Augusto
Masculine · “venerable”
Augusto is venerable in Latin — augustus — and the title was invented for one man and then attached to every emperor after him.
How old is the name Augusto?
Augusto first appears in US birth records in 1915 — 110 years ago. The typical Augusto alive today was born around 1992, making them about 33 years old. About 1,500 people named Augusto are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Augusto most popular?
Augusto peaked in 1969, reaching #1570 nationally. Today it ranks #2676, 1,106 places below that high. See the whole 1969 chart.
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Where it comes from
From augere to Augusto
The story of Augusto
Augustus was a title before it was a name — the Senate voted it to Octavian as something between an honor and a religious designation, and every subsequent emperor took it. The month of August is named for him. Augusto is the Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form and is in current American use.
Meaning
venerable, consecrated
From the Latin augustus, 'venerable' or 'consecrated', from augere, 'to increase'. The Senate voted the title to Octavian in 27 BC and it became an imperial title. The same verb gives augment and author. The Latin is documented.
How the name formed
- augere
- augustus
- Augusto
Related forms: Augusto · Augusto · August
Pronouncing Augusto
ow-GOOS-toh
Three syllables, stress in the middle. Italian and Spanish say it nearly identically.
Nicknames for Augusto
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
- 1915
- Most boys named
- 202548 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1570reached in 1969
- Change vs 2023
- +37.1%48 in 2025, from 35
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.
Augusto in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Augusto in Italian — same name
- Augusto in Spanish — same name
- August in English — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: Florida, Texas, Massachusetts.
Augustos among us
people named Augusto are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 35,585 born in 2025 was named Augusto
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Claudell test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Augusto's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Claudell climbed just as high around 1940, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Claudell's path sketches the road Augusto is walking now.
Augusto 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 Augusto is headed
Augusto looks set to keep climbing gently, with roughly 15% 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.
Augusto beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Augusto in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- That the title was invented for one man and outlasted him by centuries is a first-rate fact.
- Gus is available as a short form with a real record.
- That the month is named for him is a genuinely good anchor.
- August is what English speakers will substitute.
- One Chilean dictator is a strong association for some.
- It reads as specifically Italian or Spanish.
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Augusto
Masculine · #2676 in the U.S.
Frequently asked
- How many Augustos are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 1,500 people named Augusto are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Augusto in 2025?
- Augusto ranks #2676 among US boy names in 2025, with 48 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Augusto?
- About 1 in every 35,585 US boys born in 2025 was named Augusto — 48 in all.
- Will my child share the name Augusto with classmates?
- Augusto will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Augusto
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