Augusten
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- AW-gus-tin
- Origin
- Latin
- US rank, 2025
- #12,003 for boys
Augusten is a boys' name of Latin origin, meaning “venerable, majestic”. In 2025 it ranked 12,003rd for boys in the US (5 babies).
What does Augusten mean?
Latin: spelling of Augustin, itself a form of Augustine
“venerable, majestic”
A form of Augustine, the name of the 4th-century theologian St Augustine of Hippo.
Meaning borrowed from Augustin. More on Wiktionary.
Is Augusten a girl's or a boy's name?
Augusten is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Augusten in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #12,003among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 340,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 5 boys in the US were named Augusten, making it the 12,003rd most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2015, with 16 boys. It first appears in the records in 2006.
Half of all the boys named Augusten in the US since 1880 were born between 2010 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 98 boys in the US were given Augusten or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,502, up from #12,003 for this spelling alone.
- Augustin 93
- Augusten 5
Augusten in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #12,003 |
| 2024 | 5 | #12,341 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 6 | #10,794 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 6 | #10,797 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 9 | #8,136 |
| 2016 | 10 | #7,600 |
| 2015 | 16 | #5,503 |
| 2014 | 8 | #8,775 |
| 2013 | 8 | #8,784 |
| 2012 | 7 | #9,703 |
| 2011 | 12 | #6,572 |
| 2010 | 11 | #7,081 |
| 2009 | 8 | #8,980 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 9 | #8,169 |
| 2006 | 5 | #12,048 |
Nicknames for Augusten
- Gus 39 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Augusten
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Atticus Anderson Oliver Elian Cassian Soren Lucian Atreus Aurelius Jayceon Aziel Eliam
Other spellings of Augusten
Names related to Augusten
More Latin names
Olivia Leo Roman Aurora Emily Florence Mabel Luna Nora Rosie Emilia Max Nova Lucy Julian Clara
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, “Augusten: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/augusten, updated 20 October 2026.