Agustus
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- a-GUS-tus
- Origin
- Latin
Agustus is a boys' name of Latin origin, meaning “venerable, exalted”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Agustus mean?
Latin: spelling of Augustus
“venerable, exalted”
Augustus was the title taken by Octavian, the first Roman emperor; the month of August is named after him.
Is Agustus a girl's or a boy's name?
Agustus is a boys' name.
How popular is Agustus in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1992, with 14 boys.
Half of all the boys named Agustus in the US since 1880 were born between 1926 and 2006. It was already well used in 1880, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Agustus in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 5 | #12,322 |
| 2021 | 8 | #8,820 |
| 2020 | 5 | #12,016 |
| 2019 | 10 | #7,638 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 9 | #8,035 |
| 2014 | 8 | #8,775 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 7 | #9,703 |
| 2011 | 8 | #8,760 |
| 2010 | 10 | #7,585 |
| 2009 | 14 | #6,091 |
| 2008 | 7 | #9,864 |
| 2007 | 8 | #8,909 |
| 2006 | 12 | #6,455 |
| 2005 | 12 | #6,220 |
| 2004 | 13 | #5,807 |
| 2003 | 6 | #9,574 |
| 2002 | 7 | #8,449 |
| 2001 | 10 | #6,438 |
| 2000 | 6 | #9,104 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 7 | #7,553 |
| 1997 | 6 | #8,104 |
| 1996 | 7 | #7,129 |
| 1995 | 11 | #5,118 |
| 1994 | 11 | #5,103 |
| 1993 | 7 | #6,809 |
| 1992 | 14 | #4,106 |
| 1991 | 11 | #4,752 |
| 1990 | 5 | #8,108 |
| 1989 | 6 | #6,934 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 5 | #3,536 |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 5 | #3,479 |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 8 | #3,020 |
| 1929 | 5 | #3,957 |
| 1928 | 6 | #3,695 |
| 1927 | 10 | #2,702 |
| 1926 | 10 | #2,723 |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 6 | #3,819 |
| 1922 | 11 | #2,629 |
| 1921 | 6 | #3,867 |
| 1920 | 7 | #3,488 |
| 1919 | 7 | #3,390 |
| 1918 | 8 | #3,095 |
| 1917 | 6 | #3,543 |
| 1916 | 12 | #2,258 |
| 1915 | 6 | #3,391 |
| 1914 | 0 | – |
| 1913 | 9 | #1,944 |
| 1912 | 6 | #2,268 |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 5 | #1,309 |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 5 | #1,056 |
| 1896 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 0 | – |
| 1887 | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 0 | – |
| 1885 | 0 | – |
| 1884 | 0 | – |
| 1883 | 0 | – |
| 1882 | 0 | – |
| 1881 | 0 | – |
| 1880 | 5 | #909 |
Nicknames for Agustus
Names like Agustus
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Augustus Julius August Oliver Abraham Marcellus Alonzo Anderson Samuel Lucian Cyrus Austin
More Latin names
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Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Agustus: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/agustus, updated 20 October 2026.