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Boy's name · #81 in the US (2025) · Comeback
92% boys · 8% girls — August is also given to girls: 268 in 2025, about 1 in 13 in recent years. August →
August was #74 in 1880, slipped to #931 by 1983, and has climbed back to #81 today. Roughly 68,000 boys have been named August since 1880. In all that time it has never once missed a year of the national records.
Actress Mandy Moore and musician Taylor Goldsmith chose the name for their son, August Harrison Goldsmith, born in February 2021.
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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 51 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.
August is especially popular in Denmark, Sweden, and Finland (Swedish-sp.).
#5 in Denmark (2025) · #6 in Sweden (2025) · #6 in Finland (Swedish-sp.) (2025) · #71 in Norway (2025) · #74 in Australia (QLD) (2025) · #94 in Australia (NSW) (2025) · #94 in Belgium (2025) · #95 in Australia (VIC) (2025) · #118 in New Zealand (2025) · #214 in Poland (2025) · #311 in England & Wales (2025) · #419 in Austria (2025) and 6 more.
Among 5,770 notable people named August:
Military figures appear 2.93× more often than among typical names — e.g. August von Mackensen, German field marshal (1849–1945).
Similar names: Hugo · Augustus · Felix · Augustine · Archie · Clark
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