Augustus
Boy · aw-GUS-tus · Latin
Augustus is a boys' name of Latin origin, meaning “venerable, majestic”. In 2025 it ranked 1,192nd for boys in the UK (26 babies) and 407th for boys in the US (783 babies).
What does Augustus mean?
Latin
“venerable, majestic”
The title taken in 27 BC by Octavian, the first Roman emperor.
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Is Augustus a girl's or a boy's name?
Augustus is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 26 boys in the UK and 783 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Augustus in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,192among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 26about 1 in 12,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 87% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 26 boys in the UK were named Augustus, making it the 1,192nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,512th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 39 boys.
Half of all the boys named Augustus in the UK since 1996 were born between 2004 and 2021. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,124th in England and Wales.
Augustus in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 26 | #1,192 |
| 2024 | 39 | #881 |
| 2023 | 38 | #913 |
| 2022 | 30 | #1,070 |
| 2021 | 26 | #1,166 |
| 2020 | 17 | #1,512 |
| 2019 | 18 | #1,479 |
| 2018 | 20 | #1,362 |
| 2017 | 23 | #1,253 |
| 2016 | 20 | #1,403 |
| 2015 | 28 | #1,090 |
| 2014 | 16 | #1,573 |
| 2013 | 12 | #1,901 |
| 2012 | 18 | #1,478 |
| 2011 | 16 | #1,542 |
| 2010 | 19 | #1,385 |
| 2009 | 19 | #1,340 |
| 2008 | 11 | #1,930 |
| 2007 | 15 | #1,540 |
| 2006 | 12 | #1,640 |
| 2005 | 28 | #895 |
| 2004 | 14 | #1,348 |
| 2003 | 15 | #1,205 |
| 2002 | 19 | #988 |
| 2001 | 17 | #1,008 |
| 2000 | 21 | #862 |
| 1999 | 16 | #1,001 |
| 1998 | 13 | #1,112 |
| 1997 | 21 | #811 |
| 1996 | 19 | #819 |
How popular is Augustus in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #407among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 783about 1 in 2,200 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 18% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 783 boys in the US were named Augustus, making it the 407th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 499th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 791 boys.
Half of all the boys named Augustus in the US since 1880 were born between 1941 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Augustus in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 783 | #407 |
| 2024 | 791 | #409 |
| 2023 | 614 | #486 |
| 2022 | 660 | #466 |
| 2021 | 661 | #457 |
| 2020 | 585 | #499 |
| 2019 | 638 | #465 |
| 2018 | 637 | #460 |
| 2017 | 734 | #422 |
| 2016 | 672 | #457 |
| 2015 | 648 | #465 |
| 2014 | 505 | #545 |
| 2013 | 346 | #693 |
| 2012 | 340 | #695 |
| 2011 | 292 | #768 |
| 2010 | 290 | #769 |
| 2009 | 280 | #795 |
| 2008 | 277 | #791 |
| 2007 | 272 | #793 |
| 2006 | 247 | #823 |
| 2005 | 255 | #775 |
| 2004 | 211 | #841 |
| 2003 | 203 | #851 |
| 2002 | 197 | #841 |
| 2001 | 178 | #881 |
| 2000 | 159 | #956 |
| 1999 | 156 | #934 |
| 1998 | 153 | #924 |
| 1997 | 137 | #960 |
| 1996 | 137 | #943 |
| 1995 | 157 | #859 |
| 1994 | 153 | #863 |
| 1993 | 143 | #891 |
| 1992 | 140 | #889 |
| 1991 | 145 | #870 |
| 1990 | 98 | #1,068 |
| 1989 | 88 | #1,126 |
| 1988 | 60 | #1,325 |
| 1987 | 53 | #1,377 |
| 1986 | 39 | #1,644 |
| 1985 | 35 | #1,723 |
| 1984 | 50 | #1,319 |
| 1983 | 46 | #1,374 |
| 1982 | 46 | #1,394 |
| 1981 | 63 | #1,154 |
| 1980 | 51 | #1,313 |
| 1979 | 47 | #1,352 |
| 1978 | 48 | #1,299 |
| 1977 | 44 | #1,367 |
| 1976 | 54 | #1,163 |
| 1975 | 47 | #1,238 |
| 1974 | 39 | #1,370 |
| 1973 | 43 | #1,253 |
| 1972 | 56 | #1,083 |
| 1971 | 64 | #1,014 |
| 1970 | 67 | #989 |
| 1969 | 49 | #1,110 |
| 1968 | 54 | #1,006 |
| 1967 | 60 | #931 |
| 1966 | 59 | #941 |
| 1965 | 67 | #897 |
| 1964 | 63 | #958 |
| 1963 | 65 | #928 |
| 1962 | 57 | #1,012 |
| 1961 | 68 | #927 |
| 1960 | 59 | #995 |
| 1959 | 73 | #896 |
| 1958 | 63 | #955 |
| 1957 | 92 | #782 |
| 1956 | 69 | #896 |
| 1955 | 89 | #771 |
| 1954 | 98 | #726 |
| 1953 | 96 | #730 |
| 1952 | 107 | #670 |
| 1951 | 91 | #725 |
| 1950 | 77 | #777 |
| 1949 | 94 | #706 |
| 1948 | 105 | #660 |
| 1947 | 92 | #714 |
| 1946 | 106 | #623 |
| 1945 | 89 | #640 |
| 1944 | 95 | #629 |
| 1943 | 100 | #639 |
| 1942 | 110 | #598 |
| 1941 | 83 | #671 |
| 1940 | 93 | #616 |
| 1939 | 86 | #636 |
| 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 | #485 |
| 1926 | 137 | #518 |
| 1925 | 163 | #475 |
| 1924 | 155 | #495 |
| 1923 | 183 | #453 |
| 1922 | 164 | #480 |
| 1921 | 171 | #468 |
| 1920 | 165 | #474 |
| 1919 | 176 | #444 |
| 1918 | 166 | #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 | #424 |
| 1905 | 45 | #299 |
| 1904 | 44 | #288 |
| 1903 | 24 | #401 |
| 1902 | 43 | #288 |
| 1901 | 35 | #294 |
| 1900 | 45 | #312 |
| 1899 | 31 | #315 |
| 1898 | 48 | #255 |
| 1897 | 47 | #253 |
| 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 | #221 |
| 1886 | 58 | #222 |
| 1885 | 69 | #190 |
| 1884 | 65 | #204 |
| 1883 | 53 | #205 |
| 1882 | 65 | #197 |
| 1881 | 51 | #215 |
| 1880 | 74 | #175 |
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