Agatha

#1,703 for girls in 2025, 120 births

Peak · girls
1891 · 46 births
Debut · girls
16 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
9,491
since 1880

Agatha over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Agatha has never cracked the top 300 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201886peak #365, 1891girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025#1,703120
2024#1,613129
2023#1,669124
2022#1,775116
2021#1,532137
2020#2,11586
2019#2,30578
2018#1,937102
2017#2,05395
2016#2,41277
2015#2,16987
2014#2,51771
2013#2,76962
2012#3,58344
2011#3,22251
2010#3,30649
2009#4,19636
2008#4,08938
2007#3,48247
2006#3,26450
2005#3,00953
2004#5,20824
2003#3,65538
2002#4,76725
2001#5,00923
2000#4,29128
1999#4,57624
1998#4,02328
1997#6,16315
1996#6,39214
1995#4,21724
1994#5,98415
1993#3,58530
1992#3,68029
1991#3,81727
1990#3,62329
1989#3,47729
1988#3,48327
1987#2,78035
1986#3,05430
1985#3,41925
1984#3,06928
1983#2,65933
1982#2,05050
1981#2,98629
1980#3,06928
1979#2,67133
1978#4,07917
1977#3,26723
1976#2,48632
1975#3,25921
1974#2,92224
1973#2,45530
1972#3,06221
1971#2,80125
1970#3,20820
1969#2,20833
1968#2,36027
1967#2,32727
1966#2,40725
1965#2,15430
1964#1,78143
1963#2,17230
1962#2,16330
1961#1,74243
1960#1,88736
1959#1,79438
1958#1,44854
1957#1,58846
1956#1,76036
1955#1,69137
1954#1,40951
1953#1,42447
1952#1,22560
1951#1,09073
1950#1,13566
1949#1,18958
1948#1,31349
1947#1,20456
1946#1,02368
1945#91468
1944#1,14047
1943#1,02760
1942#1,02458
1941#92463
1940#78082
1939#82470
1938#78680
1937#71790
1936#76877
1935#646102
1934#77475
1933#65999
1932#69894
1931#68894
1930#675103
1929#625121
1928#604135
1927#618133
1926#578151
1925#556168
1924#540180
1923#574156
1922#509187
1921#519187
1920#473206
1919#472199
1918#452218
1917#434217
1916#431213
1915#431199
1914#403172
1913#392153
1912#427121
1911#44683
1910#44979
1909#43572
1908#45662
1907#44465
1906#40372
1905#42066
1904#45052
1903#39664
1902#43451
1901#40454
1900#41765
1899#38158
1898#41156
1897#41450
1896#40350
1895#41147
1894#42942
1893#43638
1892#42839
1891#36546
1890#38442
1889#42133
1888#43133
1887#44625
1886#45123
1885#48419
1884#47918
1883#51714
1882#38921
1881#53910
1880#42116
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Agatha was already there! It came in at #421, and was given to 16 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1881, when fewer than 11 girls a year got the name.

Where Agatha is popular in 1886

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

See more about Agatha
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 90 spots since 2024 (#1,613 → #1,703)
  • 412 spots since 2020 (#2,115 → #1,703)
  • 466 spots since 2015 (#2,169 → #1,703)
  • Biggest jump: 226 spots in 1945 (#1,140 → #914)
  • Biggest drop: 144 spots in 1941 (#780 → #924)
Rise & fade · girls
11 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1891 at #365 (46 births)
  • Births halved by 1970, 79 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 63 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 63 yrs · run 1880–1941
Share of babies · girls
1 in 4,018
  • Highest: 1 in 4,018 girls born in 1899 were named Agatha (0.02%)
  • Latest: 1 in 13,394 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
  • Its best rank, #365 in 1891, was only 1 in 4,032 (0.02%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1910s
  • 17.4% of all girls named Agatha (1,654) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s212#389 (1882)#458
1890s468#365 (1891)#406
1900s623#396 (1903)#426
1910s1,654#392 (1913)#434
1920s1,624#473 (1920)#560
1930s884#646 (1935)#724
1940s609#780 (1940)#1,054
1950s508#1,090 (1951)#1,456
1960s324#1,742 (1961)#2,120
1970s246#2,455 (1973)#3,021
1980s314#2,050 (1982)#3,005
1990s235#3,585 (1993)#4,606
2000s362#3,009 (2005)#4,097
2010s716#1,937 (2018)#2,627
2020s712#1,532 (2021)#1,735

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Agatha in 1886

girls
#451
23 births · 1 in 6,284 girls

Top girls' names in 1886

  1. #1Mary9,889
  2. #2Anna4,283
  3. #3Emma2,764
  4. #4Elizabeth2,680
  5. #5Minnie2,372
  6. #6Margaret2,275
  7. #7Ida2,049
  8. #8Bertha2,001
  9. #9Clara1,916
  10. #10Florence1,860
  11. #451Agatha23
More about 1886

girls

144,533 girls got a published name in 1886; 1 in 6,284 of them was named Agatha, which outranked 64.8% of the 1,282 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Agatha
  1. #439Ocie24
  2. #439Tessie24
  3. #439Tommie24
  4. #451Agatha23
  5. #451Alda23
  6. #451Altha23
  7. #451Anastasia23
  8. #459Alida22
  9. #459Bella22
  10. #459Bennie22

Tied with 7 names at #451; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1885
Risers
  1. ↑ 441Felicia#1,047 → #606
  2. ↑ 414Arminda#1,047 → #633
  3. ↑ 414Fronie#1,047 → #633
  4. ↑ 390Zettie#1,047 → #657
  5. ↑ 365Vergie#921 → #556
Fallers
  1. ↓ 532Cordia#576 → #1,108
  2. ↓ 532Dicie#576 → #1,108
  3. ↓ 532Johnie#576 → #1,108
  4. ↓ 500Philomene#608 → #1,108
  5. ↓ 479Malissie#629 → #1,108

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1886 →