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Hypatia

#9,090 in 2025Girls' name

Highest, best

Hypatia has been given to 102 babies in the U.S. since 2013. In 2025 it ranked #9,090 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2013, with 11 recorded.

Babies named Hypatia, 2025

1 in 301,000

Hypatia over time, 1880–2025

Girls
05101518801900192019401960198020002020

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Hypatia: meaning, origin, and history

Highest, best

Ancient Greek and Latin

What Hypatia means

Hypatia means “highest, best”, associated with húpatos.

Dictionary etymologyReferences, data & attribution

From Latin Hypatia, from Ancient Greek Ὑπατία (Hupatía), from ὕπατος (húpatos, “highest, best”).

Excerpt from Wiktionary: Hypatia (English) · CC BY-SA 4.0

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Origin, language, and formation

Hypatia is used in English. Its origins include Ancient Greek and Latin.

Hypatia comes through Latin Hypatia and Ancient Greek Ὑπατία.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 102 girls were recorded with the name Hypatia between 2013 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 11 in 2013; its best national rank was #9,090 in 2025.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #12,652 in 2020 to #9,090 in 2025.

How common is Hypatia?

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

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 301,000
11 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only
1 in 146,000
<0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025
#9,090
of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
208,901 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Hypatia sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

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 208,901 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Hypatia. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Hypatias were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Hypatia was born before 2020 — so the typical Hypatia is around 5 today.

Median birth year
2020
About 5 years old
Biggest decade
2020s
51.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
100.0%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
102
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2020s — 51.0% of all recorded uses (52).

Is Hypatia 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
+5,029
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
+3,562
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
—
Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago
—
Not published both years
Share of its own peak
100.0%
Peak was 2013 (11)
Years since peak
12
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
30.6% average annual change
Best rank ever
#9,090
2025

Hypatia by the numbers

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

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#9,090
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 3,562
Best rank ever
#9,090
2025
Peak year
2013
11 that year
First recorded
2013
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
102
Count in 2025
11

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Sibling names for Hypatia

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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