Augustine
Masculine · “venerable”
Augustine is given to both — 16,164 boys and 3,842 girls since 1880. See Augustine as a girl nameSee other names given to both
Augustine is a Roman name that never stopped being used: a diminutive of Augustus, worn down in medieval England into the everyday Austin, then restored to its full length by later generations. It belongs to the fourth-century bishop of Hippo whose Confessions is still read, and to the monk sent to Kent in 597 who became the first Archbishop of Canterbury. The oldest continuously inhabited European-founded city in the United States, St. Augustine in Florida, carries it too.
How old is the name Augustine?
Augustine was already in use when US birth records began in 1880 — it is at least 145 years old. The typical Augustine alive today was born around 1990, making them about 35 years old. About 11,500 people named Augustine are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Augustine most popular?
Augustine peaked in 1906, reaching #472 nationally. Today it ranks #545, 73 places below that high. See the whole 1906 chart.
Where it comes from
From Augustus to Augustine
The story of Augustine
The name begins as Latin Augustinus, a diminutive of Augustus — the honorific taken by Rome's first emperor and by every emperor after him. Christianity carried it far past Rome: Augustine of Hippo in North Africa in the fourth and fifth centuries, and Augustine of Canterbury, sent to England in 597, made it a churchman's name across Western Europe. Medieval English speakers clipped it to Austin, which is how it appears in old records and why Austin later became a surname and a Texas city. The full Latin form stayed current in Spanish as Agustín, Italian as Agostino and French as Augustin, and returned to English use alongside its own shortened offspring.
Meaning
venerable, majestic
Latin Augustinus is a diminutive of Augustus, the title meaning 'venerable, consecrated, majestic', from augere, 'to increase'.
How the name formed
- Augustus
- Augustinus
- Augustine
- Austin
Related forms: Agustín · Agostino · Augustin · Augustyn · Ágoston · Avgustin
Pronouncing Augustine
aw-GUS-tin
Also said AW-gus-teen, the form usual in Britain and in the name of St. Augustine, Florida. Both are established in American English, so expect to correct people either way.
Nicknames for Augustine
High
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 boys named
- 2025549 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #472reached in 1906
- Change vs 2022
- +22.0%549 in 2025, from 450
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.
Augustine in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Agustín in Spanish — same name
- Agostino in Italian — same name
- Augustin in French — same name
- Augustyn in Polish — same name
- Ágoston in Hungarian — same name
- Avgustin in Russian — transliteration
Strongest US states over the last decade: California, Texas, Florida.
Augustines among us
people named Augustine are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 3,111 born in 2025 was named Augustine
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
Augustine is on its second act. Revived names age gently: the generation that wore them first is far enough away that the name feels classic rather than dated.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Augustine is headed
Augustine looks set to keep climbing gently, with roughly 17% more babies a year by 2030 if the current curve holds.
Medium 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.
Augustine beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Augustine in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- Two well-worn short forms, Gus and Auggie, both in real use for generations.
- A spelling nearly everyone can read, thanks to the saint, the Florida city and the Confessions.
- An unbroken written record from Roman antiquity to the present, with no gap in use.
- Travels intact: Agustín, Agostino, Augustin and Augustyn are the same name to Spanish, Italian, French and Polish ears.
- Two accepted pronunciations, aw-GUS-tin and AW-gus-teen, means a lifetime of small clarifications — worth deciding early which one your family uses.
- The religious weight is real. For many people the name means the bishop of Hippo first, which some families love and others would rather not carry.
- Four syllables on paper, and most people will reach for Gus or Auggie in daily life. If you dislike either, that is useful to know now.
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Masculine · #545 in the U.S.
Frequently asked
- How many Augustines are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 11,500 people named Augustine are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Augustine in 2025?
- Augustine ranks #545 among US boy names in 2025, with 549 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Augustine?
- About 1 in every 3,111 US boys born in 2025 was named Augustine — 549 in all.
- Will my child share the name Augustine with classmates?
- Augustine will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Augustine
Names sitting at a similar level of popularity right now.
Erik#545 · Fletcher#545 · Eden#544 · Akari#542 · Devin#548 · Cal#542 · Ozzy#548 · Hamza#541
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