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Girl's nameOrigin: HebrewIn Israel: steady

AgamIn Hebrew: אגם · meaning, pronunciation and popularity in Israel

With vowel points: אֲגַם

Agam (Hebrew: אגם) is a girl's name of Hebrew origin. 12,975 people born in Israel between 1949 and 2024 have it today, according to Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). In 2024 it was given to 439 girls and ranked #42. Its peak year was 2005, with 933 babies.

People in Israel
12,975
born 1949–2024
Babies in 2024
439
rank #42
Peak year
2005
933 babies
USA, 2025
12
rank #8,362

Writing and saying Agam

In Hebrew letters the name is אגם, read right to left. Agam is the Latin spelling recorded by our review; families choose their own spelling in passports, so you may also meet other forms.

We have no sourced English explanation of this name yet, so we do not guess one. The Hebrew page has our Hebrew notes when there are any.

Agam by year: Israel and abroad

How many girls out of every 10,000 born each year have the name. For Israel it counts the people born that year who carry the name today (the CBS counts residents by year of birth, not birth registrations).

Agam: rate per 10,000, 1950–2025

per 10,000 babies of the same sex

Agam in English-speaking countries

Agam in each official list: latest year, count, rank and peak
Country / regionYearBabiesRankPeak
United States202512#8,3622006 (13)

Counts for girls. The Hebrew page for Agam has every year and the other spellings.

Related Israeli names

Spelling variants and names that look or sound close in Hebrew.

Questions about Agam

How do you write Agam in Hebrew?

Agam is written אגם in Hebrew (with vowel points: אֲגַם). Hebrew is read right to left.

How many people in Israel are named Agam?

12,975 people born between 1949 and 2024 carry the name אגם: 12,217 women and 758 men. The count comes from the CBS table of current first names by year of birth; years with fewer than 5 people are not published.

Is Agam a boy's or a girl's name?

In Israel it is almost always a girl's name: 94.2% of the people named אגם are women.

Is Agam used outside Israel?

The name Agam appears in the official baby name lists of English-speaking countries. In the United States 12 girls were given it in 2025 (#8,362), per the Social Security Administration.

Sources

Israel: Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), current first names of people born 1949–2024 by sex, population group and year of birth, processed 2026-09-27. CBS publications.

Abroad

Counts are copied as published. We only merged accented spellings (Zoë = Zoe) and computed ranks and rates. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia and the Open Government Licence – Alberta.