# Augusta (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/augusta/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | Latin |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /əˈɡʌstə/, 3 syllables |
| Nicknames | Gussie |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 18,281 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 1,693 / 16,588 (91% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 115, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Latin Augusta, feminine of Augustus. The places are mostly named for British royalty.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 31 | 4,585 |
| 2012 | 32 | 4,505 |
| 2013 | 37 | 4,012 |
| 2014 | 49 | 3,281 |
| 2015 | 48 | 3,353 |
| 2016 | 26 | 5,150 |
| 2017 | 67 | 2,605 |
| 2018 | 55 | 2,966 |
| 2019 | 49 | 3,230 |
| 2020 | 39 | 3,739 |
| 2021 | 48 | 3,301 |
| 2022 | 33 | 4,306 |
| 2023 | 38 | 3,922 |
| 2024 | 52 | 3,085 |
| 2025 | 49 | 3,215 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1989 | 5 | 7,996 |
| 1990 | 7 | 6,463 |
| 1991 | 5 | 8,312 |
| 1992 | 8 | 6,175 |
| 1993 | 8 | 6,270 |
| 1996 | 7 | 7,201 |
| 2000 | 7 | 8,278 |
| 2001 | 5 | 10,709 |
| 2002 | 6 | 9,494 |
| 2006 | 7 | 9,668 |
| 2012 | 5 | 12,449 |
| 2016 | 7 | 9,765 |
| 2018 | 6 | 10,898 |
| 2019 | 7 | 9,851 |
| 2020 | 6 | 10,733 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 3 | 4,373 |
| 2007 | 3 | 5,201 |
| 2008 | 7 | 3,005 |
| 2012 | 3 | 5,876 |
| 2013 | 4 | 4,739 |
| 2014 | 7 | 3,160 |
| 2015 | 3 | 5,730 |
| 2016 | 6 | 3,609 |
| 2017 | 3 | 5,765 |
| 2018 | 4 | 4,684 |
| 2020 | 6 | 3,447 |
| 2021 | 7 | 3,192 |
| 2022 | 5 | 3,970 |
| 2024 | 6 | 3,695 |
| 2025 | 4 | 4,867 |

## In other languages

- Chinese: 奧古丝塔
- Czech: Augusta
- Danish: Augusta
- Finnish: Asta
- French: Augusta
- German: Auguste
- Polish: Augusta
- Portuguese: Augusta
- Swedish: Augusta

## People named Augusta

- Princess Charlotte Augusta of Wales, British princess (1796-1817); only child of George, Prince of Wales (later King George IV)
- Augusta of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, German empress (1811-1890)
- Princess Augusta of Great Britain, British princess (1737-1813)
- Augusta Savage, American sculptor (1892–1962)
- Augusta Maria of Holstein-Gottorp, Consort of Frederick VII, Margrave of Baden-Durlach (1649-1728)
- Mary Augusta Ward, British novelist (1851-1920)
- Augusta Holmès, French composer of British-Irish origin
- Augusta of Denmark, duchess consort of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp
- Augusta Déjerine-Klumpke, American-born French medical doctor (1859-1927)
- Katharine Augusta Carl, American painter and author (1865-1938)
- Augusta of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, Duchess of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg (1633-1701)
- Jennie Augusta Brownscombe, American painter (1850-1936)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.