Agatha
Agatha is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 128 births. Its best rank was 365th, in 1891.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 1280.01% of girls
- Peak year
- 1918218 births
- Best rank
- #365in 1891
- Since 1880
- 9,369people given the name
The story in the numbers
9,369 girls have been named Agatha in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1918, with 218 births.
This is a comeback. After an early peak the name fell to a fraction of its former share, and it has been climbing again for the past decade.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1931, and the 1910s alone account for 18%. It has spent 63 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Agatha | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 212 | |
| 1890s | 468 | |
| 1900s | 623 | |
| 1910s | 1,654 | |
| 1920s | 1,624 | |
| 1930s | 884 | |
| 1940s | 609 | |
| 1950s | 508 | |
| 1960s | 323 | |
| 1970s | 246 | |
| 1980s | 314 | |
| 1990s | 235 | |
| 2000s | 362 | |
| 2010s | 716 | |
| 2020s | 591 |
In 1918, its biggest year
Agatha was the 452nd most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1918 were Mary, Helen, Dorothy, Margaret and Ruth. See all of 1918.
Names that rose and fell with Agatha
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Leorapeak 1921
- Estellepeak 1915
- Lillianpeak 1920
- Elviepeak 1917
- Unapeak 1921
- Elmapeak 1918
- Elvapeak 1918
- Josephinepeak 1918
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.