Agustin
- Pronunciation
- [A-gus-tin]
- Gender
- Male
- Meaning
- Majestic Dignity: Grandeur.
- Origin
- Spanish
About the Name Agustin
Agustin is the Spanish form of Augustine, from the Latin Augustinus, a derivative of Augustus meaning "majestic," "venerable," or "exalted." It carries connotations of dignity and grandeur, and through Saint Augustine it has a deep place in the Christian tradition. Long established across the Spanish-speaking world, it appears with recorded variants such as Agoston, Aguistin, and Agustine.
In the United States, Agustin is closely associated with Hispanic naming culture. It first entered the US Social Security top-1000 in 2000 and reached its peak in 2001 at rank #561. Rather than fading entirely, it has lingered in the lower part of the list across two decades — recorded at #975 in 2021, #934 in 2022, and back at #865 in 2024 with 277 births — and across that span it accounts for 5,576 top-1000 births.
The name's appeal lies in its dignified meaning and its smooth, three-syllable Spanish sound ("A-gus-tin"). It offers a heritage choice that connects to one of the great names of late antiquity while remaining distinctly Spanish, a stately yet warm option most familiar within Spanish-speaking American families. Its quiet endurance on the charts, dipping and rising over more than two decades rather than vanishing, speaks to the steady cultural value it holds, and its connection to one of the most important figures in early Christian thought gives it a depth that few short, everyday names can match.
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration name data, 1880–2024 (methodology). By Marvin Tang.
Quick Facts About Agustin
US Popularity History (2000–2025)
Annual US births named Agustin by gender, from US Social Security Administration records. Peak year: 2001 with 372 boys named Agustin (boy rank #561 that year).
Where it stands today: in 2025, ranked #952 for boys (245 US births). That's 391 places below its 2001 peak.
Source: US Social Security Administration. Limitations: US birth-certificate data only; names appearing fewer than 5 times in a given year are suppressed for privacy; spelling variants are counted separately. For names that ranked outside the US top 100 before year 2000, only the years they reached the top 100 are shown — the chart may have gaps for less-popular historical names.
Paste the snippet below on any HTML page. Includes a credit link back to 9BabyNames — please keep it intact.
Where in the US Is Agustin Most Popular?
Average boy-name rank within each state across 2016–2025 SSA records. A lower number means the name appears closer to the top of that state's boys-name rankings — a per-capita measure that isn't biased toward large states. For Agustin the strongest states are California, Texas, Arizona.
Strongest boys-name states
| # | State | Avg rank | Births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | California | #564 | 486 |
| 2 | Texas | #609 | 417 |
| 3 | Arizona | #631 | 86 |
| 4 | Colorado | #667 | 20 |
| 5 | Florida | #698 | 170 |
| 6 | Illinois | #806 | 74 |
| 7 | Washington | #822 | 47 |
| 8 | Georgia | #961 | 24 |
Weakest boys-name states
| # | State | Avg rank | Births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Georgia | #961 | 24 |
| 2 | Washington | #822 | 47 |
| 3 | Illinois | #806 | 74 |
| 4 | Florida | #698 | 170 |
| 5 | Colorado | #667 | 20 |
| 6 | Arizona | #631 | 86 |
| 7 | Texas | #609 | 417 |
| 8 | California | #564 | 486 |
Source: SSA state-level baby-name dataset 2016–2025. States with fewer than 3 years of data for Agustin in this window are excluded. Births < 5 in a given state-year are suppressed by SSA for privacy.
Variant Forms
Looking for names like Agustin?
A dedicated page with 60+ related names — spelling variants, rhymes, alliterations, same-origin matches, and shared meaning concepts — lives at its own URL so each kind of similarity gets a deeper treatment than fits here.
Compare Agustin to Other Popular Names
Side-by-side popularity charts and crossover years for Agustin against today's most popular boys-name peers (top 8 by US births in the last 10 years of SSA records).
Agustin Baby Name Ideas
- Encanto-Inspired Baby Names: Magical Picks from the Madrigal Family
- A Guide to the Most Popular Spanish Boy Names: Meaning and Legacy
- Argentinian Baby Names: A Celebration of Culture, History, and Nature
- 200 Cute Girl Names For Your Sweet Babies
- Over 600 Sporty Boy Names Inspired By Soccer Players
- Top 1000 Most Popular Boy Names In U.S. Of 2015
- 40 Great Baby Names That Mean Majestic
- 83 Traditional Indonesian Baby Girl Names