Girl name#1,036 of girl names
Augusta
Pronounced AH0 G AH1 S T AH0 (ARPABET)
- 3 syllables
- Peaked 1915
- 145 years in use
How popular is Augusta?
Augusta is a girls' name, and has been in the record since the data starts in 1880. It has been given to 18,233 children — the 1,036th most common girls' name on record.
It is still recorded, but barely: 455 births across the past decade, against a peak of 369 in a single year. That peak was in 1915.
Characteristics
- Alliterative
- 3 syllables
Phonetic detail
- Pronunciations:
- AH0 G AH1 S T AH0
- Stress pattern:
- 010
- Syllables:
- 3
Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.
Names like Augusta
Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.
Sibling names for Augusta
Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.
Frequently asked questions
- How popular is the name Augusta?
- Augusta ranks 1,036th among girls' names in US records, with 18,233 births since 1880. Over the past decade it accounts for 455.
- Is Augusta a unisex name?
- No. Augusta is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
- When was Augusta most popular?
- 1915, when 369 children were given the name. It has been in use for 145 years and is still recorded as of 2024.