How rare is the name Augusta?

4,637 people in the United States have the first name Augusta, about 1 in 65,135. It ranks #4,138 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 2 others.

first name

AUGUSTA

#4,138

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
4,637
About
1 in 65,135
This common or more
83.6%
Who bears it

Of the 4,637 people named Augusta, 55.3% reported their origin as White, 31.6% as Black and 6.7% as Hispanic or Latino. 88.7% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Augusta peaked in 1915, when 387 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18802025
Peak year
1915
Births that year
387
In 2025*
49 ▼87%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 18,281 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.

Augusta by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1880s, when it ranked #195. The largest share of babies named Augusta, 38.5%, were born between 1901 and 1927, the Greatest Generation's birth years.

1880s#1952,163
1890s#2282,688
1900s#3202,120
1910s#5603,025
1920s#7952,486
1930s#1,0791,266
1940s#1,467914
1950s#2,001714
1960s#2,796439
1970s#3,135460
1980s#4,092379
1990s#4,217506
2000s#6,278396
2010s#5,976460
2020s#6,120265
Before 190127.9%
Greatest Generation 1901–2738.5%
Silent Generation 1928–4512%
Baby boom 1946–647.2%
Generation X 1965–803.7%
Millennials 1981–964%
Generation Z 1997–123.5%
2013 and later3.4%

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 Augusta is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Augusta has been most common in Mississippi (6.5×), Alabama (5.6×), and Arkansas (3.2×), and least common in California (0.18×).

5,659 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.

Exactly as common as Augusta

2 other first names also have 4,637 people.

#4,138 Lyubov · 4,637#4,138 Rihanna · 4,637

Either side of Augusta

#4,136 Keshawn · 4,641#4,137 Saniyah · 4,640#4,138 Lyubov · 4,637#4,138 Rihanna · 4,637

Spelled almost the same

6 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Augusta, most common first.

#1,202 August · 32,401#2,333 Augustus · 10,907#3,479 Augusto · 5,964#4,530 Augustin · 4,076#6,359 Augustina · 2,535#16,819 Auguste · 665

Also a last name

As a last name, Augusta ranks #23,772 of 156,621, with 1,100 people. See Augusta as a last name

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