Agda
Agda is a name with a single cultural origin: Swedish.
- Swedish
Meaning & Origin of Agda
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Agda is a name with a single cultural origin: Swedish.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Swedish
The Story of Agda
American parents first put Agda on the record books as a baby girl name in 1893, with 7 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1915, when 10 Agdas were born — ranking #2,688 that year. About 60% of every Agda on record arrived during the 1890s, its defining decade. Agda last appeared in the published SSA data in 1924, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 52 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1890s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
Variants & Related Forms of Agda
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Names that sound like Agda
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About the name Agda
Agda is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1893 and has accumulated 52 births in the dataset. Agda's peak popularity came in 1915 when it ranked #2,688. Use the chart and map above to compare Agda's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.