# Augustus (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/augustus/  
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 |
| Origin | Latin |
| Meaning | “majestic”, “venerable” |
| Pronunciation | /ɔːˈɡʌstəs/, 3 syllables |
| Nicknames | Gus, Augie, Gussie, Gustus |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 21,690 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 21,680 / 10 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 590, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Latin Augustus, from augustus (“majestic, venerable”). Doublet of august and August.

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1918 | 5 | 4,877 |
| 1922 | 5 | 5,080 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 292 | 768 |
| 2012 | 340 | 696 |
| 2013 | 346 | 693 |
| 2014 | 505 | 545 |
| 2015 | 648 | 465 |
| 2016 | 672 | 457 |
| 2017 | 734 | 422 |
| 2018 | 637 | 460 |
| 2019 | 638 | 465 |
| 2020 | 585 | 499 |
| 2021 | 661 | 457 |
| 2022 | 660 | 466 |
| 2023 | 614 | 486 |
| 2024 | 791 | 409 |
| 2025 | 783 | 407 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 16 | 1,447 |
| 2012 | 18 | 1,367 |
| 2013 | 12 | 1,796 |
| 2014 | 16 | 1,486 |
| 2015 | 28 | 1,024 |
| 2016 | 20 | 1,319 |
| 2017 | 23 | 1,178 |
| 2018 | 19 | 1,324 |
| 2019 | 17 | 1,439 |
| 2020 | 16 | 1,492 |
| 2021 | 24 | 1,139 |
| 2022 | 29 | 1,011 |
| 2023 | 34 | 910 |
| 2024 | 36 | 880 |
| 2025 | 26 | 1,124 |

## In other languages

- Bulgarian: А́вгуст
- Catalan: August
- Danish: August
- Finnish: Aukusti
- French: Auguste
- German: August, Augustus
- Hungarian: Ágost
- Italian: Augusto
- Latvian: Augusts
- Norwegian: August
- Polish: August
- Portuguese: Augusto
- Spanish: Augusto
- Swedish: August

## People named Augustus

- Augustus De Morgan, British mathematician and logician (1806–1871)
- Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton, British noble (1735-1811)
- Prince Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex, British prince (1773–1843)
- Augustus Pugin, English architect and designer (1812–1852)
- John Augustus Roebling, German-American engineer
- Henry Augustus Rowland, American physicist (1848–1901)
- Augustus Prew, British actor
- Augustus Saint-Gaudens, American artist (1848–1907)
- Edward Augustus Freeman, English historian (1823–1892)
- Willis Augustus Lee, admiral (1888-1945)
- Augustus Pitt Rivers, English army officer, ethnologist and archaeologist (1827–1900)
- Joseph Augustus Zarelli, American formerly unidentified murder victim (1953 - 1957)

## 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.