Augustus

What Augustus means

Means “majestic, venerable”

From Latin Augustus, from augustus (“majestic, venerable”).

Source: Wiktionary, “Augustus” (revision 93918433), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Augustus?

US: Rising: up from #465 in 2015. England & Wales: Steady: #1024 in 2015, #1124 now.

Biggest US share so far: 1880, when 74 boys got the name (#175 that year). First in the US records in 1880.

How common

• About 1 in 2,181 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 10,459 baby boys in England and Wales 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 AK (5.28 per 1,000 boys), DC (2.37 per 1,000 boys), MT (1.86 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

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

US vs UK

Augustus is #407 in the US and #1124 in England & Wales (2025).

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

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Augustus 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

• Augustas0 US · 5 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.

If you like Augustus

Boys

• Leo#19“lion”^*
• August#81“month of August”^*
• Roman#42Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #102 in 2015, #42 in 2025
• Bennett#40Form of Benedict, meaning “blessed, well spoken of”^*
• Felix#175“happy, lucky”^*
• Augustine#545Same root as Austin, meaning “majestic”^*

For a sister

• Aurora#15Italian, from Latin Aurōra, meaning “dawn, sunrise”^*
• Emilia#45Variant of Emily, meaning “rival, emulator”^*
• Nova#46“new”^*
• Vivian#70possibly “alive”^*
• Mabel#201“lovable”^*
• Zara#212“flower”^*

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