Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Augustus

#794 most common boys' name of all time · #1,794 across all names · >99% boys / <1% girls · used 1880–2025

Rank among boys
#794
Rank overall
#1,794 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
21,690
Since 2016
6,775
Peak year
2024 #409
Best rank
#175 1880
✝️A person in the Bible↗
Girls Boys peak 791/yr
18801900192019401960198020002020

Augustus is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
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 #792
2007 — 272 272 #793
2006 — 247 247 #823
2005 — 255 255 #775
2004 — 211 211 #843
2003 — 203 203 #852
2002 — 197 197 #843
2001 — 178 178 #882
2000 — 159 159 #958
1999 — 156 156 #936
1998 — 153 153 #925
1997 — 137 137 #962
1996 — 137 137 #945
1995 — 157 157 #862
1994 — 153 153 #867
1993 — 143 143 #895
1992 — 140 140 #892
1991 — 145 145 #876
1990 — 98 98 #1,072
1989 — 88 88 #1,130
1988 — 60 60 #1,329
1987 — 53 53 #1,380
1986 — 39 39 #1,646
1985 — 35 35 #1,726
1984 — 50 50 #1,321
1983 — 46 46 #1,375
1982 — 46 46 #1,395
1981 — 63 63 #1,155
1980 — 51 51 #1,313
1979 — 47 47 #1,352
1978 — 48 48 #1,299
1977 — 44 44 #1,367
1976 — 54 54 #1,163
1975 — 47 47 #1,238
1974 — 39 39 #1,370
1973 — 43 43 #1,253
1972 — 56 56 #1,083
1971 — 64 64 #1,015
1970 — 67 67 #990
1969 — 49 49 #1,114
1968 — 54 54 #1,006
1967 — 60 60 #931
1966 — 59 59 #941
1965 — 67 67 #899
1964 — 63 63 #958
1963 — 65 65 #929
1962 — 57 57 #1,014
1961 — 68 68 #928
1960 — 59 59 #997
1959 — 73 73 #897
1958 — 63 63 #956
1957 — 92 92 #783
1956 — 69 69 #897
1955 — 89 89 #772
1954 — 98 98 #728
1953 — 96 96 #731
1952 — 107 107 #671
1951 — 91 91 #726
1950 — 77 77 #778
1949 — 94 94 #707
1948 — 105 105 #661
1947 — 92 92 #715
1946 — 106 106 #623
1945 — 89 89 #640
1944 — 95 95 #630
1943 — 100 100 #639
1942 — 110 110 #598
1941 — 83 83 #671
1940 — 93 93 #616
1939 — 86 86 #637
1938 — 105 105 #571
1937 — 92 92 #605
1936 — 103 103 #566
1935 — 101 101 #575
1934 — 105 105 #576
1933 — 97 97 #588
1932 — 149 149 #470
1931 — 109 109 #562
1930 — 121 121 #546
1929 — 105 105 #587
1928 — 145 145 #500
1927 — 155 155 #485
1926 — 137 137 #518
1925 — 163 163 #475
1924 — 155 155 #495
1923 — 183 183 #453
1922 5 164 169 #480
1921 — 171 171 #468
1920 — 165 165 #474
1919 — 176 176 #444
1918 5 166 171 #461
1917 — 149 149 #466
1916 — 148 148 #470
1915 — 162 162 #424
1914 — 154 154 #383
1913 — 116 116 #396
1912 — 106 106 #374
1911 — 53 53 #389
1910 — 54 54 #337
1909 — 43 43 #357
1908 — 33 33 #413
1907 — 41 41 #331
1906 — 27 27 #425
1905 — 45 45 #299
1904 — 44 44 #289
1903 — 24 24 #401
1902 — 43 43 #289
1901 — 35 35 #294
1900 — 45 45 #312
1899 — 31 31 #316
1898 — 48 48 #256
1897 — 47 47 #253
1896 — 53 53 #249
1895 — 50 50 #254
1894 — 47 47 #253
1893 — 56 56 #226
1892 — 48 48 #258
1891 — 38 38 #260
1890 — 43 43 #259
1889 — 35 35 #285
1888 — 66 66 #218
1887 — 51 51 #221
1886 — 58 58 #222
1885 — 69 69 #190
1884 — 65 65 #204
1883 — 53 53 #205
1882 — 65 65 #198
1881 — 51 51 #215
1880 — 74 74 #175