Given name
Hypatia
“an intellectually superior woman”
Hypatia is used as a given name. One Greek interpretation is “an intellectually superior woman.”
Original GreekΥπατία
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Greek interpretation is “an intellectually superior woman.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Greek.
How it developed
In English usage, Hypatia developed from Ὑπατία.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2013. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Hypatia through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 102
- 0 boys · 102 girls
- Most popular year
- 2013
- 11 babies
- 2025
- 11
- #9,093 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +13%
- Rising
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 11 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 9,093 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 12.5% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 171 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Hypatia’s family of names
In English usage, Hypatia developed from the Ancient Greek form Ὑπατία. Hypatia has a related form in Hypacia. Hypatia has a related form in Hypasia.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Hypatia
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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