Meaning not yet researched.
August: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 3,958 in 2025. Its best rank was #74 in 1882.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #74 in 1882; #81 in 2025. About 94% of babies named August in 2025 were boys.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#81 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1882, at #74.
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August: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 3,958 boys in 2025. Peak: #74 in 1882 · most boys in one year: 3,958 (2025).
In 2025, 3,958 US boys were named August, making it the 81st most common boys’ name of the year, up 7 places from #88 in 2024. That is 64 more than the 3,894 boys named August in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #74, reached in 1882. The most boys given the name in a single year was 3,958, in 2025. For comparison, it was #195 in 2015 and #469 in 1950.
Social Security card records list August in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 210 babies with the name. In all, 74,452 US babies have been given the name, 8.4% of them girls and 92% boys. Its busiest decade was the 2020s, with 22,138 babies named August.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 29,156 US boys were named August; the busiest of those years was 2025, with 3,958. In 2025 that was about 1 in 432 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, August ranked highest in Missouri in 2025, at #20 for boys there. It was in the top 100 in 34 states (counting DC). Related spellings in the SSA files include Augustus (21,690 babies since 1880), Gus (20,124 babies since 1880) and Augustin (4,163 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Augusto, Augie and Agostino are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Gus.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Wikidata records this spelling as a given name in Danish, Dutch, Estonian, German, Norwegian, Polish and Swedish. That is where the name is used, not necessarily where it comes from.
Rare spellings summarised here: Augusto (1,740), Augie (759), Agostino (626), Auguste (496), Augustyn (28).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0).
August is listed as a nickname for Augustine, Augustus.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 2 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Missouri | 168 | #20 | #81 |
| Minnesota | 136 | #20 | #105 |
| Vermont | 10 | #38 | #108 |
| Wisconsin | 111 | #38 | #106 |
| South Dakota | 22 | #41 | #120 |
| District of Columbia | 17 | #42 | #76 |
| Oregon | 65 | #47 | #115 |
| Illinois | 182 | #51 | #156 |
| Michigan | 156 | #51 | #178 |
| Utah | 80 | #53 | #190 |
| Washington | 120 | #55 | #128 |
| Nebraska | 37 | #59 | #104 |
| Idaho | 32 | #61 | #240 |
| Kansas | 52 | #62 | #155 |
| Indiana | 107 | #66 | #233 |
| Maine | 17 | #67 | — |
| Ohio | 162 | #70 | #188 |
| New Hampshire | 21 | #70 | #189 |
| Colorado | 87 | #71 | #153 |
| Rhode Island | 14 | #71 | #153 |
| Massachusetts | 90 | #72 | #213 |
| Kentucky | 65 | #76 | #194 |
| Arkansas | 37 | #83 | #214 |
| North Carolina | 145 | #84 | #169 |
| Virginia | 104 | #84 | #173 |
| Tennessee | 101 | #84 | #173 |
| Delaware | 12 | #84 | #107 |
| Montana | 14 | #85 | #141 |
| Connecticut | 42 | #85 | #170 |
| Maryland | 62 | #86 | #149 |
| Iowa | 41 | #87 | #148 |
| Pennsylvania | 140 | #88 | #174 |
| Louisiana | 54 | #88 | #249 |
| New Mexico | 19 | #100 | #237 |
| South Carolina | 50 | #104 | #205 |
| Georgia | 110 | #105 | #223 |
| Hawaii | 9 | #105 | #159 |
| Arizona | 77 | #106 | #276 |
| New York | 165 | #107 | #238 |
| California | 336 | #118 | #262 |
| New Jersey | 79 | #120 | #247 |
| Texas | 309 | #127 | #257 |
| Nevada | 24 | #129 | #173 |
| Oklahoma | 36 | #130 | #181 |
| North Dakota | 9 | #137 | #131 |
| Mississippi | 23 | #140 | #153 |
| Alabama | 39 | #147 | #218 |
| Florida | 146 | #148 | #279 |
| West Virginia | 12 | #152 | #294 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 268 | #962 | 3,958 | #81 |
| 2024 | 291 | #912 | 3,894 | #88 |
| 2023 | 291 | #913 | 3,459 | #104 |
| 2022 | 321 | #865 | 3,420 | #109 |
| 2021 | 328 | #841 | 3,160 | #120 |
| 2020 | 316 | #856 | 2,432 | #155 |
| 2019 | 319 | #845 | 2,389 | #167 |
| 2018 | 300 | #897 | 2,291 | #169 |
| 2017 | 259 | #1,002 | 2,061 | #191 |
| 2016 | 228 | #1,114 | 2,092 | #193 |
| 2015 | 249 | #1,058 | 2,093 | #195 |
| 2014 | 232 | #1,102 | 1,545 | #241 |
| 2013 | 129 | #1,647 | 1,043 | #319 |
| 2012 | 131 | #1,639 | 946 | #333 |
| 2011 | 119 | #1,729 | 720 | #395 |
| 2010 | 112 | #1,821 | 647 | #427 |
| 2009 | 110 | #1,904 | 651 | #432 |
| 2008 | 108 | #1,950 | 582 | #477 |
| 2007 | 100 | #2,038 | 413 | #609 |
| 2006 | 86 | #2,230 | 384 | #618 |
| 2005 | 88 | #2,107 | 343 | #636 |
| 2004 | 75 | #2,311 | 301 | #673 |
| 2003 | 73 | #2,304 | 304 | #654 |
| 2002 | 97 | #1,845 | 281 | #665 |
| 2001 | 97 | #1,821 | 290 | #643 |
| 2000 | 99 | #1,761 | 310 | #613 |
| 1999 | 85 | #1,860 | 283 | #633 |
| 1998 | 114 | #1,494 | 312 | #596 |
| 1997 | 119 | #1,407 | 258 | #645 |
| 1996 | 93 | #1,644 | 223 | #711 |
| 1995 | 78 | #1,820 | 249 | #663 |
| 1994 | 59 | #2,233 | 196 | #750 |
| 1993 | 43 | #2,774 | 168 | #815 |
| 1992 | 29 | #3,692 | 165 | #814 |
| 1991 | 30 | #3,549 | 153 | #838 |
| 1990 | 23 | #4,250 | 146 | #845 |
| 1989 | 29 | #3,483 | 152 | #806 |
| 1988 | 25 | #3,706 | 123 | #856 |
| 1987 | 30 | #3,108 | 115 | #871 |
| 1986 | 24 | #3,560 | 130 | #796 |
| 1985 | 29 | #3,090 | 118 | #820 |
| 1984 | 34 | #2,684 | 108 | #843 |
| 1983 | 45 | #2,161 | 90 | #931 |
| 1982 | 27 | #3,186 | 103 | #876 |
| 1981 | 31 | #2,853 | 106 | #858 |
| 1980 | 41 | #2,345 | 108 | #851 |
| 1979 | 43 | #2,248 | 104 | #851 |
| 1978 | 46 | #2,053 | 95 | #880 |
| 1977 | 41 | #2,216 | 107 | #822 |
| 1976 | 33 | #2,442 | 106 | #809 |
| 1975 | 24 | #2,974 | 104 | #814 |
| 1974 | 31 | #2,438 | 109 | #771 |
| 1973 | 22 | #3,028 | 92 | #829 |
| 1972 | 17 | #3,554 | 99 | #804 |
| 1971 | 19 | #3,380 | 118 | #756 |
| 1970 | 13 | #4,255 | 110 | #783 |
| 1969 | 7 | #6,010 | 111 | #742 |
| 1968 | 11 | #4,234 | 99 | #746 |
| 1967 | 10 | #4,317 | 119 | #683 |
| 1966 | 14 | #3,411 | 105 | #727 |
| 1965 | 11 | #3,967 | 110 | #713 |
| 1964 | 7 | #5,511 | 126 | #687 |
| 1963 | 10 | #4,285 | 133 | #678 |
| 1962 | — | — | 122 | #694 |
| 1961 | 8 | #4,913 | 161 | #625 |
| 1960 | 8 | #4,794 | 148 | #640 |
| 1959 | — | — | 164 | #604 |
| 1958 | — | — | 155 | #618 |
| 1957 | — | — | 181 | #575 |
| 1956 | — | — | 186 | #556 |
| 1955 | — | — | 151 | #600 |
| 1954 | 6 | #5,186 | 190 | #530 |
| 1953 | — | — | 216 | #476 |
| 1952 | — | — | 193 | #503 |
| 1951 | — | — | 202 | #476 |
| 1950 | — | — | 203 | #469 |
| 1949 | — | — | 249 | #430 |
| 1948 | — | — | 241 | #429 |
| 1947 | — | — | 250 | #431 |
| 1946 | — | — | 230 | #420 |
| 1945 | — | — | 201 | #420 |
| 1944 | — | — | 239 | #392 |
| 1943 | — | — | 249 | #388 |
| 1942 | — | — | 280 | #362 |
| 1941 | — | — | 237 | #376 |
| 1940 | — | — | 258 | #354 |
| 1939 | — | — | 249 | #353 |
| 1938 | — | — | 249 | #352 |
| 1937 | — | — | 300 | #307 |
| 1936 | 5 | #4,237 | 288 | #316 |
| 1935 | — | — | 270 | #332 |
| 1934 | — | — | 295 | #316 |
| 1933 | — | — | 337 | #289 |
| 1932 | — | — | 365 | #286 |
| 1931 | — | — | 423 | #265 |
| 1930 | — | — | 432 | #271 |
| 1929 | 5 | #4,618 | 454 | #263 |
| 1928 | 5 | #4,778 | 421 | #276 |
| 1927 | 6 | #4,340 | 496 | #256 |
| 1926 | — | — | 458 | #267 |
| 1925 | — | — | 514 | #252 |
| 1924 | 6 | #4,503 | 574 | #239 |
| 1923 | 5 | #5,035 | 544 | #240 |
| 1922 | 7 | #4,046 | 596 | #225 |
| 1921 | 5 | #5,180 | 610 | #217 |
| 1920 | 10 | #3,115 | 610 | #211 |
| 1919 | — | — | 618 | #203 |
| 1918 | — | — | 618 | #207 |
| 1917 | 6 | #4,136 | 661 | #184 |
| 1916 | — | — | 676 | #178 |
| 1915 | 9 | #2,918 | 709 | #162 |
| 1914 | 6 | #3,226 | 533 | #166 |
| 1913 | — | — | 401 | #171 |
| 1912 | — | — | 343 | #171 |
| 1911 | — | — | 166 | #188 |
| 1910 | — | — | 144 | #188 |
| 1909 | — | — | 129 | #179 |
| 1908 | — | — | 138 | #168 |
| 1907 | — | — | 134 | #163 |
| 1906 | — | — | 120 | #164 |
| 1905 | — | — | 109 | #175 |
| 1904 | — | — | 127 | #151 |
| 1903 | — | — | 116 | #154 |
| 1902 | — | — | 108 | #162 |
| 1901 | — | — | 116 | #141 |
| 1900 | — | — | 148 | #144 |
| 1899 | — | — | 142 | #117 |
| 1898 | — | — | 164 | #112 |
| 1897 | — | — | 137 | #120 |
| 1896 | — | — | 180 | #103 |
| 1895 | — | — | 190 | #101 |
| 1894 | — | — | 162 | #109 |
| 1893 | — | — | 155 | #111 |
| 1892 | — | — | 181 | #102 |
| 1891 | — | — | 186 | #86 |
| 1890 | — | — | 206 | #84 |
| 1889 | — | — | 171 | #96 |
| 1888 | — | — | 213 | #86 |
| 1887 | — | — | 194 | #83 |
| 1886 | — | — | 203 | #84 |
| 1885 | — | — | 193 | #86 |
| 1884 | — | — | 213 | #80 |
| 1883 | — | — | 209 | #77 |
| 1882 | — | — | 234 | #74 |
| 1881 | — | — | 172 | #81 |
| 1880 | — | — | 210 | #74 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).