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Augustus

Pronounced /ɔːˈɡʌstəs/

Rank in 2024
#409
Born in 2024
787
Peak year
2024 · #409
Origin
Latin

1880 to 2024

Rising
00.20.40.60.818801900192019401960198020002020
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Its story in numbers

  • In 2024, 787 boys were named Augustus, about 1 in every 2,180.
  • 2024 is its biggest year on record.
  • It appears in the very first year of records, 1880.
  • 20,892 boys have been named Augustus since 1880.

Who else has this name

Babies named Augustus per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.

  1. 0.2
    Greatest
  2. <0.1
    Silent
  3. <0.1
    Boomers
  4. <0.1
    Gen X
  5. <0.1
    Millennials
  6. 0.1
    Gen Z
  7. 0.3
    Gen Alpha

Greatest: 2,912 babies, 0.17 per 1,000. Silent: 1,888 babies, 0.09 per 1,000. Boomers: 1,565 babies, 0.04 per 1,000. Gen X: 849 babies, 0.03 per 1,000. Millennials: 1,453 babies, 0.05 per 1,000. Gen Z: 3,647 babies, 0.12 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 7,485 babies, 0.34 per 1,000.

Meaning and origin

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

  • A male given name from Latin, particularly (historical) the Roman emperor Augustus.
Origin
Latin
Say it
/ɔːˈɡʌstəs/

From Wiktionary’s entry for Augustus, CC BY-SA 4.0.