Agape
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- uh-GAH-pay
- Origin
- Greek
- US rank, 2025
- #12,003 for boys
Agape is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “love”. In 2025 it ranked 12,003rd for boys in the US (5 babies).
What does Agape mean?
Greek: Greek word agape
“love”
Agape is the Greek word the New Testament uses for selfless, unconditional love.
Is Agape a girl's or a boy's name?
Agape is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Agape in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2020, with 12 girls. It first appears in the records in 1992. 5 boys were also named Agape in 2025 (12,003rd for boys).
Half of all the girls named Agape in the US since 1880 were born between 2007 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Agape in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 5 | #15,288 |
| 2023 | 9 | #10,307 |
| 2022 | 8 | #11,225 |
| 2021 | 6 | #13,459 |
| 2020 | 12 | #8,401 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 8 | #11,422 |
| 2017 | 6 | #14,120 |
| 2016 | 8 | #11,776 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 9 | #10,949 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 6 | #14,953 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 5 | #17,498 |
| 2007 | 6 | #15,485 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 7 | #13,003 |
| 2004 | 6 | #14,172 |
| 2003 | 5 | #15,777 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 6 | #11,730 |
Names like Agape
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Amora, Adhara, Esme, Aitana, Calliope, Alaia, Alora, Marigold, Avani, Annalise, Alessia, Arya
More Greek names
Luca, Theodore, Sophia, George, Theo, Lucas, Sofia, Alexander, Sebastian, Penelope, Phoebe, Margot, Luke, Chloe, Sophie, Zoe
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Agape: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/agape, updated 20 October 2026.