Recorded 1911–2022 Girls' name Peak 1980 245 births

Agueda — girls' name

245 babies named Agueda in U.S. Social Security records since 1911, with the highest year being 1980. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1910s61920s181930s111940s111960s161970s401980s561990s402000s292010s52020s13
1980s
Peak decade

23% of everyone ever named Agueda was born in this single decade.

1980
Single peak year

11 babies were named Agueda in 1980 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Agueda

The Social Security Administration has registered 245 babies named Agueda between 1911 and 2022, spanning 112 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Agueda currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2022. The name reached its historical peak in 1980, when 11 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Agueda performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 56 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Agueda shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 36 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Agueda in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Agueda in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 245 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.

Agueda at a glance

Last recorded 2022

Total births

245

Since 1911

112 years of records

Peak year

1980

11 births that year

Strongest decade: 1980s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2022

Active since

1911

Recorded for 112 years

Last year on file: 2022

Agueda popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2022–1911

Last recorded 2022
Peak year (1980)
11
Annual births at peak — across 112 years of records
4681012 202220041993198719801970194019201911 6

Agueda by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 1980s
Peak decade
1980s
56 births that decade — 23% of Agueda's all-time total
1910s61920s181930s111940s111960s161970s401980s561990s402000s292010s52020s13

Agueda by state

Where Agueda concentrates geographically — total births since 1911

Geographically diffuse
Top 2 states by recorded births for the name Agueda
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 California
36 14.7%
#2 Texas
5 2.0%
California share of Agueda's total US births 14.7%
Even split

36 of 245 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Agueda?
245 babies have been named Agueda since 1911. It was last recorded in 2022. The peak year was 1980 with 11 births.
When was Agueda most popular?
Agueda was most popular in the 1980s decade with 56 total births. The single peak year was 1980.
Where is Agueda most popular?
The top states for the name Agueda are California (36 births), Texas (5 births).
How long has the name Agueda been used?
Agueda has been recorded in Social Security data since 1911, spanning 112 years of data through 2022.
What names are similar to Agueda?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Agustina, Agusta, Agustin. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

Data Sources

Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1911–2022 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.