August is a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #131 for boy births in the United States, given to 4,226 babies. August first appears in the data in 1880 and reached its peak in 2025 (4,226 births). The chart below shows how the name has risen and fallen over time.
| Year | U.S. births | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4,226 | #131 |
| 2024 | 4,185 | #136 |
| 2023 | 3,750 | #154 |
| 2022 | 3,741 | #161 |
| 2021 | 3,488 | #185 |
| 2020 | 2,748 | #241 |
| 2019 | 2,708 | #257 |
| 2018 | 2,591 | #282 |
| 2017 | 2,320 | #309 |
| 2016 | 2,320 | #322 |
| 2015 | 2,342 | #327 |
| 2014 | 1,777 | #411 |
| 2013 | 1,172 | #581 |
| 2012 | 1,077 | #611 |
| 2011 | 839 | #741 |
| 2010 | 759 | #797 |
| 2009 | 761 | #816 |
| 2008 | 690 | #882 |
| 2007 | 513 | #1,091 |
| 2006 | 470 | #1,153 |
| 2005 | 431 | #1,193 |
| 2004 | 376 | #1,290 |
| 2003 | 377 | #1,265 |
| 2002 | 378 | #1,238 |
| 2001 | 387 | #1,194 |
| 2000 | 409 | #1,145 |
| 1999 | 368 | #1,167 |
| 1998 | 426 | #1,070 |
| 1997 | 377 | #1,118 |
| 1996 | 316 | #1,251 |
| 1995 | 327 | #1,208 |
| 1994 | 255 | #1,428 |
| 1993 | 211 | #1,599 |
| 1992 | 194 | #1,697 |
| 1991 | 183 | #1,738 |
| 1990 | 169 | #1,797 |
| 1989 | 181 | #1,656 |
| 1988 | 148 | #1,791 |
| 1987 | 145 | #1,771 |
| 1986 | 154 | #1,675 |
| 1985 | 147 | #1,701 |
| 1984 | 142 | #1,685 |
| 1983 | 135 | #1,732 |
| 1982 | 130 | #1,806 |
| 1981 | 137 | #1,746 |
| 1980 | 149 | #1,657 |
| 1979 | 147 | #1,649 |
| 1978 | 141 | #1,652 |
| 1977 | 148 | #1,603 |
| 1976 | 139 | #1,607 |
| 1975 | 128 | #1,670 |
| 1974 | 140 | #1,572 |
| 1973 | 114 | #1,735 |
| 1972 | 116 | #1,705 |
| 1971 | 137 | #1,612 |
| 1970 | 123 | #1,701 |
| 1969 | 118 | #1,658 |
| 1968 | 110 | #1,658 |
| 1967 | 129 | #1,509 |
| 1966 | 119 | #1,564 |
| 1965 | 121 | #1,557 |
| 1964 | 133 | #1,545 |
| 1963 | 143 | #1,499 |
| 1962 | 122 | #1,626 |
| 1961 | 169 | #1,395 |
| 1960 | 156 | #1,427 |
| 1959 | 164 | #1,376 |
| 1958 | 155 | #1,392 |
| 1957 | 181 | #1,292 |
| 1956 | 186 | #1,233 |
| 1955 | 151 | #1,354 |
| 1954 | 196 | #1,157 |
| 1953 | 216 | #1,069 |
| 1952 | 193 | #1,127 |
| 1951 | 202 | #1,066 |
| 1950 | 203 | #1,052 |
| 1949 | 249 | #933 |
| 1948 | 241 | #951 |
| 1947 | 250 | #942 |
| 1946 | 230 | #928 |
| 1945 | 201 | #918 |
| 1944 | 239 | #840 |
| 1943 | 249 | #842 |
| 1942 | 280 | #784 |
| 1941 | 237 | #807 |
| 1940 | 258 | #766 |
| 1939 | 249 | #769 |
| 1938 | 249 | #771 |
| 1937 | 300 | #668 |
| 1936 | 293 | #671 |
| 1935 | 270 | #715 |
| 1934 | 295 | #671 |
| 1933 | 337 | #621 |
| 1932 | 365 | #613 |
| 1931 | 423 | #574 |
| 1930 | 432 | #585 |
| 1929 | 459 | #569 |
| 1928 | 426 | #587 |
| 1927 | 502 | #552 |
| 1926 | 458 | #579 |
| 1925 | 514 | #545 |
| 1924 | 580 | #513 |
| 1923 | 549 | #517 |
| 1922 | 603 | #486 |
| 1921 | 615 | #487 |
| 1920 | 620 | #470 |
| 1919 | 618 | #459 |
| 1918 | 618 | #459 |
| 1917 | 667 | #430 |
| 1916 | 676 | #416 |
| 1915 | 718 | #387 |
| 1914 | 539 | #396 |
| 1913 | 401 | #417 |
| 1912 | 343 | #416 |
| 1911 | 166 | #495 |
| 1910 | 144 | #507 |
| 1909 | 129 | #496 |
| 1908 | 138 | #469 |
| 1907 | 134 | #466 |
| 1906 | 120 | #469 |
| 1905 | 109 | #494 |
| 1904 | 127 | #431 |
| 1903 | 116 | #448 |
| 1902 | 108 | #463 |
| 1901 | 116 | #419 |
| 1900 | 148 | #412 |
| 1899 | 142 | #351 |
| 1898 | 164 | #342 |
| 1897 | 137 | #363 |
| 1896 | 180 | #313 |
| 1895 | 190 | #298 |
| 1894 | 162 | #318 |
| 1893 | 155 | #317 |
| 1892 | 181 | #291 |
| 1891 | 186 | #266 |
| 1890 | 206 | #251 |
| 1889 | 171 | #269 |
| 1888 | 213 | #234 |
| 1887 | 194 | #219 |
| 1886 | 203 | #220 |
| 1885 | 193 | #215 |
| 1884 | 213 | #200 |
| 1883 | 209 | #189 |
| 1882 | 234 | #179 |
| 1881 | 172 | #189 |
| 1880 | 210 | #178 |