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Agatha
Pronounced /ˈæɡəθə/
Rank in 2024
#1,621
Born in 2024
128
Peak year
1918 · #455
Origin
Ancient Greek
1880 to 2024
UncommonIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 128 girls were named Agatha, about 1 in every 12,603.
- It peaked in 1918 with 218 babies, ranked #455.
- It appears in the very first year of records, 1880.
- 9,369 girls have been named Agatha since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Agatha per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- 0.2Greatest1901–27
- <0.1Silent1928–45
- <0.1Boomers1946–64
- <0.1Gen X1965–80
- <0.1Millennials1981–96
- <0.1Gen Z1997–12
- <0.1Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 3,580 babies, 0.17 per 1,000. Silent: 1,518 babies, 0.07 per 1,000. Boomers: 921 babies, 0.03 per 1,000. Gen X: 415 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Millennials: 454 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Gen Z: 573 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 1,163 babies, 0.06 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
From Latin Agatha, chiefly in honor of St Agatha, a 3rd-century Christian martyr, from Ancient Greek Ἀγαθή (Agathḗ), from Ancient Greek ἀγαθός (agathós, “good”).
- (now uncommon) A female given name from Ancient Greek.
- Origin
- Ancient Greek
- Say it
- /ˈæɡəθə/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Agatha, CC BY-SA 4.0.