# Auguste (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/auguste/  
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 | boys and girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 496 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 468 / 28 (6% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 198, 1996 to 2025 |

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1884 | 5 | 1,038 |
| 1891 | 5 | 1,348 |
| 1892 | 5 | 1,474 |
| 1998 | 13 | 7,155 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 11 | 7,051 |
| 2012 | 20 | 4,703 |
| 2013 | 16 | 5,423 |
| 2014 | 16 | 5,502 |
| 2015 | 20 | 4,733 |
| 2016 | 19 | 4,965 |
| 2017 | 10 | 7,607 |
| 2018 | 17 | 5,339 |
| 2019 | 16 | 5,578 |
| 2020 | 14 | 6,007 |
| 2021 | 18 | 5,130 |
| 2022 | 27 | 4,000 |
| 2023 | 17 | 5,490 |
| 2024 | 33 | 3,459 |
| 2025 | 28 | 3,853 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 5 | 3,548 |
| 2007 | 7 | 2,895 |
| 2008 | 6 | 3,397 |
| 2009 | 8 | 2,759 |
| 2010 | 11 | 2,235 |
| 2011 | 18 | 1,608 |
| 2012 | 5 | 4,171 |
| 2013 | 17 | 1,707 |
| 2014 | 9 | 2,659 |
| 2015 | 11 | 2,328 |
| 2016 | 9 | 2,757 |
| 2017 | 8 | 2,925 |
| 2018 | 10 | 2,499 |
| 2019 | 9 | 2,643 |
| 2022 | 3 | 5,669 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 3 | 3,225 |
| 2006 | 3 | 4,052 |
| 2015 | 4 | 3,908 |
| 2016 | 3 | 4,810 |
| 2017 | 5 | 3,449 |
| 2018 | 5 | 3,412 |
| 2019 | 3 | 4,702 |
| 2020 | 4 | 3,848 |
| 2021 | 7 | 2,730 |
| 2022 | 5 | 3,449 |
| 2023 | 5 | 3,523 |
| 2024 | 5 | 3,688 |
| 2025 | 10 | 2,269 |

## People named Auguste

- Auguste Comte, French philosopher, mathematician and sociologist (1798–1857)
- Auguste Rodin, French sculptor (1840–1917)
- Pierre-Auguste Renoir, French painter and sculptor (1841–1919)
- François-Auguste-René de Chateaubriand, French writer, politician and historian (1768–1848)
- Auguste Beernaert, Belgian prime minister and human rights activist (1829-1912)
- Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi, French sculptor and painter (1834–1904)
- Louis Auguste Blanqui, French socialist and political activist (1805-1881)
- Auguste Escoffier, French chef and culinary writer (1846–1935)
- Auguste de Marmont, French General, nobleman and Marshal of France (1774-1852)
- Auguste Villiers de l'Isle-Adam, French writer (1838–1889)
- Auguste Perret, French architect (1874–1954)
- Auguste Mariette, French archaeologist and egyptologist (1821–1881)

## 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.