Augusta
Augusta was the 3215th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 49 babies. Its best year was 1883, when it ranked 108th; the most babies were born in 1915 (369). Over the last ten years it has moved up 138 places. More babies were named Augusta in the 1910s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #3,215 girls, up 524 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 49girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 1915369 babies
- Total since 1880
- 18,281babies recorded
Augusta popularity since 1880
A few boys are given the name too: 1,693 since 1880.
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #3,215 | 49 |
| 2020 | #3,739 | 39 |
| 2010 | #3,756 | 41 |
| 2000 | #2,948 | 48 |
| 1990 | #2,527 | 47 |
| 1980 | #3,622 | 22 |
| 1970 | #3,035 | 22 |
| 1960 | #1,926 | 35 |
| 1950 | #1,193 | 60 |
| 1940 | #808 | 77 |
| 1930 | #557 | 149 |
| 1920 | #380 | 304 |
| 1910 | #288 | 181 |
| 1900 | #200 | 245 |
| 1890 | #130 | 299 |
| 1880 | #113 | 151 |
How popular is Augusta, counting every spelling?
Augusta has no other common spelling that sounds the same.
How many kids will share the name Augusta?
49 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Augusta (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Augusta born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 171 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Augusta.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Augusta?
About 3,400 people born in the US named Augusta are alive today, with a median age of 41; half are between 21 and 70. That makes Augusta mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties. The wide spread shows a name popular in two different eras.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Augusta by state
How common Augusta was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. In 48 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Augusta: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Augusta, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Augusta
How popular is the name Augusta?
Augusta was the 3215th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 49 babies. Its best year was 1883, when it ranked 108th; the most babies were born in 1915 (369). Over the last ten years it has moved up 138 places. More babies were named Augusta in the 1910s than in any other decade.
Is Augusta a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Augusta in the US.
Where is Augusta most popular?
In 2021–2025, Augusta was most common in New York (0.03 per 1,000 girls), followed by Ohio and California.