# Aagya (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/aagya/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | Sanskrit |
| Meaning | “order”, “command” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Agya |
| US babies named this | 19 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 19 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 10, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit आज्ञा (ājñā, “order, command”).

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 7 | 12,244 |
| 2023 | 5 | 15,194 |
| 2024 | 7 | 12,163 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 3 | 5,666 |
| 2019 | 3 | 5,591 |
| 2023 | 4 | 4,709 |

## In other languages

- Hindi: आज्ञा

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.