How rare is the name Augustus?

10,907 people in the United States have the first name Augustus, about 1 in 27,692. It ranks #2,333 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

AUGUSTUS

#2,333

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
10,907
About
1 in 27,692
This common or more
79.4%
Who bears it

Of the 10,907 people named Augustus, 69.1% reported their origin as White, 15.2% as Black and 6.6% as Hispanic or Latino. Virtually all are male (99.6%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Augustus peaked in 2024, when 791 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18802025
Peak year
2024
Births that year
791
In 2025*
783 ▼1%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 21,690 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.

Augustus by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1880s, when it ranked #466. The largest share of babies named Augustus, 38.1%, were born in 2013 or later.

1880s#466587
1890s#657461
1900s#895380
1910s#9311,289
1920s#1,0541,548
1930s#1,1891,068
1940s#1,421967
1950s#1,840855
1960s#2,349601
1970s#2,930509
1980s#3,285531
1990s#2,1401,419
2000s#1,8762,279
2010s#1,1315,102
2020s#9184,094
Before 19015%
Greatest Generation 1901–2713.5%
Silent Generation 1928–458.7%
Baby boom 1946–647.2%
Generation X 1965–803.9%
Millennials 1981–966.7%
Generation Z 1997–1216.8%
2013 and later38.1%

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 Augustus is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Augustus has been most common in Montana (2.9×), Idaho (2.2×), and Colorado (1.9×), and least common in West Virginia (0.25×).

15,129 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 Augustus

1 other first name also has 10,907 people.

#2,333 Nelda · 10,907

Either side of Augustus

#2,331 Carlee · 10,909#2,332 Kaye · 10,908#2,333 Nelda · 10,907#2,335 Tianna · 10,895

Spelled almost the same

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

#1,202 August · 32,401#3,479 Augusto · 5,964#4,138 Augusta · 4,637#4,530 Augustin · 4,076#16,819 Auguste · 665

Also a last name

As a last name, Augustus ranks #10,608 of 156,621, with 2,882 people. See Augustus as a last name

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