August
Top 1000
About August
The name August is at its highest point since the 1890s, when it ranked among the Top 100 boy names in the US – and deservedly so. With its great meaning, historic roots, and cool nicknames, 2024 saw August officially re-enter the Top 100.
THE celebrity baby name of the moment, August was chosen by both Princess Eugenie and Mandy Moore for their baby boys in early 2021. Before that, August had been heating up in Hollywood where it was used by Mariska Hargitay and Peter Hermann, Lena Olin, Dave Matthews and Jeanne Tripplehorn for their sons.
August is the only truly popular month name for boys. The month of August was named after the Emperor Augustus.
August has two august literary namesakes: the Swedish playwright August Strindberg (it has always been a popular name in Scandinavia), and August Wilson, as well as photographer August Sander.
The French version is Auguste (ow-GOOST), as in Edgar Allan Poe's clever detective Auguste Dupin and famed sculptor Auguste Rodin.
Pronounced AW-gust.
As of October 2026, August ranked #81 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #74 in 1880, Nameberry popularity #6.
Editor: Sophie Kihm
Sources: US popularity data is from the Social Security Administration. Meanings and origins are from Nameberry's name references.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #241 | 1,545 | 804.3 |
| 2015 | #194 | 2,093 | 1,092 |
| 2016 | #193 | 2,092 | 1,102.4 |
| 2017 | #191 | 2,060 | 1,112.9 |
| 2018 | #169 | 2,291 | 1,261.5 |
| 2019 | #167 | 2,387 | 1,330.4 |
| 2020 | #155 | 2,432 | 1,409 |
| 2021 | #120 | 3,158 | 1,805.1 |
| 2022 | #109 | 3,418 | 1,957.6 |
| 2023 | #104 | 3,454 | 2,019.2 |
| 2024 | #88 | 3,876 | 2,249.7 |
| 2025 | #81 | 3,958 | 2,317.2 |
World rankings
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August on lists
Famous Augusts
- August Manns
German,British musical conductor of the Crystal Palace
- August Wilson
American playwright
- August Strindberg
Swedish playwright
- August Diehl
German actor
- August von Kotzebue
German writer
- August Floyd Coppola
American author and film executive; father of Nicolas Cage
- August Oetker
founder of the Dr. Oetker baking company
- August Alsina
R&B Singer
- August Maturo
American child actor
- August Thyssen
German businessman
- August Manning Weatherly
son of actor Michael Weatherly
- August William Sylk
son of actress Denise Crosby and Ken Sylk
- August Tripplehorn Orser
son of actress Jeanne Tripplehorn and Leland Orser
- August Christopher Crane (b. 2004)
son of actors Matt Crane and Robin Christopher
- August James May (b. 2005)
son of comedian Ralphie May
- August Miklos Friedrich Hermann (b. 2006)
son of actors Mariska Hargitay and Peter Hermann
- August Oliver Matthews (b. 2007)
son of singer Dave Matthews
- August Bonner (b. 2012)
son of basketball player Matt Bonner
- August Jones (b. 2014)
son of baseball player Adam Jones
- August "Gus" Scheer (b. 2014)
son of actors June Diane Raphael and Paul Scheer
- August Philip Hawke Brooksbank (2021)
Son of Princess Eugenie and Jack Brooksbank
August in pop culture
- "August Rush
" film and its main character
- August "Auggie" Pullman
main character in "Wonder" by RJ Palacio
- August "Auggie" Anderson
character in "Covert Affairs"
- August Rosenbluth
character in "Water for Elephants"
- August "Augie" March
character in "The Adventures of Augie March" by Saul Bellow
- August Wayne Booth
character on TV's "Once Upon a Time"
- August "Auggie" Matthews
son of Cory and Topanga Matthews in "Girl Meets World"
- August Flynn
character in "This Savage Song" by Victoria Schwab
- August Sader
character in children's book series "The School for Good and Evil"
- "august"
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