on the chart = more popularrank (gaps = outside the top 1,000)

By decade

Decade	boys named Augustus
1880s	587
1890s	461
1900s	380
1910s	1,284
1920s	1,543
1930s	1,068
1940s	967
1950s	856
1960s	601
1970s	509
1980s	531
1990s	1,419
2000s	2,279
2010s	5,101
2020s	3,306

In 2024, its biggest year

Augustus was the 408th 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 Augustus

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

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.