Agastya is the name of one of the most revered sages of Hindu tradition, a Vedic seer credited with hymns of the Rigveda and honored especially in South India; it is also the Indian name for the star Canopus. The traditional explanation of the Sanskrit name is "mover of mountains", after the legend in which the sage humbles the Vindhya range. Agastya had fewer than five US births in 2000, rose from number 1910 in 2015 to number 1062 in 2024 and entered the top 1000 for the first time in 2025 at number 929.