Feminine dossier · first seen 1880

Augusta

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Augusta
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

1915

Peak rank proxy

369

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Greatest Generation

1880Peak 19152024

Peak year

1915

Decline from peak

85.9%

2024

All-time

16,540

Augusta has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 1915, when 369 girls were named Augusta.

In 2024, only 52 girls were given the name.

Down 85.9% from its peak.

All told, about 16,540 Americans have been named Augusta and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity scoreVery uncommon

AssociationGreatest Generation

StabilityEra-bound, still legible

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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