August

Meaning: Majestic, venerable
Origin: Latin — Form of Augustus, also the name of the month

Boy's name · #81 in the US (2025) · Comeback

92% boys · 8% girls — August is also given to girls: 268 in 2025, about 1 in 13 in recent years. August →

Popularity over time

August was #74 in 1880, slipped to #931 by 1983, and has climbed back to #81 today. Roughly 68,000 boys have been named August since 1880. In all that time it has never once missed a year of the national records.

Across the states

See where August is more common.

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 51 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

August is especially popular in Denmark, Sweden, and Finland (Swedish-sp.).

#5 in Denmark (2025) · #6 in Sweden (2025) · #6 in Finland (Swedish-sp.) (2025) · #24 in Estonia (2025) · #71 in Norway (2025) · #74 in Australia (QLD) (2025) · #94 in Belgium (2025) · #94 in Australia (NSW) (2025) · #95 in Australia (VIC) (2025) · #103 in Canada (2025) · #118 in New Zealand (2025) · #214 in Poland (2025) and 10 more.

Famous Augusts

August Strindberg — Swedish writer and painter (1849–1912)
August Bebel — German social democratic politician (1840–1913)
August Kekulé — German organic chemist (1829–1896)
August Macke — German painter (1887–1914)
August Krogh — Danish physiologist (1874–1949)
August von Mackensen — German field marshal (1849–1945)
August Diehl — German actor (born 1976)
August Landmesser — German man believed to be the subject of 1936 photograph (1910–1944)
August Ferdinand Möbius — German mathematician and astronomer (1790–1868)
August Wilhelm Schlegel — German poet, translator, critic, and writer (1767–1845)

In stories & tradition

August^sq — Fairy Tail (manga)
August Van Der Holt^ru — Red Fury (comics)
August Koskela^fi — Under the North Star (novel series)

What Augusts become

Among 5,770 notable people named August:

Military figures appear 2.93× more often than among typical names — e.g. August von Mackensen, German field marshal (1849–1945).

Similar names: Hugo · Augustus · Felix · Augustine · Clark · Max

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