Meaning not yet researched.
Agatha: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 120 in 2025. Its best rank was #365 in 1891.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #365 in 1891; #1,703 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Agatha in 2025 was a girl.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#1,703 for US girls in 2025. Its best year was 1891, at #365.
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Agatha: US girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 120 girls in 2025. Peak: #365 in 1891 · most girls in one year: 218 (1918).
In 2025, 120 US girls were named Agatha, making it the 1,703rd most common girls’ name of the year, down 90 places from #1,613 in 2024. That is 9 fewer than the 129 girls named Agatha in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #365, reached in 1891. The most girls given the name in a single year was 218, in 1918. For comparison, it was #2,169 in 2015 and #1,135 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Agatha in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 16 babies with the name. In all, 9,491 US babies have been given the name, all of them girls. Its busiest decade was the 1910s, with 1,654 babies named Agatha.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 1,064 US girls were named Agatha; the busiest of those years was 2021, with 137. In 2025 that was about 1 in 13,394 of the girls in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Agatha ranked highest in Massachusetts in 2025, at #396 for girls there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Rarer spellings such as Agata and Agathe are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Aga and Aggy.
Meaning not yet researched.
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Wikidata records this spelling as a given name in Dutch. That is where the name is used, not necessarily where it comes from.
No related spellings pass our data threshold.
Rare spellings summarised here: Agata (470), Agathe (49).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0).
US girls. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five girls got the name, so 44 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Massachusetts | 14 | #396 | #569 |
| Pennsylvania | 8 | #1,016 | — |
| Washington | 5 | #1,053 | — |
| Florida | 13 | #1,114 | #1,481 |
| New Jersey | 5 | #1,172 | — |
| California | 10 | #1,953 | #3,016 |
| Texas | 10 | #2,040 | #2,590 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 120 | #1,703 | — | — |
| 2024 | 129 | #1,613 | — | — |
| 2023 | 124 | #1,671 | — | — |
| 2022 | 116 | #1,775 | — | — |
| 2021 | 137 | #1,532 | — | — |
| 2020 | 86 | #2,116 | — | — |
| 2019 | 78 | #2,306 | — | — |
| 2018 | 102 | #1,937 | — | — |
| 2017 | 95 | #2,055 | — | — |
| 2016 | 77 | #2,412 | — | — |
| 2015 | 87 | #2,169 | — | — |
| 2014 | 71 | #2,518 | — | — |
| 2013 | 62 | #2,770 | — | — |
| 2012 | 44 | #3,585 | — | — |
| 2011 | 51 | #3,223 | — | — |
| 2010 | 49 | #3,307 | — | — |
| 2009 | 36 | #4,199 | — | — |
| 2008 | 38 | #4,090 | — | — |
| 2007 | 47 | #3,482 | — | — |
| 2006 | 50 | #3,266 | — | — |
| 2005 | 53 | #3,009 | — | — |
| 2004 | 24 | #5,208 | — | — |
| 2003 | 38 | #3,658 | — | — |
| 2002 | 25 | #4,771 | — | — |
| 2001 | 23 | #5,013 | — | — |
| 2000 | 28 | #4,294 | — | — |
| 1999 | 24 | #4,578 | — | — |
| 1998 | 28 | #4,024 | — | — |
| 1997 | 15 | #6,166 | — | — |
| 1996 | 14 | #6,398 | — | — |
| 1995 | 24 | #4,218 | — | — |
| 1994 | 15 | #5,989 | — | — |
| 1993 | 30 | #3,588 | — | — |
| 1992 | 29 | #3,681 | — | — |
| 1991 | 27 | #3,818 | — | — |
| 1990 | 29 | #3,624 | — | — |
| 1989 | 29 | #3,478 | — | — |
| 1988 | 27 | #3,483 | — | — |
| 1987 | 35 | #2,781 | — | — |
| 1986 | 30 | #3,054 | — | — |
| 1985 | 25 | #3,419 | — | — |
| 1984 | 28 | #3,069 | — | — |
| 1983 | 33 | #2,659 | — | — |
| 1982 | 50 | #2,050 | — | — |
| 1981 | 29 | #2,986 | — | — |
| 1980 | 28 | #3,069 | — | — |
| 1979 | 33 | #2,674 | — | — |
| 1978 | 17 | #4,079 | — | — |
| 1977 | 23 | #3,269 | — | — |
| 1976 | 32 | #2,486 | — | — |
| 1975 | 21 | #3,260 | — | — |
| 1974 | 24 | #2,923 | — | — |
| 1973 | 30 | #2,456 | — | — |
| 1972 | 21 | #3,062 | — | — |
| 1971 | 25 | #2,801 | — | — |
| 1970 | 20 | #3,209 | — | — |
| 1969 | 33 | #2,209 | — | — |
| 1968 | 27 | #2,360 | — | — |
| 1967 | 27 | #2,327 | — | — |
| 1966 | 25 | #2,407 | — | — |
| 1965 | 30 | #2,155 | — | — |
| 1964 | 43 | #1,781 | — | — |
| 1963 | 30 | #2,172 | — | — |
| 1962 | 30 | #2,163 | — | — |
| 1961 | 43 | #1,744 | — | — |
| 1960 | 36 | #1,890 | — | — |
| 1959 | 38 | #1,794 | — | — |
| 1958 | 54 | #1,448 | — | — |
| 1957 | 46 | #1,589 | — | — |
| 1956 | 36 | #1,760 | — | — |
| 1955 | 37 | #1,692 | — | — |
| 1954 | 51 | #1,409 | — | — |
| 1953 | 47 | #1,425 | — | — |
| 1952 | 60 | #1,225 | — | — |
| 1951 | 73 | #1,090 | — | — |
| 1950 | 66 | #1,135 | — | — |
| 1949 | 58 | #1,190 | — | — |
| 1948 | 49 | #1,313 | — | — |
| 1947 | 56 | #1,204 | — | — |
| 1946 | 68 | #1,023 | — | — |
| 1945 | 68 | #914 | — | — |
| 1944 | 47 | #1,140 | — | — |
| 1943 | 60 | #1,027 | — | — |
| 1942 | 58 | #1,025 | — | — |
| 1941 | 63 | #924 | — | — |
| 1940 | 82 | #780 | — | — |
| 1939 | 70 | #825 | — | — |
| 1938 | 80 | #786 | — | — |
| 1937 | 90 | #717 | — | — |
| 1936 | 77 | #768 | — | — |
| 1935 | 102 | #647 | — | — |
| 1934 | 75 | #774 | — | — |
| 1933 | 99 | #659 | — | — |
| 1932 | 94 | #698 | — | — |
| 1931 | 94 | #688 | — | — |
| 1930 | 103 | #675 | — | — |
| 1929 | 121 | #625 | — | — |
| 1928 | 135 | #604 | — | — |
| 1927 | 133 | #618 | — | — |
| 1926 | 151 | #578 | — | — |
| 1925 | 168 | #556 | — | — |
| 1924 | 180 | #540 | — | — |
| 1923 | 156 | #574 | — | — |
| 1922 | 187 | #509 | — | — |
| 1921 | 187 | #519 | — | — |
| 1920 | 206 | #473 | — | — |
| 1919 | 199 | #472 | — | — |
| 1918 | 218 | #452 | — | — |
| 1917 | 217 | #434 | — | — |
| 1916 | 213 | #431 | — | — |
| 1915 | 199 | #431 | — | — |
| 1914 | 172 | #403 | — | — |
| 1913 | 153 | #392 | — | — |
| 1912 | 121 | #427 | — | — |
| 1911 | 83 | #446 | — | — |
| 1910 | 79 | #450 | — | — |
| 1909 | 72 | #435 | — | — |
| 1908 | 62 | #456 | — | — |
| 1907 | 65 | #444 | — | — |
| 1906 | 72 | #404 | — | — |
| 1905 | 66 | #420 | — | — |
| 1904 | 52 | #450 | — | — |
| 1903 | 64 | #396 | — | — |
| 1902 | 51 | #434 | — | — |
| 1901 | 54 | #404 | — | — |
| 1900 | 65 | #417 | — | — |
| 1899 | 58 | #381 | — | — |
| 1898 | 56 | #411 | — | — |
| 1897 | 50 | #414 | — | — |
| 1896 | 50 | #403 | — | — |
| 1895 | 47 | #411 | — | — |
| 1894 | 42 | #429 | — | — |
| 1893 | 38 | #436 | — | — |
| 1892 | 39 | #429 | — | — |
| 1891 | 46 | #365 | — | — |
| 1890 | 42 | #384 | — | — |
| 1889 | 33 | #422 | — | — |
| 1888 | 33 | #431 | — | — |
| 1887 | 25 | #446 | — | — |
| 1886 | 23 | #451 | — | — |
| 1885 | 19 | #485 | — | — |
| 1884 | 18 | #480 | — | — |
| 1883 | 14 | #517 | — | — |
| 1882 | 21 | #389 | — | — |
| 1881 | 10 | #539 | — | — |
| 1880 | 16 | #421 | — | — |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).