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Agata

Girl · a-GAH-ta · Greek

Agata is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “good”. In 2025 it ranked 2,856th for girls in the UK (9 babies) and 8,360th for girls in the US (12 babies).

What does Agata mean?

Greek: Polish, Italian and Spanish form of Agatha

“good”

Saint Agatha of Sicily was a 3rd-century martyr; Agata is the Polish, Italian and Spanish form.

Say it
a-GAH-ta

Is Agata a girl's or a boy's name?

Agata is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 girls in the UK and 12 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Agata in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#2,856among girls
Babies in 2025
9about 1 in 31,000 girls
Five-year trend
Falling fastdown 60% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 9 girls in the UK were named Agata, making it the 2,856th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,312th. Its busiest year was 2010, with 43 girls.

Half of all the girls named Agata in the UK since 1996 were born between 2010 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.

Among girls in 2025, it was 2,786th in England and Wales.

2000Busiest: 43 in 20102025
Agata in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20259#2,856
20248#3,076
202315#1,955
202211#2,450
202119#1,669
202026#1,312
201927#1,285
201828#1,274
201723#1,497
201633#1,133
201540#979
201431#1,189
201339#1,007
201233#1,128
201140#950
201043#888
200932#1,062
200824#1,293
200720#1,421
20068#2,657
20054#4,150
20040–
20033#4,560
20020–
20010–
20003#4,074

How popular is Agata in the US?

Rank in 2025
#8,360among girls
Babies in 2025
12about 1 in 130,000 girls
Five-year trend
Steadydown 2% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 12 girls in the US were named Agata, making it the 8,360th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,625th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 22 girls. It first appears in the records in 1920.

2025 had fewer girls named Agata than any year since 2015.

Half of all the girls named Agata in the US since 1880 were born between 1994 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.

1920Busiest: 22 in 20242025
Agata in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
202512#8,360
202422#5,612
202316#6,917
202213#8,027
202113#8,019
202017#6,625
201919#6,172
201815#7,405
201715#7,438
201616#7,227
20159#10,861
201414#8,050
201316#7,368
20129#11,251
201111#9,719
20108#12,270
20097#13,698
20089#11,594
20079#11,626
20065#17,163
20057#13,003
20048#11,617
20037#12,401
20020–
20019#10,095
200013#7,574
199910#8,798
19989#9,254
19977#10,831
199610#8,127
19958#9,548
199410#8,116
19939#8,712
199210#8,057
199110#7,980
19900–
19899#8,031
19880–
19870–
19868#7,745
19855#10,672
19847#8,149
19836#9,013
19820–
19817#8,126
19805#10,390
19790–
19780–
19770–
19765#9,282
19756#7,982
19740–
19735#8,421
19727#6,556
19716#7,386
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19690–
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19280–
19275#4,803
19260–
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19220–
19210–
19207#3,955

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