Agatha
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- AG-a-tha
- Origin
- Greek
- UK rank, 2025
- #752 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #1,703 for girls
Agatha is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “good”. In 2025 it ranked 752nd for girls in the UK (53 babies) and 1,703rd for girls in the US (120 babies).
What does Agatha mean?
Greek
“good”
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Is Agatha a girl's or a boy's name?
Agatha is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 53 girls in the UK and 120 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Agatha in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 752nd among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 53 about 1 in 5,300 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 17% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 53 girls in the UK were named Agatha, making it the 752nd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 804th. Its busiest year was 2019, with 70 girls.
2025 had more girls named Agatha than any year since 2019.
Half of all the girls named Agatha in the UK since 1996 were born between 2009 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 792nd in England and Wales and 429th in Scotland.
Agatha in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 53 | #752 |
| 2024 | 44 | #887 |
| 2023 | 41 | #933 |
| 2022 | 44 | #864 |
| 2021 | 43 | #890 |
| 2020 | 50 | #804 |
| 2019 | 70 | #621 |
| 2018 | 47 | #860 |
| 2017 | 65 | #687 |
| 2016 | 56 | #767 |
| 2015 | 62 | #702 |
| 2014 | 53 | #792 |
| 2013 | 52 | #794 |
| 2012 | 37 | #1,041 |
| 2011 | 50 | #798 |
| 2010 | 42 | #900 |
| 2009 | 47 | #813 |
| 2008 | 48 | #784 |
| 2007 | 28 | #1,117 |
| 2006 | 29 | #1,035 |
| 2005 | 27 | #1,022 |
| 2004 | 21 | #1,194 |
| 2003 | 15 | #1,492 |
| 2002 | 14 | #1,475 |
| 2001 | 15 | #1,398 |
| 2000 | 24 | #987 |
| 1999 | 15 | #1,347 |
| 1998 | 10 | #1,815 |
| 1997 | 12 | #1,559 |
| 1996 | 10 | #1,741 |
How popular is Agatha in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,703rd among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 120 about 1 in 13,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 40% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 120 girls in the US were named Agatha, making it the 1,703rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,115th. Its busiest year was 1918, with 218 girls.
Half of all the girls named Agatha in the US since 1880 were born between 1917 and 1978, the years shaded on the chart below.
Agatha in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 120 | #1,703 |
| 2024 | 129 | #1,613 |
| 2023 | 124 | #1,669 |
| 2022 | 116 | #1,775 |
| 2021 | 137 | #1,532 |
| 2020 | 86 | #2,115 |
| 2019 | 78 | #2,305 |
| 2018 | 102 | #1,937 |
| 2017 | 95 | #2,053 |
| 2016 | 77 | #2,412 |
| 2015 | 87 | #2,169 |
| 2014 | 71 | #2,515 |
| 2013 | 62 | #2,768 |
| 2012 | 44 | #3,582 |
| 2011 | 51 | #3,221 |
| 2010 | 49 | #3,305 |
| 2009 | 36 | #4,195 |
| 2008 | 38 | #4,088 |
| 2007 | 47 | #3,481 |
| 2006 | 50 | #3,263 |
| 2005 | 53 | #3,005 |
| 2004 | 24 | #5,204 |
| 2003 | 38 | #3,651 |
| 2002 | 25 | #4,763 |
| 2001 | 23 | #5,004 |
| 2000 | 28 | #4,286 |
| 1999 | 24 | #4,571 |
| 1998 | 28 | #4,020 |
| 1997 | 15 | #6,158 |
| 1996 | 14 | #6,387 |
| 1995 | 24 | #4,212 |
| 1994 | 15 | #5,978 |
| 1993 | 30 | #3,580 |
| 1992 | 29 | #3,674 |
| 1991 | 27 | #3,811 |
| 1990 | 29 | #3,618 |
| 1989 | 29 | #3,471 |
| 1988 | 27 | #3,478 |
| 1987 | 35 | #2,778 |
| 1986 | 30 | #3,052 |
| 1985 | 25 | #3,418 |
| 1984 | 28 | #3,068 |
| 1983 | 33 | #2,658 |
| 1982 | 50 | #2,050 |
| 1981 | 29 | #2,986 |
| 1980 | 28 | #3,069 |
| 1979 | 33 | #2,671 |
| 1978 | 17 | #4,079 |
| 1977 | 23 | #3,266 |
| 1976 | 32 | #2,486 |
| 1975 | 21 | #3,259 |
| 1974 | 24 | #2,922 |
| 1973 | 30 | #2,455 |
| 1972 | 21 | #3,062 |
| 1971 | 25 | #2,801 |
| 1970 | 20 | #3,208 |
| 1969 | 33 | #2,208 |
| 1968 | 27 | #2,360 |
| 1967 | 27 | #2,327 |
| 1966 | 25 | #2,406 |
| 1965 | 30 | #2,154 |
| 1964 | 43 | #1,780 |
| 1963 | 30 | #2,171 |
| 1962 | 30 | #2,162 |
| 1961 | 43 | #1,741 |
| 1960 | 36 | #1,886 |
| 1959 | 38 | #1,793 |
| 1958 | 54 | #1,447 |
| 1957 | 46 | #1,587 |
| 1956 | 36 | #1,759 |
| 1955 | 37 | #1,690 |
| 1954 | 51 | #1,408 |
| 1953 | 47 | #1,423 |
| 1952 | 60 | #1,224 |
| 1951 | 73 | #1,089 |
| 1950 | 66 | #1,134 |
| 1949 | 58 | #1,188 |
| 1948 | 49 | #1,312 |
| 1947 | 56 | #1,203 |
| 1946 | 68 | #1,022 |
| 1945 | 68 | #914 |
| 1944 | 47 | #1,139 |
| 1943 | 60 | #1,027 |
| 1942 | 58 | #1,024 |
| 1941 | 63 | #924 |
| 1940 | 82 | #780 |
| 1939 | 70 | #824 |
| 1938 | 80 | #786 |
| 1937 | 90 | #717 |
| 1936 | 77 | #768 |
| 1935 | 102 | #646 |
| 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 | #449 |
| 1909 | 72 | #435 |
| 1908 | 62 | #456 |
| 1907 | 65 | #444 |
| 1906 | 72 | #403 |
| 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 | #428 |
| 1891 | 46 | #365 |
| 1890 | 42 | #384 |
| 1889 | 33 | #421 |
| 1888 | 33 | #431 |
| 1887 | 25 | #446 |
| 1886 | 23 | #451 |
| 1885 | 19 | #484 |
| 1884 | 18 | #479 |
| 1883 | 14 | #517 |
| 1882 | 21 | #389 |
| 1881 | 10 | #539 |
| 1880 | 16 | #421 |
Nicknames for Agatha
- Aggie
Names like Agatha
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ada, Matilda, Eliza, Ophelia, Cora, Etta, Alma, Eva, Aurelia, Clara, Cleo, Nina
Names related to Agatha
More Greek names
Luca, Theodore, Sophia, George, Theo, Lucas, Sofia, Alexander, Sebastian, Penelope, Phoebe, Margot, Luke, Chloe, Sophie, Zoe
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Agatha: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/agatha, updated 20 October 2026.