August

What August means

Means “month of August”

English Asya Early Middle English August(us), re-Latinized from Old English Agustus, from Late Latin Agustus, from Latin augustus (“month of August”), from the agnomen Augustus (“venerable”) of Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus, possibly from ei

Source: Wiktionary, “August” (revision 94534609), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is August?

US: Rising: up from #195 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #1186 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2025, when 3,958 boys got the name (#81 that year). First in the US records in 1880.

How common

• About 1 in 432 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 1,875 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 3,274 baby boys in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in VT (8.25 per 1,000 boys), DC (6.73 per 1,000 boys), MO (6.04 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed boys born in each state.

US vs UK

August is #81 in the US and #310 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (boys). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 93.7% of US babies named August were boys.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

How to say it

IPA from Wiktionary.

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Auguste28 US · 10 E&W

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

Spelling variants on Wiktionary

• Augost

Listed as alternative forms on Wiktionary.

If you like August

Boys

• Felix#175“happy, lucky”^*
• Bennett#40Form of Benedict, meaning “blessed, well spoken of”^*
• Augustus#407“majestic, venerable”^*
• Augustine#545Same root as Austin, meaning “majestic”^*
• Leo#19“lion”^*
• Royal#476Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #476 vs #2,014 in 2025

For a sister

• Nova#46“new”^*
• Magnolia#124Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #634 in 2015, #124 in 2025
• Aurora#15Italian, from Latin Aurōra, meaning “dawn, sunrise”^*
• Briar#400Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #835 in 2015, #400 in 2025
• Hazel#21From the word “hazel”^*
• Cecilia#108possibly “blind”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under English, Latin, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like August’s. Rank is US 2025.