Atha
Last seen for girls in 1970 at #7,995 · Last seen for boys in 1949 at #3,690
Given to girls 93.6% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1899 · 16 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,441since 1882
Atha over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| 1970 | #7,995 | 5 | — | |
| 1969 | #6,617 | 6 | — | |
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| 1967 | #6,804 | 5 | — | |
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| 1965 | #5,289 | 7 | — | |
| 1964 | #6,767 | 5 | — | |
| 1963 | #6,592 | 5 | — | |
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| 1961 | #5,309 | 7 | — | |
| 1960 | #4,437 | 9 | — | |
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| 1958 | #6,103 | 5 | — | |
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| 1956 | #4,837 | 7 | — | |
| 1955 | #4,740 | 7 | — | |
| 1954 | #3,490 | 11 | — | |
| 1953 | #3,955 | 9 | — | |
| 1952 | #3,201 | 12 | — | |
| 1951 | #2,694 | 15 | — | |
| 1950 | #3,662 | 9 | — | |
| 1949 | #3,176 | 11 | #3,690 | 5 |
| 1948 | #2,491 | 16 | — | |
| 1947 | #4,007 | 8 | — | |
| 1946 | #2,482 | 15 | — | |
| 1945 | #2,916 | 10 | — | |
| 1944 | #2,946 | 10 | — | |
| 1943 | #3,801 | 7 | — | |
| 1942 | #2,117 | 17 | #3,560 | 5 |
| 1941 | #2,846 | 10 | — | |
| 1940 | #2,109 | 15 | — | |
| 1939 | #2,206 | 14 | — | |
| 1938 | #1,596 | 23 | #3,534 | 5 |
| 1937 | #1,630 | 22 | #3,175 | 6 |
| 1936 | #1,950 | 16 | — | |
| 1935 | #2,006 | 16 | — | |
| 1934 | #1,913 | 17 | — | |
| 1933 | #1,470 | 25 | — | |
| 1932 | #1,520 | 25 | — | |
| 1931 | #1,502 | 25 | #3,763 | 5 |
| 1930 | #1,434 | 29 | — | |
| 1929 | #1,195 | 39 | — | |
| 1928 | #1,680 | 24 | #4,151 | 5 |
| 1927 | #1,384 | 34 | #4,210 | 5 |
| 1926 | #1,220 | 40 | — | |
| 1925 | #1,347 | 35 | #4,197 | 5 |
| 1924 | #1,227 | 42 | #4,347 | 5 |
| 1923 | #1,350 | 34 | — | |
| 1922 | #1,078 | 50 | — | |
| 1921 | #1,126 | 46 | #2,632 | 11 |
| 1920 | #1,087 | 47 | — | |
| 1919 | #1,075 | 46 | #3,736 | 6 |
| 1918 | #1,005 | 51 | #2,882 | 9 |
| 1917 | #1,205 | 36 | #2,732 | 9 |
| 1916 | #1,026 | 45 | — | |
| 1915 | #1,000 | 44 | #3,825 | 5 |
| 1914 | #1,023 | 34 | #2,457 | 8 |
| 1913 | #1,405 | 17 | — | |
| 1912 | #1,143 | 21 | — | |
| 1911 | #1,113 | 16 | — | |
| 1910 | #1,267 | 13 | — | |
| 1909 | #1,104 | 14 | — | |
| 1908 | #912 | 19 | — | |
| 1907 | #923 | 17 | — | |
| 1906 | #1,043 | 13 | — | |
| 1905 | #1,011 | 14 | — | |
| 1904 | #1,659 | 6 | — | |
| 1903 | #1,318 | 8 | — | |
| 1902 | #903 | 15 | — | |
| 1901 | #1,007 | 11 | — | |
| 1900 | #941 | 16 | — | |
| 1899 | #814 | 16 | — | |
| 1898 | #886 | 15 | — | |
| 1897 | #1,167 | 8 | — | |
| 1896 | #999 | 11 | — | |
| 1895 | #986 | 11 | — | |
| 1894 | #1,353 | 6 | — | |
| 1893 | #901 | 11 | — | |
| 1892 | #908 | 11 | — | |
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| 1890 | #1,338 | 5 | — | |
| 1889 | #1,279 | 5 | — | |
| 1888 | #837 | 10 | — | |
| 1887 | #937 | 7 | — | |
| 1886 | #897 | 7 | — | |
| 1885 | #921 | 6 | #936 | 5 |
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | #920 | 5 | — | |
| 1882 | #908 | 5 | — | |
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five girls were named Atha! It came in at #908, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1882–1884, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Atha is popular in 1919
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- South Carolina#373 · 1 in 3,943
- Oklahoma#472 · 1 in 4,441
- Texas#731 · 1 in 7,409
Best ever in a state: #353 in Arkansas, 1914.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| South Carolina | #373 | 6 | 1 in 3,943 |
| Oklahoma | #472 | 5 | 1 in 4,441 |
| Texas | #731 | 7 | 1 in 7,409 |
| Alabama | — | — | — |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Atha
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1970
- Biggest jump: 367 spots in 1895 (#1,353 → #986)
- Biggest drop: 452 spots in 1894 (#901 → #1,353)
- Debuted 1882
- Peaked 1899 at #814 (16 births)
- Births halved by 1903, 4 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 17 yrs · run 1885–1888
- Highest: 1 in 14,564 girls born in 1899 were named Atha (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 349,629 girls born in 1970 (0.00%)
- 27.1% of all girls named Atha (391) were born in this decade
- The majority has never changed
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 45 | #837 (1888) | #957 |
| 1890s | 94 | #814 (1899) | #1,039 |
| 1900s | 133 | #903 (1902) | #1,082 |
| 1910s | 323 | #1,000 (1915) | #1,126 |
| 1920s | 391 | #1,078 (1922) | #1,269 |
| 1930s | 212 | #1,434 (1930) | #1,723 |
| 1940s | 119 | #2,109 (1940) | #2,889 |
| 1950s | 75 | #2,694 (1951) | #4,085 |
| 1960s | 44 | #4,437 (1960) | #5,974 |
| 1970s | 5 | #7,995 (1970) | #7,995 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Atha in 1919
Top girls' names in 1919
Top boys' names in 1919
More about 1919
girls
1,130,117 girls got a published name in 1919; 1 in 24,568 of them was named Atha, which outranked 80.7% of the 5,559 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,057Mellie47
- #1,057Mickey47
- #1,057Onie47
- #1,075Atha46
- #1,075Arlie46
- #1,075Cathleen46
- #1,075Clarence46
- #1,090Alexandra45
- #1,090Beula45
- #1,090Carl45
Tied with 14 names at #1,075; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
980,122 boys got a published name in 1919; 1 in 163,354 of them was named Atha, which outranked 22.3% of the 4,810 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).