Augustus

maleStatistical record

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

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

Augustus: Recorded every year since 1996, its highest recorded position is #404, reached in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
30times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#404highest recorded position
7groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#784
1997	#759
1998	#1055
1999	#948
2000	#817
2001	#983
2002	#907
2003	#1132
2004	#1280
2005	#850
2006	#1545
2007	#1440
2008	#1828
2009	#1265
2010	#1289
2011	#1447
2012	#1367
2013	#1796
2014	#1486
2015	#1024
2016	#1319
2017	#1178
2018	#1324
2019	#1439
2020	#1492
2021	#1139
2022	#1011
2023	#910
2024	#880

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 · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in every year from 1996 to 2024.

In 2024: #404 among boys in Northern Ireland, #880 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #784 among boys in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #880 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Augustus by decade in England and Wales · 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 Augustus in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	69	4 of 10	17
2000s	168	10 of 10	17
2010s	188	10 of 10	19
2020sbusiest	139	5 of 10	28

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 28 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Augustus 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 2 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #404 in Northern Ireland in 2024.

Augustus'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	male	#880	36	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#910	34	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#1011	29	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#1139	24	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#1492	16	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#1439	17	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#1324	19	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#1178	23	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#1319	20	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#1024	28	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#1486	16	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#1796	12	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1367	18	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#1447	16	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#1289	19	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#1265	19	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#1828	11	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#1440	15	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#1545	12	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#850	27	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#1280	14	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#1132	15	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#907	19	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#983	16	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#817	20	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#948	16	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#1055	13	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#759	21	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#784	19	High	Verified
2024	Northern Ireland	male	#404	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 29 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #404, first reached in 2024.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 36 births, registered in England and Wales in 2024.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2024, and 28 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.

Augustin · #1587, 25y
Augustine · #124, 53y
Aukse · #873, 10y
Aun · #2301, 13y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 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.

Marcos · #404, 29y
Yu · #404, 27y
Jonjo · #403, 29y
Raheem · #406, 29y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Albi · #404, 26y
Aydin · #404, 29y
Blayne · #404, 23y
Cree · #404, 17y

Augustus was ranked #404 in Northern Ireland · Boys in 2024. 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.

Augustus 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 Augustus without appearing here.

Augustus moved ahead of

Glenn Compare
In 2008 they stood at #1828 and #1828 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2009 that had become #1265 and #2318.
Calum Compare
In 2020 they stood at #1492 and #1192 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2021 that had become #1139 and #1984.
Courtney Compare
In 2004 they stood at #1280 and #1280 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2005 that had become #850 and #1534.
Roger Compare
In 2008 they stood at #1828 and #1403 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2009 that had become #1265 and #1859.

Moved ahead of Augustus

Hudson Compare
In 2005 they stood at #850 and #982 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2006 that had become #1545 and #885.
Emil Compare
In 2005 they stood at #850 and #1190 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2006 that had become #1545 and #914.
Cooper Compare
In 2003 they stood at #1132 and #1248 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2004 that had become #1280 and #731.
Hunter Compare
In 2006 they stood at #1545 and #1643 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2007 that had become #1440 and #926.

Moved the same way as Augustus

Brooke Compare
Between 1996 and 2020 in England and Wales · Boys, Augustus went from #784 to #1492 and Brooke from #2357 to #4608.
Shannon Compare
Between 1996 and 2019 in England and Wales · Boys, Augustus went from #784 to #1439 and Shannon from #1168 to #4702.
Aksel Compare
Between 2006 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Augustus went from #1545 to #880 and Aksel from #4052 to #1132.
Ashleigh Compare
Between 1996 and 2009 in England and Wales · Boys, Augustus went from #784 to #1265 and Ashleigh from #402 to #3227.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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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 2 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #404 in Northern Ireland in 2024. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Augustus

Augustus at a glance

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Augustus by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Augustus at a glance

Augustus by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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