Meaning not yet researched.
Augustus: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 783 in 2025. Its best rank was #175 in 1880.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #175 in 1880; #407 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Augustus in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#407 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1880, at #175.
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Augustus: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 783 boys in 2025. Peak: #175 in 1880 · most boys in one year: 791 (2024).
In 2025, 783 US boys were named Augustus, making it the 407th most common boys’ name of the year, up 2 places from #409 in 2024. That is 8 fewer than the 791 boys named Augustus in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #175, reached in 1880. The most boys given the name in a single year was 791, in 2024. For comparison, it was #465 in 2015 and #778 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Augustus in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 74 babies with the name. In all, 21,690 US babies have been given the name, all of them boys. Its busiest decade was the 2010s, with 5,102 babies named Augustus.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 6,775 US boys were named Augustus; the busiest of those years was 2024, with 791. In 2025 that was about 1 in 2,181 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Augustus ranked highest in Alaska in 2025, at #56 for boys there. It was in the top 100 in 1 state (counting DC). Related spellings in the SSA files include August (74,452 babies since 1880) and Augustin (4,163 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Agustus, Augustas and Augustis are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to August, Austin and 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.
Rare spellings summarised here: Agustus (398), Augustas (47), Augustis (5).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 9 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alaska | 12 | #56 | — |
| District of Columbia | 6 | #141 | — |
| Montana | 7 | #174 | #119 |
| Arkansas | 21 | #176 | #485 |
| Oklahoma | 27 | #180 | #415 |
| North Dakota | 6 | #193 | — |
| Missouri | 35 | #203 | #228 |
| West Virginia | 7 | #256 | — |
| South Dakota | 5 | #261 | #249 |
| Nebraska | 9 | #267 | #247 |
| Iowa | 13 | #294 | #260 |
| Kansas | 12 | #298 | #257 |
| Minnesota | 18 | #329 | #316 |
| Colorado | 19 | #331 | #381 |
| Mississippi | 9 | #334 | — |
| Tennessee | 26 | #335 | #386 |
| South Carolina | 15 | #349 | #592 |
| Utah | 13 | #352 | #397 |
| Wisconsin | 15 | #356 | #378 |
| Nevada | 8 | #363 | — |
| Ohio | 30 | #363 | #377 |
| Washington | 20 | #366 | #444 |
| Illinois | 28 | #376 | #423 |
| Arizona | 20 | #378 | #492 |
| Indiana | 19 | #379 | #372 |
| Idaho | 6 | #380 | #315 |
| Michigan | 22 | #394 | #556 |
| Maryland | 12 | #412 | #421 |
| Texas | 84 | #414 | #490 |
| Kentucky | 11 | #424 | #355 |
| Connecticut | 6 | #445 | #361 |
| North Carolina | 24 | #447 | #471 |
| New York | 36 | #463 | #610 |
| Massachusetts | 10 | #473 | #472 |
| Oregon | 7 | #479 | #323 |
| Georgia | 22 | #482 | #592 |
| Alabama | 10 | #484 | #626 |
| Pennsylvania | 19 | #507 | #533 |
| Virginia | 13 | #564 | #544 |
| Florida | 29 | #585 | #1,099 |
| California | 44 | #638 | #590 |
| New Jersey | 8 | #775 | #982 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 783 | #407 |
| 2024 | — | — | 791 | #409 |
| 2023 | — | — | 614 | #486 |
| 2022 | — | — | 660 | #466 |
| 2021 | — | — | 661 | #457 |
| 2020 | — | — | 585 | #499 |
| 2019 | — | — | 638 | #465 |
| 2018 | — | — | 637 | #460 |
| 2017 | — | — | 734 | #422 |
| 2016 | — | — | 672 | #457 |
| 2015 | — | — | 648 | #465 |
| 2014 | — | — | 505 | #545 |
| 2013 | — | — | 346 | #693 |
| 2012 | — | — | 340 | #696 |
| 2011 | — | — | 292 | #768 |
| 2010 | — | — | 290 | #769 |
| 2009 | — | — | 280 | #795 |
| 2008 | — | — | 277 | #791 |
| 2007 | — | — | 272 | #793 |
| 2006 | — | — | 247 | #824 |
| 2005 | — | — | 255 | #775 |
| 2004 | — | — | 211 | #842 |
| 2003 | — | — | 203 | #852 |
| 2002 | — | — | 197 | #843 |
| 2001 | — | — | 178 | #882 |
| 2000 | — | — | 159 | #959 |
| 1999 | — | — | 156 | #936 |
| 1998 | — | — | 153 | #925 |
| 1997 | — | — | 137 | #962 |
| 1996 | — | — | 137 | #945 |
| 1995 | — | — | 157 | #862 |
| 1994 | — | — | 153 | #866 |
| 1993 | — | — | 143 | #895 |
| 1992 | — | — | 140 | #892 |
| 1991 | — | — | 145 | #874 |
| 1990 | — | — | 98 | #1,073 |
| 1989 | — | — | 88 | #1,131 |
| 1988 | — | — | 60 | #1,329 |
| 1987 | — | — | 53 | #1,380 |
| 1986 | — | — | 39 | #1,647 |
| 1985 | — | — | 35 | #1,728 |
| 1984 | — | — | 50 | #1,325 |
| 1983 | — | — | 46 | #1,377 |
| 1982 | — | — | 46 | #1,395 |
| 1981 | — | — | 63 | #1,155 |
| 1980 | — | — | 51 | #1,315 |
| 1979 | — | — | 47 | #1,353 |
| 1978 | — | — | 48 | #1,302 |
| 1977 | — | — | 44 | #1,369 |
| 1976 | — | — | 54 | #1,163 |
| 1975 | — | — | 47 | #1,239 |
| 1974 | — | — | 39 | #1,371 |
| 1973 | — | — | 43 | #1,254 |
| 1972 | — | — | 56 | #1,084 |
| 1971 | — | — | 64 | #1,015 |
| 1970 | — | — | 67 | #989 |
| 1969 | — | — | 49 | #1,112 |
| 1968 | — | — | 54 | #1,006 |
| 1967 | — | — | 60 | #933 |
| 1966 | — | — | 59 | #942 |
| 1965 | — | — | 67 | #898 |
| 1964 | — | — | 63 | #958 |
| 1963 | — | — | 65 | #931 |
| 1962 | — | — | 57 | #1,015 |
| 1961 | — | — | 68 | #928 |
| 1960 | — | — | 59 | #996 |
| 1959 | — | — | 73 | #898 |
| 1958 | — | — | 63 | #958 |
| 1957 | — | — | 92 | #783 |
| 1956 | — | — | 69 | #898 |
| 1955 | — | — | 89 | #773 |
| 1954 | — | — | 98 | #727 |
| 1953 | — | — | 96 | #731 |
| 1952 | — | — | 107 | #671 |
| 1951 | — | — | 91 | #726 |
| 1950 | — | — | 77 | #778 |
| 1949 | — | — | 94 | #707 |
| 1948 | — | — | 105 | #661 |
| 1947 | — | — | 92 | #715 |
| 1946 | — | — | 106 | #623 |
| 1945 | — | — | 89 | #641 |
| 1944 | — | — | 95 | #630 |
| 1943 | — | — | 100 | #639 |
| 1942 | — | — | 110 | #598 |
| 1941 | — | — | 83 | #671 |
| 1940 | — | — | 93 | #616 |
| 1939 | — | — | 86 | #637 |
| 1938 | — | — | 105 | #571 |
| 1937 | — | — | 92 | #605 |
| 1936 | — | — | 103 | #566 |
| 1935 | — | — | 101 | #575 |
| 1934 | — | — | 105 | #576 |
| 1933 | — | — | 97 | #588 |
| 1932 | — | — | 149 | #470 |
| 1931 | — | — | 109 | #562 |
| 1930 | — | — | 121 | #546 |
| 1929 | — | — | 105 | #587 |
| 1928 | — | — | 145 | #500 |
| 1927 | — | — | 155 | #486 |
| 1926 | — | — | 137 | #518 |
| 1925 | — | — | 163 | #475 |
| 1924 | — | — | 155 | #495 |
| 1923 | — | — | 183 | #453 |
| 1922 | 5 | #5,080 | 164 | #480 |
| 1921 | — | — | 171 | #468 |
| 1920 | — | — | 165 | #474 |
| 1919 | — | — | 176 | #444 |
| 1918 | 5 | #4,877 | 166 | #461 |
| 1917 | — | — | 149 | #466 |
| 1916 | — | — | 148 | #470 |
| 1915 | — | — | 162 | #423 |
| 1914 | — | — | 154 | #383 |
| 1913 | — | — | 116 | #396 |
| 1912 | — | — | 106 | #374 |
| 1911 | — | — | 53 | #389 |
| 1910 | — | — | 54 | #337 |
| 1909 | — | — | 43 | #357 |
| 1908 | — | — | 33 | #413 |
| 1907 | — | — | 41 | #331 |
| 1906 | — | — | 27 | #425 |
| 1905 | — | — | 45 | #300 |
| 1904 | — | — | 44 | #288 |
| 1903 | — | — | 24 | #401 |
| 1902 | — | — | 43 | #288 |
| 1901 | — | — | 35 | #295 |
| 1900 | — | — | 45 | #312 |
| 1899 | — | — | 31 | #315 |
| 1898 | — | — | 48 | #255 |
| 1897 | — | — | 47 | #254 |
| 1896 | — | — | 53 | #249 |
| 1895 | — | — | 50 | #254 |
| 1894 | — | — | 47 | #253 |
| 1893 | — | — | 56 | #226 |
| 1892 | — | — | 48 | #257 |
| 1891 | — | — | 38 | #260 |
| 1890 | — | — | 43 | #259 |
| 1889 | — | — | 35 | #284 |
| 1888 | — | — | 66 | #218 |
| 1887 | — | — | 51 | #222 |
| 1886 | — | — | 58 | #222 |
| 1885 | — | — | 69 | #190 |
| 1884 | — | — | 65 | #204 |
| 1883 | — | — | 53 | #205 |
| 1882 | — | — | 65 | #197 |
| 1881 | — | — | 51 | #215 |
| 1880 | — | — | 74 | #175 |
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).