Gatha
Feminine
Gatha is a rare girl's name, most likely Agatha with its first letter dropped. The same word names the oldest hymns of the Zoroastrian faith, which tradition says Zarathustra composed himself.
How old is the name Gatha?
Gatha first appears in US birth records in 1901 — 124 years ago. The typical Gatha alive today was born around 1931, making them about 94 years old. About 200 people named Gatha are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Gatha most popular?
Gatha peaked in 1901, reaching #1136 nationally. See the whole 1901 chart.
Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
Our story of Gatha
The Gathas are seventeen hymns in Old Avestan, the oldest part of the Zoroastrian scriptures, and tradition holds that Zarathustra composed them himself; they are still recited by Zoroastrian priests today, and in Sanskrit and Pali the same word, gatha, means a verse. Gatha, the American name, most likely came from Agatha. But it shares its letters with some of the oldest poetry in the world.
Meaningnot established
Not established
Gatha is most likely Agatha shortened, and nothing records it. It is also an Avestan and Sanskrit word for a hymn or verse, but an American Gatha is not documented as taken from it.
Pronouncing Gatha
GATH-uh
Two syllables with the stress on the first.
Nicknames for Gatha
Limited
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1901
- Most girls named
- 192321 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1136reached in 1901
- Change vs 1961
- 0.0%5 in 1962, from 5
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Gathas among us
people named Gatha are estimated to be alive in the US today
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
Questions parents actually ask
Fashion outlook
Gatha sits outside the current charts, and that is its own kind of answer: naming cycles can only date the names they carried up. A name this rare has no decade stamped on it — it cannot go out of fashion, because it was never in.
Based on 146 years of naming cycles. How we read them
The trade-off
- Short and distinctive.
- Almost certain to be the only one.
- Close to Agatha, a classic name.
- People will assume it is short for Agatha.
- It reads as a name of a much earlier generation.
- It has no documented meaning of its own as a name.
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Frequently asked
- How many Gathas are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 200 people named Gatha are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Gatha in 2025?
- Gatha is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 girl names.
- Will my child share the name Gatha with classmates?
- Gatha will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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The most-given names starting with G, all years combined.
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