Boy or Girl

Is Augusta a boy or girl name?

Augusta is a girl name in the US. In 2024, 52 girls and 0 boys were named Augusta, so 100% were girls. Across 1880–2024, 90.7% of the 18,233 US babies named Augusta were girls.

Boy rank, 2024
Not ranked
Girl rank, 2024
#3,076
Babies named Augusta since 1880
18,233
Most popular year
1915
387 babies
Babies named Augusta each year in the US
Line chart of US births named Augusta from 1880 to 2024, boys and girls. The table below has every value.010020030040018801900192019401960198020002020

Boys and girls named Augusta, by decade

DecadeBoysGirlsShare girls
1880s182,14599.2%
1890s462,64298.3%
1900s972,02395.4%
1910s1982,82793.5%
1920s2712,21589.1%
1930s2241,04282.3%
1940s22069475.9%
1950s22648868.3%
1960s15628364.5%
1970s8837280.9%
1980s5832284.7%
1990s3547193.1%
2000s2537193.7%
2010s2543594.6%
2020s621097.2%
Every year
YearBoysBoy rankGirlsGirl rank
20240–52#3,076
20230–38#3,917
20220–33#4,304
20210–48#3,296
20206#10,72739#3,738
20197#9,84849#3,229
20186#10,89555#2,966
20170–67#2,604
20167#9,76426#5,149
20150–48#3,352
20140–49#3,281
20130–37#4,012
20125#12,44632#4,504
20110–31#4,585
20100–41#3,754
20090–37#4,119
20080–44#3,652
20070–36#4,223
20067#9,66739#3,864
20050–31#4,389
20040–31#4,403
20030–43#3,358
20026#9,49431#4,080
20015#10,70931#4,034
20007#8,27848#2,948
19990–38#3,321
19980–44#2,935
19970–44#2,778
19967#7,20251#2,479
19950–37#3,097
19940–48#2,593
19938#6,26948#2,576
19928#6,17655#2,353
19915#8,31359#2,216
19907#6,46347#2,527
19895#7,99738#2,879
19886#6,48934#2,988
19877#5,50748#2,236
19867#5,37745#2,267
19855#6,61135#2,709
19840–25#3,337
19835#6,32028#2,986
19820–28#3,100
198113#3,23319#4,018
198010#3,86222#3,623
19797#4,88035#2,587
19789#3,87748#1,989
19779#3,85944#2,127
19760–39#2,176
19756#4,84268#1,499
19748#3,86932#2,398
197311#3,02926#2,692
197216#2,33028#2,529
197114#2,57530#2,480
19708#3,54322#3,035
196913#2,42427#2,524
196811#2,58819#2,972
196715#2,03720#2,782
196620#1,72719#2,849
196512#2,37725#2,411
196420#1,79730#2,201
196315#2,11943#1,754
196221#1,76336#1,918
196110#2,71929#2,198
196019#1,86135#1,926
195917#1,98041#1,721
195815#2,10241#1,679
195716#2,02541#1,681
195635#1,29948#1,534
195525#1,54232#1,881
195422#1,62950#1,424
195334#1,28659#1,262
195218#1,80962#1,210
195126#1,46354#1,267
195018#1,74860#1,193
194924#1,50555#1,220
194829#1,34660#1,159
194719#1,73759#1,171
194627#1,35667#1,032
194513#1,93349#1,122
194430#1,21464#971
194321#1,53387#832
194220#1,58987#823
194124#1,37689#756
194013#1,98877#808
193923#1,39277#775
193817#1,69070#846
193717#1,69387#724
193632#1,17084#723
193527#1,29799#665
193414#1,93799#672
193319#1,593133#551
193229#1,255117#606
193116#1,848127#586
193030#1,302149#557
192927#1,382130#599
192836#1,190157#558
192726#1,474182#522
192635#1,221206#483
192521#1,680214#473
192420#1,781241#449
192316#2,027251#423
192236#1,197243#426
192125#1,512287#400
192029#1,349304#380
191940#1,083290#381
191818#1,831357#347
191726#1,364325#349
191625#1,378342#328
191518#1,666369#304
191420#1,345266#323
191322#1,078253#300
191214#1,276252#288
19116#1,550192#281
19109#1,122181#288
190914#757179#268
19089#953176#268
19078#1,004213#226
190611#758181#239
190510#792216#210
19049#816188#222
19037#915205#205
190210#748195#214
190113#564225#185
19006#1,177245#200
18997#863228#185
18986#1,012248#185
18975#1,072236#179
18960–265#165
18958#803288#154
18947#864272#157
18937#841260#151
18920–290#143
18910–256#139
18906#894299#130
18898#728273#132
18880–270#131
18870–221#127
18865#975237#120
18850–223#118
18840–217#117
18830–213#108
18820–183#113
18810–157#113
18805#919151#113

Highest rank

As a boy name, Augusta reached #564 in 1901. As a girl name, it reached #108 in 1883. Ranks count every name SSA published for that year and sex, so they go well past the top 1,000.

Names from the same era

These names were also most popular in the 1910s, with a similar number of babies. They can work as sibling or middle names that feel like they belong together.

Names spelled like Augusta

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Source: US Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880–2024. Counts are Social Security card applications for US births; SSA leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies in a year. Updated 2026-10-05. How these numbers are made.