August

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about August: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

August: Recorded since 1974, with a gap of 12 years, its highest recorded position is #71, reached in 2025.

6registrars recorded it
86times a registrar ranked it
52years from first to last
#71highest recorded position
14groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in August's record

Absent from every published list for 12 years inside its own recorded period, then ranked again. Names by longest absence

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1997–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1997	#2411
1999	#3900
2009	#4564
2014	#5691
2015	#4736
2016	#5785
2017	#2925
2018	#2901
2019	#3151
2020	#2163
2021	#2341
2022	#1767
2023	#1705
2024	#4192

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among boys in Norway in 39 of the 52 years from 1974 to 2025.

In 2025: #71 among boys in Norway, #94 among boys in New South Wales, Australia, #468 among boys in Republic of Ireland.

Official data from 6 national registrars across 6 regions, 1974–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1974
First recorded at #596 among boys in Norway in 1974 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1974–2025
Highest recorded position: #71 among boys in Norway, in 2025 (recorded 1974–2025).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #71 among boys in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Boys

August appears in 5 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Norway · Boys, which has ranked it in 39 years beginning in 1974, and has registered 2,377 births with the name.

August across 5 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

August's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Norway · Boys	#596 (1974)	#71 (2025)	#71 (2025)	39 of 52	2,377 (1974–2025)	98 (2004)
England and Wales · Boys	#2863 (1996)	#317 (2024)	#317 (2024)	24 of 29	745 (1996–2024)	140 (2024)
England and Wales · Girls	#2411 (1997)	#1705 (2023)	#4192 (2024)	14 of 28	107 (1997–2024)	17 (2023)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#392 (2020)	#392 (2020)	#404 (2024)	2 of 5	6 (2020–2024)	3 (2020)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#755 (2021)	#468 (2025)	#468 (2025)	5 of 5	24 (2021–2025)	7 (2025)

August by decade in Norway · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with August in Norway · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1970s	4	1 of 10	4
1980s	12	2 of 10	6
1990s	335	10 of 10	34
2000sbusiest	840	10 of 10	84
2010s	746	10 of 10	75
2020s	440	6 of 10	73

Across Norway · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 84 births a year.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

August appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 6 regions, from 1974 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #71 in Norway in 2025.

August's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#4192	5	High	Verified
2024	England and Wales	male	#317	140	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#1705	17	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#415	95	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#1767	16	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#423	97	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#2341	11	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#461	89	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#2163	12	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#579	62	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#3151	7	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#740	44	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#2901	8	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#851	36	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#2925	8	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#861	36	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#5785	3	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#1081	26	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#4736	4	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#1186	22	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#5691	3	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#1144	23	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#2216	9	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1589	15	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#2892	6	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#2941	6	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#4564	4	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#2837	6	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#2775	6	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#3095	5	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#2870	5	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#3849	3	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#3009	4	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#2587	4	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#3900	3	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#2411	6	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#2859	3	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#2863	3	High	Verified
2025	New South Wales, Australia	male	#94	92	Insufficient	Not yet available
2024	Northern Ireland	male	#404	3	High	Verified
2020	Northern Ireland	male	#392	3	High	Verified
2025	Norway	male	#71	97	High	Verified
2024	Norway	male	#88	78	High	Verified
2023	Norway	male	#87	78	High	Verified
2022	Norway	male	#101	61	High	Verified
2021	Norway	male	#99	62	High	Verified
2020	Norway	male	#89	64	High	Verified
2019	Norway	male	#105	61	High	Verified
2018	Norway	male	#91	83	High	Verified
2017	Norway	male	#105	66	High	Verified
2016	Norway	male	#97	78	High	Verified
2015	Norway	male	#98	80	High	Verified
2014	Norway	male	#95	79	High	Verified
2013	Norway	male	#107	69	High	Verified
2012	Norway	male	#101	78	High	Verified
2011	Norway	male	#94	87	High	Verified
2010	Norway	male	#120	65	High	Verified
2009	Norway	male	#114	73	High	Verified
2008	Norway	male	#104	84	High	Verified
2007	Norway	male	#97	83	High	Verified
2006	Norway	male	#93	90	High	Verified
2005	Norway	male	#89	92	High	Verified
2004	Norway	male	#80	98	High	Verified
2003	Norway	male	#86	89	High	Verified
2002	Norway	male	#87	80	High	Verified
2001	Norway	male	#94	76	High	Verified
2000	Norway	male	#102	75	High	Verified
1999	Norway	male	#130	53	High	Verified
1998	Norway	male	#147	46	High	Verified
1997	Norway	male	#158	40	High	Verified
1996	Norway	male	#152	46	High	Verified
1995	Norway	male	#144	47	High	Verified
1994	Norway	male	#209	29	High	Verified
1993	Norway	male	#227	26	High	Verified
1992	Norway	male	#273	18	High	Verified
1991	Norway	male	#263	20	High	Verified
1990	Norway	male	#409	10	High	Verified
1989	Norway	male	#449	8	High	Verified
1987	Norway	male	#610	4	High	Verified
1974	Norway	male	#596	4	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	male	#468	7	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	male	#655	4	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	male	#516	6	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	male	#657	4	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	male	#755	3	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	male	#209	20	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
New South Wales, Australia hub — collected by NSW Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Norway hub — collected by Statistics Norway (SSB)
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 6 registrars between 1974 and 2025, ranked in 39 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #71, first reached in 2025.

It held a top-100 place in 17 years, 7 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 140 births, registered in England and Wales in 2024.

1 registrar publishes it in more than one category list, holding a place in each for at least five years — an observation about those lists rather than about the name.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 12 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 51 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Audrius · #257, 29y
Audun · #85, 81y
Augusta · #1805, 21y
Augustas · #415, 18y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 6 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Maxwell · #71, 40y
Zane · #70, 37y
Matteo · #68, 38y
Leonardo · #66, 40y

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1970 and 1979.

Chad · #72, 39y
Remy · #70, 55y
Sian · #72, 44y
Kristie · #73, 22y

August was ranked #71 in Norway · Boys in 2025. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

August and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed August without appearing here.

August moved ahead of

Arne Compare
In 2014 they stood at #3095 and #3095 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2015 that had become #1186 and #4747.
Garry Compare
In 2013 they stood at #2216 and #2216 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2014 that had become #1144 and #4632.
Morten Compare
In 2013 they stood at #2892 and #2390 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2014 that had become #1144 and #4632.
Cheryl Compare
In 2019 they stood at #3151 and #2286 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #2163 and #5493.

Moved ahead of August

Beau Compare
In 1998 they stood at #2411 and #3174 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1999 that had become #3900 and #1805.
Linnea Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1705 and #2689 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #4192 and #2411.
Mila Compare
In 1998 they stood at #2411 and #3174 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1999 that had become #3900 and #2189.
Francis Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1705 and #1863 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #4192 and #2574.

Moved the opposite way to August

Arild Compare
Between 1974 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, August went from #596 to #71 while Arild went from #51 to #489.
Arne Compare
Between 1974 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, August went from #596 to #71 while Arne went from #42 to #222.
Bjørn Compare
Between 1974 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, August went from #596 to #71 while Bjørn went from #7 to #56.
Dag Compare
Between 1974 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, August went from #596 to #71 while Dag went from #52 to #426.

Moved the same way as August

Adam Compare
Between 1974 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, August went from #596 to #71 and Adam from #141 to #29.
Adrian Compare
Between 1974 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, August went from #596 to #71 and Adrian from #280 to #70.
Benjamin Compare
Between 1974 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, August went from #596 to #71 and Benjamin from #343 to #48.
Colin Compare
Between 1974 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, August went from #596 to #71 and Colin from #599 to #119.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 6 regions, from 1974 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #71 in Norway in 2025. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

August

August at a glance

What stands out in August's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

August across 5 official records

August by decade in Norway · Boys

August appears in

Popularity data

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August at a glance

What stands out in August's record

August across 5 official records

August by decade in Norway · Boys

August appears in

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1970s

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August and the names beside it

August moved ahead of

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