August
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August is a name of Latin origin, meaning “venerable, majestic”. In 2025 it ranked 326th for boys in the UK (151 babies) and 81st for boys in the US (3,958 babies).
What does August mean?
Latin: from Augustus
“venerable, majestic”
From Augustus, the title of Rome's first emperor, after whom the month of August is named.
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Is August a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, August has been given to girls and boys, mostly boys. In 2025, it was given to 17 girls and 151 boys in the UK and 268 girls and 3,958 boys in the US.
How popular is August in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #326among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 151about 1 in 2,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 170% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 151 boys in the UK were named August, making it the 326th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 610th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 163 boys. 17 girls were also named August in 2025 (1,779th for girls).
Half of all the boys named August in the UK since 1996 were born between 2019 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 1997, 70% of the babies named August in the UK were girls. By 2025 it was 10%, with more boys than girls since 2009.
Among boys in 2025, it was 310th in England and Wales and 495th in Scotland.
August in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 151 | #326 |
| 2024 | 163 | #305 |
| 2023 | 104 | #432 |
| 2022 | 101 | #449 |
| 2021 | 93 | #490 |
| 2020 | 66 | #610 |
| 2019 | 49 | #745 |
| 2018 | 40 | #860 |
| 2017 | 37 | #919 |
| 2016 | 29 | #1,085 |
| 2015 | 24 | #1,202 |
| 2014 | 24 | #1,196 |
| 2013 | 9 | #2,334 |
| 2012 | 16 | #1,622 |
| 2011 | 6 | #3,038 |
| 2010 | 6 | #3,092 |
| 2009 | 7 | #2,679 |
| 2008 | 7 | #2,616 |
| 2007 | 5 | #3,231 |
| 2006 | 5 | #3,013 |
| 2005 | 3 | #3,992 |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,147 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 4 | #2,714 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 3 | #2,979 |
| 1996 | 3 | #2,949 |
How popular is August in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #81among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 3,958about 1 in 430 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 59% in five years
- Same name in a class
- 3.2%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 3,958 boys in the US were named August, making it the 81st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 155th. 268 girls were also named August in 2025 (960th for girls).
It has been given to more boys each year for the last 8 years. 2025 had the most boys named August of any year since the records began in 1880.
Half of all the boys named August in the US since 1880 were born between 1935 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 6% of the babies named August in the US were girls.
August in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3,958 | #81 |
| 2024 | 3,894 | #88 |
| 2023 | 3,459 | #104 |
| 2022 | 3,420 | #109 |
| 2021 | 3,160 | #120 |
| 2020 | 2,432 | #155 |
| 2019 | 2,389 | #167 |
| 2018 | 2,291 | #169 |
| 2017 | 2,061 | #191 |
| 2016 | 2,092 | #193 |
| 2015 | 2,093 | #195 |
| 2014 | 1,545 | #241 |
| 2013 | 1,043 | #319 |
| 2012 | 946 | #333 |
| 2011 | 720 | #395 |
| 2010 | 647 | #427 |
| 2009 | 651 | #432 |
| 2008 | 582 | #477 |
| 2007 | 413 | #609 |
| 2006 | 384 | #618 |
| 2005 | 343 | #636 |
| 2004 | 301 | #672 |
| 2003 | 304 | #654 |
| 2002 | 281 | #664 |
| 2001 | 290 | #643 |
| 2000 | 310 | #613 |
| 1999 | 283 | #632 |
| 1998 | 312 | #596 |
| 1997 | 258 | #645 |
| 1996 | 223 | #710 |
| 1995 | 249 | #662 |
| 1994 | 196 | #749 |
| 1993 | 168 | #813 |
| 1992 | 165 | #812 |
| 1991 | 153 | #834 |
| 1990 | 146 | #841 |
| 1989 | 152 | #803 |
| 1988 | 123 | #854 |
| 1987 | 115 | #869 |
| 1986 | 130 | #796 |
| 1985 | 118 | #820 |
| 1984 | 108 | #843 |
| 1983 | 90 | #930 |
| 1982 | 103 | #876 |
| 1981 | 106 | #858 |
| 1980 | 108 | #850 |
| 1979 | 104 | #851 |
| 1978 | 95 | #880 |
| 1977 | 107 | #822 |
| 1976 | 106 | #809 |
| 1975 | 104 | #814 |
| 1974 | 109 | #771 |
| 1973 | 92 | #829 |
| 1972 | 99 | #804 |
| 1971 | 118 | #755 |
| 1970 | 110 | #782 |
| 1969 | 111 | #742 |
| 1968 | 99 | #746 |
| 1967 | 119 | #683 |
| 1966 | 105 | #726 |
| 1965 | 110 | #712 |
| 1964 | 126 | #686 |
| 1963 | 133 | #678 |
| 1962 | 122 | #694 |
| 1961 | 161 | #624 |
| 1960 | 148 | #639 |
| 1959 | 164 | #603 |
| 1958 | 155 | #617 |
| 1957 | 181 | #574 |
| 1956 | 186 | #555 |
| 1955 | 151 | #598 |
| 1954 | 190 | #529 |
| 1953 | 216 | #475 |
| 1952 | 193 | #502 |
| 1951 | 202 | #475 |
| 1950 | 203 | #468 |
| 1949 | 249 | #429 |
| 1948 | 241 | #429 |
| 1947 | 250 | #431 |
| 1946 | 230 | #420 |
| 1945 | 201 | #420 |
| 1944 | 239 | #392 |
| 1943 | 249 | #388 |
| 1942 | 280 | #362 |
| 1941 | 237 | #376 |
| 1940 | 258 | #354 |
| 1939 | 249 | #352 |
| 1938 | 249 | #352 |
| 1937 | 300 | #307 |
| 1936 | 288 | #316 |
| 1935 | 270 | #332 |
| 1934 | 295 | #316 |
| 1933 | 337 | #289 |
| 1932 | 365 | #286 |
| 1931 | 423 | #265 |
| 1930 | 432 | #271 |
| 1929 | 454 | #263 |
| 1928 | 421 | #276 |
| 1927 | 496 | #256 |
| 1926 | 458 | #267 |
| 1925 | 514 | #252 |
| 1924 | 574 | #239 |
| 1923 | 544 | #240 |
| 1922 | 596 | #225 |
| 1921 | 610 | #217 |
| 1920 | 610 | #211 |
| 1919 | 618 | #203 |
| 1918 | 618 | #207 |
| 1917 | 661 | #184 |
| 1916 | 676 | #178 |
| 1915 | 709 | #162 |
| 1914 | 533 | #166 |
| 1913 | 401 | #171 |
| 1912 | 343 | #171 |
| 1911 | 166 | #187 |
| 1910 | 144 | #188 |
| 1909 | 129 | #179 |
| 1908 | 138 | #168 |
| 1907 | 134 | #163 |
| 1906 | 120 | #164 |
| 1905 | 109 | #175 |
| 1904 | 127 | #151 |
| 1903 | 116 | #154 |
| 1902 | 108 | #162 |
| 1901 | 116 | #141 |
| 1900 | 148 | #144 |
| 1899 | 142 | #117 |
| 1898 | 164 | #112 |
| 1897 | 137 | #120 |
| 1896 | 180 | #103 |
| 1895 | 190 | #101 |
| 1894 | 162 | #109 |
| 1893 | 155 | #111 |
| 1892 | 181 | #102 |
| 1891 | 186 | #86 |
| 1890 | 206 | #84 |
| 1889 | 171 | #96 |
| 1888 | 213 | #86 |
| 1887 | 194 | #83 |
| 1886 | 203 | #84 |
| 1885 | 193 | #86 |
| 1884 | 213 | #80 |
| 1883 | 209 | #77 |
| 1882 | 234 | #74 |
| 1881 | 172 | #80 |
| 1880 | 210 | #74 |
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