Agatha
Agatha was given to 120 girls in 2025, #1,703 among girls’ names; 9,491 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 3,780 Americans named Agatha and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (40% of everyone recorded); the median is 32 years old and half are between 9 and 67.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Agatha by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Agatha mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Agatha is “a female given name from Ancient Greek.” Its etymology gives the sense “good” (ἀγαθός).
Borrowed from Latin Agatha, from Ancient Greek Ἀγαθή (Agathḗ), from Ancient Greek ἀγαθός (agathós, “good”).
/ˈæɡəθə/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Agatha?
#1,703 among girls’ names, 2025
Agatha rose from #2,169 in 2015 to #1,703 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born rose from 48.7 to 74.7 per million.
218 babies in 1918, the peak
Agatha peaked in 1918, when 218 girls were given it, #452 among girls’ names. The 120 births of 2025 are 55% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 120 | #1,703 | 0.07 |
| 2024 | 129 | #1,613 | 0.08 |
| 2023 | 124 | #1,671 | 0.08 |
| 2022 | 116 | #1,775 | 0.07 |
| 2021 | 137 | #1,532 | 0.08 |
| 2020 | 86 | #2,116 | 0.05 |
| 2019 | 78 | #2,306 | 0.05 |
| 2018 | 102 | #1,937 | 0.06 |
| 2017 | 95 | #2,055 | 0.06 |
| 2016 | 77 | #2,412 | 0.04 |
Every recorded year (146)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 87 | #2,169 | 0.05 |
| 2014 | 71 | #2,516 | 0.04 |
| 2013 | 62 | #2,769 | 0.04 |
| 2012 | 44 | #3,584 | 0.02 |
| 2011 | 51 | #3,222 | 0.03 |
| 2010 | 49 | #3,306 | 0.03 |
| 2009 | 36 | #4,198 | 0.02 |
| 2008 | 38 | #4,089 | 0.02 |
| 2007 | 47 | #3,481 | 0.02 |
| 2006 | 50 | #3,265 | 0.03 |
| 2005 | 53 | #3,005 | 0.03 |
| 2004 | 24 | #5,204 | 0.01 |
| 2003 | 38 | #3,654 | 0.02 |
| 2002 | 25 | #4,767 | 0.01 |
| 2001 | 23 | #5,008 | 0.01 |
| 2000 | 28 | #4,289 | 0.02 |
| 1999 | 24 | #4,573 | 0.01 |
| 1998 | 28 | #4,021 | 0.02 |
| 1997 | 15 | #6,161 | 0.01 |
| 1996 | 14 | #6,393 | 0.01 |
| 1995 | 24 | #4,213 | 0.01 |
| 1994 | 15 | #5,983 | 0.01 |
| 1993 | 30 | #3,583 | 0.02 |
| 1992 | 29 | #3,676 | 0.02 |
| 1991 | 27 | #3,812 | 0.01 |
| 1990 | 29 | #3,619 | 0.02 |
| 1989 | 29 | #3,472 | 0.02 |
| 1988 | 27 | #3,478 | 0.02 |
| 1987 | 35 | #2,779 | 0.02 |
| 1986 | 30 | #3,052 | 0.02 |
| 1985 | 25 | #3,418 | 0.01 |
| 1984 | 28 | #3,068 | 0.02 |
| 1983 | 33 | #2,658 | 0.02 |
| 1982 | 50 | #2,050 | 0.03 |
| 1981 | 29 | #2,986 | 0.02 |
| 1980 | 28 | #3,069 | 0.02 |
| 1979 | 33 | #2,674 | 0.02 |
| 1978 | 17 | #4,079 | 0.01 |
| 1977 | 23 | #3,268 | 0.02 |
| 1976 | 32 | #2,486 | 0.02 |
| 1975 | 21 | #3,260 | 0.01 |
| 1974 | 24 | #2,923 | 0.02 |
| 1973 | 30 | #2,456 | 0.02 |
| 1972 | 21 | #3,062 | 0.01 |
| 1971 | 25 | #2,801 | 0.02 |
| 1970 | 20 | #3,209 | 0.01 |
| 1969 | 33 | #2,209 | 0.02 |
| 1968 | 27 | #2,360 | 0.02 |
| 1967 | 27 | #2,327 | 0.02 |
| 1966 | 25 | #2,406 | 0.01 |
| 1965 | 30 | #2,155 | 0.02 |
| 1964 | 43 | #1,780 | 0.02 |
| 1963 | 30 | #2,171 | 0.02 |
| 1962 | 30 | #2,162 | 0.02 |
| 1961 | 43 | #1,743 | 0.02 |
| 1960 | 36 | #1,889 | 0.02 |
| 1959 | 38 | #1,793 | 0.02 |
| 1958 | 54 | #1,447 | 0.03 |
| 1957 | 46 | #1,588 | 0.02 |
| 1956 | 36 | #1,759 | 0.02 |
| 1955 | 37 | #1,691 | 0.02 |
| 1954 | 51 | #1,408 | 0.03 |
| 1953 | 47 | #1,424 | 0.02 |
| 1952 | 60 | #1,224 | 0.03 |
| 1951 | 73 | #1,089 | 0.04 |
| 1950 | 66 | #1,134 | 0.04 |
| 1949 | 58 | #1,189 | 0.03 |
| 1948 | 49 | #1,312 | 0.03 |
| 1947 | 56 | #1,203 | 0.03 |
| 1946 | 68 | #1,022 | 0.04 |
| 1945 | 68 | #914 | 0.05 |
| 1944 | 47 | #1,139 | 0.04 |
| 1943 | 60 | #1,027 | 0.04 |
| 1942 | 58 | #1,025 | 0.04 |
| 1941 | 63 | #924 | 0.05 |
| 1940 | 82 | #780 | 0.07 |
| 1939 | 70 | #825 | 0.06 |
| 1938 | 80 | #786 | 0.07 |
| 1937 | 90 | #717 | 0.08 |
| 1936 | 77 | #768 | 0.07 |
| 1935 | 102 | #647 | 0.10 |
| 1934 | 75 | #774 | 0.07 |
| 1933 | 99 | #659 | 0.10 |
| 1932 | 94 | #698 | 0.09 |
| 1931 | 94 | #688 | 0.09 |
| 1930 | 103 | #675 | 0.09 |
| 1929 | 121 | #625 | 0.11 |
| 1928 | 135 | #604 | 0.12 |
| 1927 | 133 | #618 | 0.11 |
| 1926 | 151 | #578 | 0.13 |
| 1925 | 168 | #556 | 0.14 |
| 1924 | 180 | #540 | 0.14 |
| 1923 | 156 | #574 | 0.13 |
| 1922 | 187 | #509 | 0.16 |
| 1921 | 187 | #519 | 0.15 |
| 1920 | 206 | #473 | 0.17 |
| 1919 | 199 | #472 | 0.18 |
| 1918 | 218 | #452 | 0.19 |
| 1917 | 217 | #434 | 0.20 |
| 1916 | 213 | #431 | 0.20 |
| 1915 | 199 | #431 | 0.20 |
| 1914 | 172 | #403 | 0.23 |
| 1913 | 153 | #392 | 0.24 |
| 1912 | 121 | #427 | 0.22 |
| 1911 | 83 | #446 | 0.20 |
| 1910 | 79 | #450 | 0.20 |
| 1909 | 72 | #435 | 0.21 |
| 1908 | 62 | #456 | 0.19 |
| 1907 | 65 | #444 | 0.20 |
| 1906 | 72 | #404 | 0.24 |
| 1905 | 66 | #420 | 0.23 |
| 1904 | 52 | #450 | 0.19 |
| 1903 | 64 | #396 | 0.24 |
| 1902 | 51 | #434 | 0.19 |
| 1901 | 54 | #404 | 0.23 |
| 1900 | 65 | #417 | 0.22 |
| 1899 | 58 | #381 | 0.25 |
| 1898 | 56 | #411 | 0.22 |
| 1897 | 50 | #414 | 0.21 |
| 1896 | 50 | #403 | 0.21 |
| 1895 | 47 | #411 | 0.20 |
| 1894 | 42 | #429 | 0.19 |
| 1893 | 38 | #436 | 0.18 |
| 1892 | 39 | #429 | 0.18 |
| 1891 | 46 | #365 | 0.25 |
| 1890 | 42 | #384 | 0.22 |
| 1889 | 33 | #422 | 0.19 |
| 1888 | 33 | #431 | 0.18 |
| 1887 | 25 | #446 | 0.17 |
| 1886 | 23 | #451 | 0.16 |
| 1885 | 19 | #485 | 0.14 |
| 1884 | 18 | #480 | 0.14 |
| 1883 | 14 | #517 | 0.12 |
| 1882 | 21 | #389 | 0.19 |
| 1881 | 10 | #539 | 0.11 |
| 1880 | 16 | #421 | 0.18 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Agatha a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Agatha has been recorded only for girls: SSA lists no boys with the name in 146 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Agatha: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Agatha, and how old are they?
3,780 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 40% of the 9,491 Americans ever recorded as Agatha. The median Agatha alive today is 32 years old; half are between 9 and 67.
The 2020 Census counted 5,264 people named Agatha (5,248 women and girls, 16 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 3,541 born in the U.S. The Census count is 49% above that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 389 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 700 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 386 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 441 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 567 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 1,280 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Agatha born?
The states with the most babies named Agatha are New York, Pennsylvania and Texas, with 44% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York | 1,101 | not ranked | 1.6× |
| Pennsylvania | 393 | #1,016 | 0.7× |
| Texas | 209 | #2,040 | 0.4× |
| Massachusetts | 191 | #396 | 0.8× |
| Illinois | 186 | not ranked | 0.4× |
| Michigan | 180 | not ranked | 0.6× |
| California | 175 | #1,953 | 0.3× |
| Florida | 174 | #1,114 | 0.8× |
| New Jersey | 125 | #1,172 | 0.5× |
| Wisconsin | 124 | not ranked | 0.7× |
Where Agatha is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Agatha is most over-represented in New York: since 1910 it was given 1.6 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Agatha with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Agatha
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Agatha and names like it
- Compare Agatha and LeoraBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1910sAgatha peaked in 1918.
- New York’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Agatha since 1910.
- Ancient Greek namesWiktionary’s origin for Agatha: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1918The year the most babies were named Agatha.
- The names of Generation AlphaMost people named Agatha alive today were born 2013-2025.
- Names starting with AMost given first.