How popular is “Augusta” in the USA?

Number of people named “Augusta” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Augusta” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Augusta” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Augusta” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Augusta” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Augusta” by birth year

This chart shows how “Augusta” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year	Count	Proportion	Females	Males	Bias toward female
1880	156	0.000774255	151	5	94%
1881	157	0.000814789	157		100%
1882	183	0.000826062	183		100%
1883	213	0.000981811	213		100%
1884	217	0.000891313	217		100%
1885	223	0.000925872	223		100%
1886	242	0.000947845	237	5	96%
1887	221	0.000893319	221		100%
1888	270	0.000901581	270		100%
1889	281	0.0009725	273	8	94%
1890	305	0.001011941	299	6	96%
1891	256	0.000893004	256		100%
1892	290	0.000867292	290		100%
1893	267	0.000820975	260	7	95%
1894	279	0.000823762	272	7	95%
1895	296	0.000843257	288	8	95%
1896	265	0.000741292	265		100%
1897	241	0.000694611	236	5	96%
1898	254	0.000665871	248	6	95%
1899	235	0.000692737	228	7	94%
1900	251	0.000557458	245	6	95%
1901	238	0.000688235	225	13	89%
1902	205	0.000530081	195	10	90%
1903	212	0.000556139	205	7	93%
1904	197	0.000488246	188	9	91%
1905	226	0.000533117	216	10	91%
1906	192	0.000448126	181	11	89%
1907	221	0.000474871	213	8	93%
1908	185	0.000378595	176	9	90%
1909	193	0.000377525	179	14	85%
1910	190	0.000321646	181	9	91%
1911	198	0.000307321	192	6	94%
1912	266	0.000269214	252	14	89%
1913	275	0.000241841	253	22	84%
1914	286	0.000201928	266	20	86%
1915	387	0.000211195	369	18	91%
1916	367	0.000189721	342	25	86%
1917	351	0.00017491	325	26	85%
1918	375	0.000172723	357	18	90%
1919	330	0.00015638	290	40	76%
1920	333	0.000147173	304	29	83%
1921	312	0.000133647	287	25	84%
1922	279	0.000121879	243	36	74%
1923	267	0.000115962	251	16	88%
1924	261	0.00010959	241	20	85%
1925	235	0.000100716	214	21	82%
1926	241	0.000104969	206	35	71%
1927	208	0.00008968	182	26	75%
1928	193	0.000085363	157	36	63%
1929	157	0.000071619	130	27	66%
1930	179	0.000080511	149	30	66%
1931	143	0.000067953	127	16	78%
1932	146	0.000069152	117	29	60%
1933	152	0.000076021	133	19	75%
1934	113	0.00005441	99	14	75%
1935	126	0.00006029	99	27	57%
1936	116	0.000055834	84	32	45%
1937	104	0.000048811	87	17	67%
1938	87	0.000039321	70	17	61%
1939	100	0.000045384	77	23	54%
1940	90	0.000039085	77	13	71%
1941	113	0.000046379	89	24	58%
1942	107	0.000039168	87	20	63%
1943	108	0.000038263	87	21	61%
1944	94	0.000034943	64	30	36%
1945	62	0.000023371	49	13	58%
1946	94	0.000029418	67	27	43%
1947	78	0.000021653	59	19	51%
1948	89	0.000025778	60	29	35%
1949	79	0.00002267	55	24	39%
1950	78	0.000022264	60	18	54%
1951	80	0.000021717	54	26	35%
1952	80	0.000021064	62	18	55%
1953	93	0.000024133	59	34	27%
1954	72	0.000018087	50	22	39%
1955	57	0.000014196	32	25	12%
1956	83	0.000020131	48	35	16%
1957	57	0.000013565	41	16	44%
1958	56	0.000013547	41	15	46%
1959	58	0.000013949	41	17	41%
1960	54	0.000013	35	19	30%
1961	39	0.000009415	29	10	49%
1962	57	0.000014125	36	21	26%
1963	58	0.000014653	43	15	48%
1964	50	0.000012861	30	20	20%
1965	37	0.000010206	25	12	35%
1966	39	0.000011221	19	20	-3%
1967	35	0.00001031	20	15	14%
1968	30	0.00000888	19	11	27%
1969	40	0.00001151	27	13	35%
1970	30	0.000008318	22	8	47%
1971	44	0.000012819	30	14	36%
1972	44	0.000013999	28	16	27%
1973	37	0.000012264	26	11	41%
1974	40	0.000013158	32	8	60%
1975	74	0.000024508	68	6	84%
1976	39	0.000012853	39		100%
1977	53	0.000016685	44	9	66%
1978	57	0.000017959	48	9	68%
1979	42	0.000012624	35	7	67%
1980	32	0.00000929	22	10	38%
1981	32	0.00000925	19	13	19%
1982	28	0.000007982	28		100%
1983	33	0.000009528	28	5	70%
1984	25	0.000007166	25		100%
1985	40	0.000011207	35	5	75%
1986	52	0.000014619	45	7	73%
1987	55	0.000015254	48	7	75%
1988	40	0.000010825	34	6	70%
1989	43	0.000011185	38	5	77%
1990	54	0.000013662	47	7	74%
1991	64	0.00001643	59	5	84%
1992	63	0.000016401	55	8	75%
1993	56	0.000014853	48	8	71%
1994	48	0.000012911	48		100%
1995	37	0.000010103	37		100%
1996	58	0.000015903	51	7	76%
1997	44	0.000012135	44		100%
1998	44	0.000011962	44		100%
1999	38	0.000010287	38		100%
2000	55	0.000014551	48	7	75%
2001	36	0.000009617	31	5	72%
2002	37	0.000009898	31	6	68%
2003	43	0.000011309	43		100%
2004	31	0.000008113	31		100%
2005	31	0.000008063	31		100%
2006	46	0.000011627	39	7	70%
2007	36	0.000009005	36		100%
2008	44	0.000011194	44		100%
2009	37	0.000009685	37		100%
2010	41	0.000011094	41		100%
2011	31	0.000008475	31		100%
2012	37	0.000010117	32	5	73%
2013	37	0.000010149	37		100%
2014	49	0.00001322	49		100%
2015	48	0.00001297	48		100%
2016	33	0.000008995	26	7	58%
2017	67	0.000018735	67		100%
2018	61	0.00001735	55	6	80%
2019	56	0.000016134	49	7	75%
2020	45	0.000013471	39	6	73%
2021	48	0.000014168	48		100%
2022	33	0.000009754	33		100%
2023	38	0.000011476	38		100%
2024	52	0.000015623	52		100%

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