How Many People Are Named Agatha?
people named Agatha are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 89,308 people in the US has this name
Based on 9,491 babies named Agatha in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
218 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Latinized form of the Greek name Αγαθη (Agathe), derived from Greek αγαθος (agathos) meaning "good". Saint Agatha was a 3rd-century martyr from Sicily who was tortured and killed after spurning the advances of a Roman official. The saint was widely revered in the Middle Ages, and her name has been used throughout Christian Europe (in various spellings). The mystery writer Agatha Christie (1890-1976) was a famous modern bearer of this name.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Agatha in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Agatha alive today is about 37 years old, and 49% are under 30. Half of them were between 8 and 67 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Agatha first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1918, to 218 babies. In 2025, 120 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Agatha has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #365, in 1891. In 2025 it ranked #1,703.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #1,703 |
| Best rank | #365 (1891) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #436 in the 1910s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Agatha alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Agatha were born in New York than in any other state: about 428 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Agatha was given 3.6 times as often in North Dakota, 3.3 times in New York and 1.9 times in Florida.
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