Agustus

Boys' name

Majestic, venerable, through Augustus

Agustus has been given to 398 babies in the U.S. since 1880. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1992, with 14 recorded.

Babies named Agustus, 2022

1 in 677,000

Agustus over time, 1880–2025

Boys

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Agustus: meaning, origin, and history

Majestic, venerable, through Augustus

Latin

What Agustus means

Agustus belongs to the name family reached through Agustus → Augustus. Its meaning is “majestic, venerable”.

Origin, language, and formation

Agustus is used in English. Its origins include Latin.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Augustus.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 398 boys were recorded with the name Agustus between 1880 and 2022. Its highest annual count was 14 in 1992; its best national rank was #911 in 1880.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

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How common is Agustus?

Agustus had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2022, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2022: 1 in 677,000; 5 of 3,385,755 births
Among boys only: 1 in 349,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 2022: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 469,366 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Agustus sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2022 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 469,366 children born in 2022 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Agustus. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Agustuss were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Agustus was born before 1994 — so the typical Agustus is around 31 today.

Median birth year: 1994; About 31 years old
Biggest decade: 2000s; 23.9% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 43.2%; Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950: 250; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2000s — 23.9% of all recorded uses (95).

Is Agustus rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1992 (14)
Years since peak: 33; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 36.4% average annual change
Best rank ever: #911; 1880

Spellings of Agustus

Agustus is not the most common spelling — Augustus is, with 45.6% against Agustus's 0.84%.

Augustus45.6%21,680
Agustin34.3%16,327
Justus19.2%9,140
Agustus0.84%398

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Agustus by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #911; 1880
Peak year: 1992; 14 that year
First recorded: 1880
Last recorded: 2022
All-time count: 398
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Agustus

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Agustine Quintus Agustya Erastus Albertus Cleatus Festus Lotus Ventus Agustin Tytus Rastus Estus Cletus Leonitus Justus Brutus Kirtus Agusta Altus Bertus Virtus Kurtus Augustus

Sibling names for Agustus

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Shelbi Shelbie Ilana Danyelle Kelsea Ivonne Maira Stormy

For a brother

Coty Malcom Edgardo Dillan Devante Shay Rosendo Dimitri

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