Mostly boys · peaked in 2025
Augustine name popularity since 1925
16,909 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Augustine (15.6% girls, 84.4% boys). Half of them were born in 1988 or earlier, so the typical Augustine is about 38 years old in 2026. Augustine peaked in 2025 as the #545 name for boys, and it ranked #545 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 16,909
- Named Augustine, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- #545
- for boys in 2025 (549 babies)
- Girls / boys
- 84.4% boys
- 2,645 girls · 14,264 boys
- Most popular in
- Arizona
- 4.43× its national share
Peak year is the year Augustine made up the largest share of US boys, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Augustine births per year, 1925–2025
2025 was the biggest year for Augustine both by count and as a share of all babies.
- Fastest rise: Between 2011 and 2016, Augustine became 2.2× more common, from 1 in 12,200 baby boys to 1 in 5,650.
Shaded on the chart. This compares Augustine's share of all US boys five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Augustine.
Decade by decade
Babies named Augustine in each decade, and its rank among boys' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 337 | 744 | – |
| 1930s | 531 | 1,065 | #556 |
| 1940s | 485 | 983 | #630 |
| 1950s | 393 | 1,009 | #715 |
| 1960s | 176 | 902 | #765 |
| 1970s | 105 | 930 | #901 |
| 1980s | 63 | 906 | #1,033 |
| 1990s | 72 | 1,003 | #1,097 |
| 2000s | 121 | 1,396 | #1,155 |
| 2010s | 182 | 2,525 | #815 |
| 2020–25 | 180 | 2,801 | #545 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 boys that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
30.2% of babies named Augustine from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Gen Alpha years (2013–2025). The full split by generation:
Where Augustine is most popular
The index compares Augustine's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Augustine.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Arizona | 4.43× | 662 |
| Texas | 2.54× | 2,299 |
| Louisiana | 2.16× | 448 |
| California | 2.13× | 2,595 |
| New York | 1.11× | 973 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Augustine's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Augustine.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Augustine (2025).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data