first name
AUGUST
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 32,401 people named August, 73% reported their origin as White, 9.7% as Black and 7.7% as Hispanic or Latino. 87.6% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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August peaked in 2025, when 4,226 babies got the name.
At least 74,452 babies have been given the name since 1880. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
August by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #157. The largest share of babies named August, 50.2%, were born in 2013 or later.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where August is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, August has been most common in Missouri (2×), Louisiana (1.8×), and Minnesota (1.7×), and least common in West Virginia (0.21×).
62,194 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of August
Spelled almost the same
3 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of August, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, August ranks #5,394 of 156,621, with 6,243 people. See August as a last name
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