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Agam

#3,314 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Lake

Agam has been given to 618 babies in the U.S. since 2004. In 2025 it ranked #3,314 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2016, with 43 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 74% boys, 26% girls all-time.

Babies named Agam, 2025

1 in 94,700

Agam over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
020406018801900192019401960198020002020

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Agam over time

In 2025, Agam went to 26% girls and 74% boys.

20042025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Agam: meaning, origin, and history

Lake

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Agam means

Agam means “lake”.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 458 boys were recorded with the name Agam between 2004 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 43 in 2016; its best national rank was #2,782 in 2016.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #3,496 in 2020 to #3,314 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #5,061 in 2015 to #3,314 in 2025.

In the United States, 160 girls were recorded with the name Agam between 2005 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 13 in 2006; its best national rank was #8,374 in 2025.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #13,491 in 2020 to #8,374 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #11,864 in 2015 to #8,374 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

How common is Agam?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 94,700
35 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 48,800
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#3,314
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
65,655 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Agam sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 65,655 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Agam. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Agams were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Agam was born before 2018 — so the typical Agam is around 7 today.

Median birth year
2018
About 7 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
46.3% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
100.0%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
458
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2010s — 46.3% of all recorded uses (212).

Is Agam rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
+139
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
+182
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
+1,747
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
1.94×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
81.4%
Peak was 2016 (43)
Years since peak
9
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
33.2% average annual change
Best rank ever
#2,782
2016

Spellings of Agam

Agam is not the most common spelling — Adam is, with 36.7% against Agam's 0.03%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Agam is used — boys

Across 1910–2025, Agam was most concentrated in California — about 1 in 100,000 boys, against 1 in 192,106 across all states with data. It was least common in Washington (1 in —).

01 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in 100,000
  2. 2New York1 in —
  3. 3Washington1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Agam has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Where Agam is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Agam was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 941,928 across all states with data.

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Agam has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Agam around the world

Where Agam ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    2008–2025
    #1,359
    in 2025
  • France
    2018–2018
    #4,820
    in 2018
  • Canada
    2006–2024
    #382
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    2010–2012
    #514
    in 2012

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Agam by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#3,314
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 182
Best rank ever
#2,782
2016
Peak year
2016
43 that year
First recorded
2004
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
458
Count in 2025
35

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#8,374
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 5,117
Best rank ever
#8,374
2025
Peak year
2006
13 that year
First recorded
2005
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
160
Count in 2025
12

Names similar to Agam

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Sibling names for Agam

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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