Augusta
Feminine · “venerable”
Augusta is given to both — 16,588 girls and 1,693 boys since 1880. See Augusta as a boy nameSee other names given to both
The first emperor's wife was given this title in his will. Livia had been his consort for half a century when he died; the will adopted her into his own family and granted her the name he had made into a title, so that she left his funeral called something she had not been called at his bedside.
How old is the name Augusta?
Augusta was already in use when US birth records began in 1880 — it is at least 145 years old. The typical Augusta alive today was born around 1916, making them about 109 years old. About 3,600 people named Augusta are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Augusta most popular?
Augusta peaked in 1883, reaching #108 nationally. Today it ranks #3211, 3,103 places below that high. See the whole 1883 chart.
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Where it comes from
From augustus to Augusta
The story of Augusta
The title founded a whole line of city names across the empire. Turin was Augusta Taurinorum, Mérida in Spain was Augusta Emerita, Trier on the Moselle was Augusta Treverorum, and Augsburg in Bavaria still carries it in the first syllable of its name. Founding a colony and naming it after the emperor was ordinary imperial practice, and the result is that a woman's name in an American classroom is the same word as four European cities, two of which are still capitals of something.
Meaning
venerable, worthy of honor
A Latin adjective connected to augury and to increase, taken as a title before it was ever a name. The sense is not disputed.
How the name formed
- augustus
- Augusta
Related forms: Auguste · Augusta · Augustyna
Pronouncing Augusta
aw-GUS-tuh
Three syllables with the stress in the middle. German and Italian put it in the same place, which makes the name unusually stable across languages.
Nicknames for Augusta
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1880
- Most girls named
- 1918357 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #108reached in 1883
- Change vs 2022
- +48.5%49 in 2025, from 33
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Augusta in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Auguste in German — same name
- Augusta in Italian — same name
- Augustyna in Polish — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: New York, California, Alabama.
Augustas among us
people named Augusta are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 32,801 born in 2025 was named Augusta
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
Fashion outlook
Augusta sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Augusta is headed
Augusta should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind. Its history is short or jumpy, though, so read this as a sketch rather than a promise.
Low confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Augusta beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Augusta in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- It is a genuine Roman name with a documented history behind it.
- Gus and Gussie sit inside it with very different registers.
- It is formal and dignified without being difficult.
- It is firmly of a much older generation and reads that way.
- The record holds boys as well, and the boy is much the smaller side.
- It shares its spelling with several cities and a golf tournament.
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Augusta
Feminine · #3211 in the U.S.
Frequently asked
- How many Augustas are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 3,600 people named Augusta are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Augusta in 2025?
- Augusta ranks #3211 among US girl names in 2025, with 49 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Augusta?
- About 1 in every 32,801 US girls born in 2025 was named Augusta — 49 in all.
- Will my child share the name Augusta with classmates?
- Augusta will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Augusta
Names sitting at a similar level of popularity right now.
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US figures from the Social Security Administration. 1880–2025. Data & methodology
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