Augustus is an established boys' name that has climbed to its highest level yet, peaking in 2024.
Augustus is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #407 for boy births in the United States (and #823 across all names), given to 783 babies. Augustus first appears in 1880 and peaked in 2024 (791 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 783 | 783 | — | #407 |
| 2024 | 791 | 791 | — | #409 |
| 2023 | 614 | 614 | — | #486 |
| 2022 | 660 | 660 | — | #466 |
| 2021 | 661 | 661 | — | #457 |
| 2020 | 585 | 585 | — | #499 |
| 2019 | 638 | 638 | — | #465 |
| 2018 | 637 | 637 | — | #460 |
| 2017 | 734 | 734 | — | #422 |
| 2016 | 672 | 672 | — | #457 |
| 2015 | 648 | 648 | — | #465 |
| 2014 | 505 | 505 | — | #545 |
| 2013 | 346 | 346 | — | #693 |
| 2012 | 340 | 340 | — | #696 |
| 2011 | 292 | 292 | — | #768 |
| 2010 | 290 | 290 | — | #769 |
| 2009 | 280 | 280 | — | #795 |
| 2008 | 277 | 277 | — | #791 |
| 2007 | 272 | 272 | — | #793 |
| 2006 | 247 | 247 | — | #824 |
| 2005 | 255 | 255 | — | #775 |
| 2004 | 211 | 211 | — | #842 |
| 2003 | 203 | 203 | — | #852 |
| 2002 | 197 | 197 | — | #843 |
| 2001 | 178 | 178 | — | #882 |
| 2000 | 159 | 159 | — | #959 |
| 1999 | 156 | 156 | — | #936 |
| 1998 | 153 | 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 | 169 | — | #5,080 | #480 |
| 1921 | 171 | — | — | #468 |
| 1920 | 165 | — | — | #474 |
| 1919 | 176 | — | — | #444 |
| 1918 | 171 | — | #4,877 | #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 |