NameTrends.U.S. Baby Name Data

August Boys

The U.S. popularity history of August: every year it appeared on the national list since 1880, with 68,182 recorded births in total. All figures come from official Social Security card application data.

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Total recorded births
68,182
Peak year
2025 #81
Years on the list
146
10-year trend
+58.8%

In the 2020s · Most used in CA in {year}

Popularity history

1880–2025

YearBirthsRank
2011720#395
2012946#333
20131,043#319
20141,545#241
20152,093#195
20162,092#193
20172,061#191
20182,291#169
20192,389#167
20202,432#155
20213,160#120
20223,420#109
20233,459#104
20243,894#88
20253,958#81

Most recent years shown. The full curve above covers every year the name appeared.

Where {name} was most used in 2025

CA
336
TX
309
IL
182
MO
168
NY
165
OH
162

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