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The first name 
August

August is a first name for boys, occasionally also given to girls.

August – known and loved in the US!

The name August isn’t among the current fashionable names in our top 10 stats, but nonetheless, it’s still very popular and common. In our SmartGenius ranking of all boys names, August ranks 178. Recently, out of every 10,000 newborn boys, approximately 12 were named August. In the entire USA, approximately 49,957 people – children, adults and seniors – currently bear the name August. That is 0.01 % of all living Americans.

You won't believe all there is 
to discover about the name
 
August

What does the name 
August mean?

The first name August comes from Latin. It means ‘the exalted one’. The Latin word ‘augustus’ was a title given to the first Roman emperor, Caesar Augustus, who was considered to be a great and magnificent ruler.

Did you know... that the month August originally was the sixth month in the ten-month Roman calendar? It became the eighth month around 700 BC, when January and February were added.

August -
someone you can count on

August is the epitome of endurance. Every year since first names have been registered in the United States, parents have come up with the idea of naming their son August. This means that several boys named August have witnessed historic events such as the first Nobel Prize ceremony, the moon landing, the release of the first cell phone, or the turn of the millennium. The first name August has reached its highest rank of 71 numerous times, but that was long ago before the beginning of the last century, last time in 1882. Nevertheless, the name has been in the top 100 repeatedly. This makes August one of the most popular names of all time.

In years where the graph has no value, the name August was given less than five times or even none at all in the entire USA.

August in 2022 – still a popular name

August will be August. Like every other year, there have been newborns named August in 2022 – in fact 3,722 to be precise, confirming August is still a popular first name. In this most recent year for which US-wide statistics are available, the name ranked #96 among all boys‘ names. For comparison, the least popular year for this first name was 1982, when only 130 baby boys were named August.

August -
very special and well known across the entire USA

Everyone knows him, everyone loves him and still he’s different from the mainstream: August occurs in every single state of the U.S. This may sound quite unspectacular at first, but in fact, of the nearly 50,000 different male first names that occur in the USA, only 386 are recorded in each individual state, so the name August is definitely something very special. However, at the same time, since the name does not appear in the top 100 most common first names in any single state, August is not one of those names that everyone encounters in his neighbourhood, but stands out from the crowd, captures attention and is something special without being strange or unknown. From Alaska to Florida, a total of 46,971 men and boys of all generations bear the name August – that is one in 3,554. However, there are considerable regional differences – the name is far more popular than average in Louisiana, where one in 400 men and boys is called August, while it is particularly rare in West Virginia, where you have to ask an average of 19,898 men for their name to get August as an answer once.

August has 6 letters 
and begins with an A

Well, you might say, you probably figured that out yourself! But what you might not know is: The letter A is a very popular first letter for boys’ names. That’s because 9.0% of all common boys’ names in the US begin with this letter. Only the first letter J is more common for boys' names.

With six letters, the name August is of average length. In fact, 28% of all common first names in the US consist of exactly six letters. 24% of all first names are shorter, while 48% have seven letters or more. On average, first names in the US (not counting hyphenated names) are 6.5 letters long. There are no significant differences between boys' and girls' names.

That means that if 9.0% of all boys' names start with an A, this initial letter occurs nearly three times as often as all other letters on average. And by the way: Of all the boys' names that start with an A, Anthony is the most common.

With hands, flags and sounds 
How to say August

If your name is August and someone asks after your name, you can of course just tell them what it is. But sometimes that isn't so easy - what if it's too loud, and you don't understand them well? Or what if the other person is so far away that you can see them but not hear them? In these situations, you can communicate your name in so many other ways: you call spell it, sign it, or even use a flag to wave it...

This is how you spell the name August

So that everyone really understands you when you have to spell the name August, you can simply say:

Apple

Unicorn

Goat

Unicorn

Sun

Tiger

This is how the name August is spelled in the NATO phonetic alphabet

The NATO alphabet often helps people spell words on the phone or radio when there are communication problems.

How do you write August in Braille?

Braille is made up of dots, which the blind and visually impaired can feel to read words.

August

August

You want to tell a deaf person that your name is August

Just use American Sign Language!

The name August is particularly colorful in the Semaphore flag signaling system!

These flags are used for maritime communication - each flag represents a letter.

A
U
G
U
S
T

Have you ever waved the name August

In the navy, sailors of two ships might wave flags to each other to send messages. A sailor holds two flags in specific positions to represent different letters.

A
U
G
U
S
T

Beeping like crazy...

In Morse code, letters and other characters are represented only by a series of short and long tones. For example, a short tone followed by a long tone stands for the letter A. August sounds like this: