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Agha

Gender
Boy
Say it
AH-gah
Origin
Turkish
UK rank, 2025
#4,301 for boys

Agha is a boys' name of Turkish origin, meaning “lord, master”. In 2025 it ranked 4,301st for boys in the UK (4 babies).

What does Agha mean?

Turkish: Turkic title, also used in Persian, Urdu and Pashto

“lord, master”

Originally a Turkic title for a chief or commander, used across the Ottoman, Persian and Mughal worlds.

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

Agha is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Agha in the UK?

Rank in 2025
4,301st among boys
Babies in 2025
4 about 1 in 75,000 boys
Five-year trend
Rising fast up 200% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 4 boys in the UK were named Agha, making it the 4,301st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,803rd. Its busiest year was 2001, with 6 boys.

Half of all the boys named Agha in the UK since 1996 were born between 2004 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.

Among boys in 2025, it was 4,212th in England and Wales.

1996Busiest: 6 in 20012025
Agha in the UK, year by year
YearBoysRank
20254#4,301
20245#3,772
20233#5,193
20221#6,413
20210–
20203#4,803
20191#6,258
20180–
20170–
20160–
20156#3,149
20141#6,179
20134#4,008
20120–
20113#4,837
20100–
20093#4,691
20085#3,305
20070–
20060–
20050–
20043#3,792
20033#3,593
20020–
20016#2,049
20000–
19990–
19980–
19970–
19961#3,776

Names like Agha

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

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Sources

Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.

To cite this page: Nameling, “Agha: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/agha, updated 20 October 2026.