August
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About August
The name August is currently ranked #81 in U.S. births. and peaked for boys at #74 in 1880. The name is most popular in AUGUST, AUGUST, and AUGUST. August is also used for girls, ranking #962 in 2025 (less popular).
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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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"
Song by Taylor Swift featured in "folklore"
Variations& nicknames
- AgustinSpanish
- AugustoSpanish
- AugustinGreek
- AgostinoSpanish
- AgostoItalian
- AgostonHungarian
- AgustoSpanish
- AugusteFrench
- AoûtFrench
- AguistinIrish
- AugustinosGreek
- AgusztavHungarian
- AvgustRussian
- AgaistinIrish