Agatha

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Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls

Origin: Dutch

Meaning

Agatha, also Agata, is a feminine given name derived from the Greek feminine name แผˆฮณฮฌฮธฮท, which is a nominalized form of แผ€ฮณฮฑฮธฮฎ, i.e. the feminine form of the adjective แผ€ฮณฮฑฮธฯŒฯ‚ "good". It was the name of St. Agatha of Sicily, a third-century Christian martyr.

From Wikipedia

Agatha first appears in the data in 1991 and has been recorded in 34 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 2008 with 39 babies (rank #707 that year). In 2024 it was given to 25 girls (rank #1,051). Its popularity has been fairly steady recently.

Numerology of Agatha

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Agatha yields these three numbers โ€” a playful read on the name's character.

596
Total babies (all years)
34
Years in the data
39
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time โ€” Girls

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
199114#1,167
199210#1,509
19939#1,610
199418#926
199511#1,465
199612#1,383
199719#972
19989#1,682
199916#1,108
200014#1,218
200118#1,053
200212#1,398
200316#1,176
200415#1,269
20057#2,222
200617#1,253
200712#1,649
200839#707
200914#1,553
201018#1,318
201126#969
201224#1,045
201321#1,152
201418#1,309
201523#1,071
201617#1,369
201720#1,221
201816#1,419
201922#1,135
202023#1,066
202118#1,329
202211#1,851
202332#828
202425#1,051