NameTides

Agatha

Agatha was the #1,703 girls' name in the US in 2025 (120 babies), and #792 in England & Wales and #1,668 in Canada.

Agatha as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Agatha as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020ScotlandEngland & WalesIrelandCanadaUS
Agatha as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandIrelandCanada
2025#1,703 (120)#792 (46)#429 (7)#885 (3)#1,668 (14)
2024#1,613 (129)#837 (44)—#631 (5)#1,077 (24)
2023#1,669 (124)#865 (41)—#727 (4)#848 (32)
2022#1,775 (116)#839 (42)——#1,989 (10)
2021#1,532 (137)#884 (40)#792 (3)—#1,454 (16)
2020#2,115 (86)#749 (49)—#834 (3)#1,087 (23)
2019#2,305 (78)#584 (68)——#1,186 (21)
2018#1,937 (102)#815 (46)—#734 (4)#1,440 (16)
2017#2,053 (95)#673 (61)#666 (4)—#1,123 (22)
2016#2,412 (77)#727 (55)—#868 (3)#1,533 (15)
2015#2,169 (87)#666 (61)—#751 (4)#1,115 (22)
2014#2,517 (71)#750 (52)——#1,340 (18)
2013#2,769 (62)#750 (52)—#747 (4)#1,255 (19)
2012#3,583 (44)#975 (37)—#907 (3)#1,055 (24)
2011#3,222 (51)#789 (47)#810 (3)—#983 (26)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1899 at #381.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.
  • A comeback: it faded for decades and is rising again.

How common is it?

about 1 in 13,000 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 13,000rare
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 5,500uncommon
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 2,600uncommon
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 7,000uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 11,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Agatha is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 13,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 12,000 to 1 in 15,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Agatha by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #1,046WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: fewer than 5 babiesNYMassachusetts: #395MAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: #1,015PANew Jersey: #1,168NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,948CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #2,038TXFlorida: #1,112FL
Agatha (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#86713

Agatha (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
AgathaCanadaGirls#1,66814
AgathaEngland & WalesGirls#79246
AgathaIrelandGirls#8853
AgathaNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
AgathaScotlandGirls#4297
AgathaUSGirls#1,703120