Girl name#1,467 of girl names
Agatha
Pronounced AE1 G AH0 TH AH0 (ARPABET)
- 3 syllables
- Peaked 1918
- 145 years in use
How popular is Agatha?
Agatha is a girls' name, and has been in the record since the data starts in 1880. It has been given to 9,369 children — the 1,467th most common girls' name on record.
It peaked in 1918, went quiet for most of a century, and is climbing again. Its best single year was 1918, when 218 children were given it.
Characteristics
- 3 syllables
Phonetic detail
- Pronunciations:
- AE1 G AH0 TH AH0
- Stress pattern:
- 100
- Syllables:
- 3
Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.
Names like Agatha
Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.
Sibling names for Agatha
Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.
Frequently asked questions
- How popular is the name Agatha?
- Agatha ranks 1,467th among girls' names in US records, with 9,369 births since 1880. Over the past decade it accounts for 1,030.
- Is Agatha a unisex name?
- No. Agatha is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
- When was Agatha most popular?
- 1918, when 218 children were given the name. It has been in use for 145 years and is still recorded as of 2024.