Agastya

What Agastya means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Agastya yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 2002, with 5 babies Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Agastya?

US: Rising: up from #1910 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #1786 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2025, when 253 boys got the name (#929 that year). First in the US records in 2002.

How common

• About 1 in 6,751 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 5,665 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in WA (0.79 per 1,000 boys), NJ (0.58 per 1,000 boys), CT (0.53 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed boys born in each state.

US vs UK

Agastya is #929 in the US and #728 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (boys). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Agastya were boys.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Agustya10 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Agastya

Boys

• Kash#286Editor’s note Up from #382 in 2015 to #286 in 2025 in the US
• Lincoln#69“the Roman settlement Lindum Colonia”^*
• Kingston#204Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #204 vs #2,014 in 2025
• Oliver#3Editor’s note Up from #19 in 2015 to #3 in 2025 in the US. About 1 in 110 US boys in the 2025 records
• Emerson#254Editor’s note Up from #300 in 2015 to #254 in 2025 in the US
• Santiago#26Spanish form of James, meaning “May He Heel”^*

For a sister

• Evangeline#147“good news”^*
• Shiloh#281Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #605 in 2015, #281 in 2025
• Olive#197Editor’s note More popular in England & Wales than the US: #47 vs #197 in 2025
• Violet#13From the word “violet”^*
• Isla#28Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #142 in 2015, #28 in 2025. Short and simple: 4 letters
• Ayla#77Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1963, with 6 babies

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Agastya’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.