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

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Peak · girls
1899 · 16 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
1,441
since 1882

Atha over time

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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201924peak #814, 1899peak #936, 1885girlsboys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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1950#3,6629—
1949#3,17611#3,6905
1948#2,49116—
1947#4,0078—
1946#2,48215—
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1943#3,8017—
1942#2,11717#3,5605
1941#2,84610—
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1938#1,59623#3,5345
1937#1,63022#3,1756
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1931#1,50225#3,7635
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1928#1,68024#4,1515
1927#1,38434#4,2105
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1925#1,34735#4,1975
1924#1,22742#4,3475
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1921#1,12646#2,63211
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1919#1,07546#3,7366
1918#1,00551#2,8829
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1914#1,02334#2,4578
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First appearance
1882

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 1924

No state had 5 or more girls named Atha in 1924, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.

See more about Atha
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • 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)
Rise & fade · girls
17 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1882
  • Peaked 1899 at #814 (16 births)
  • Births halved by 1903, 4 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 17 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 17 yrs · run 1885–1888
Share of babies · girls
1 in 14,564
  • 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%)
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 27.1% of all girls named Atha (391) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
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  • The majority has never changed
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DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s45#837 (1888)#957
1890s94#814 (1899)#1,039
1900s133#903 (1902)#1,082
1910s323#1,000 (1915)#1,126
1920s391#1,078 (1922)#1,269
1930s212#1,434 (1930)#1,723
1940s119#2,109 (1940)#2,889
1950s75#2,694 (1951)#4,085
1960s44#4,437 (1960)#5,974
1970s5#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 1924

girls
#1,227
42 births · 1 in 29,735 girls
boys
#4,347
5 births · 1 in 226,548 boys

Top girls' names in 1924

  1. #1Mary73,534
  2. #2Dorothy39,996
  3. #3Helen31,194
  4. #4Betty30,600
  5. #5Margaret26,547
  6. #6Ruth23,601
  7. #7Virginia18,620
  8. #8Mildred15,853
  9. #9Doris15,786
  10. #10Frances15,183
  11. #1,227Atha42

Top boys' names in 1924

  1. #1Robert60,802
  2. #2John59,052
  3. #3William53,506
  4. #4James52,942
  5. #5Charles30,460
  6. #6George27,373
  7. #7Joseph25,421
  8. #8Richard21,244
  9. #9Edward21,126
  10. #10Donald17,929
  11. #4,347Atha5
More about 1924

girls

1,248,872 girls got a published name in 1924; 1 in 29,735 of them was named Atha, which outranked 79.2% of the 5,900 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Atha
  1. #1,206Shirlie43
  2. #1,206Simone43
  3. #1,206Thalia43
  4. #1,227Atha42
  5. #1,227Bobbye42
  6. #1,227Cleda42
  7. #1,227Cleone42
  8. #1,244Aiko41
  9. #1,244Alvena41
  10. #1,244Buelah41

Tied with 16 names at #1,227; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1923
Risers
  1. ↑ 459Bettylou#1,327 → #868
  2. ↑ 374Doloris#1,350 → #976
  3. ↑ 332Gaynell#1,283 → #951
  4. ↑ 313Toby#1,305 → #992
  5. ↑ 262Letty#1,213 → #951
Fallers
  1. ↓ 388Izola#966 → #1,354
  2. ↓ 305Fumiko#953 → #1,258
  3. ↓ 303Clemmie#941 → #1,244
  4. ↓ 276Cruz#793 → #1,069
  5. ↓ 271Eris#457 → #728

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,132,742 boys got a published name in 1924; 1 in 226,548 of them was named Atha, which outranked 12.5% of the 4,970 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Atha
  1. #3,867Yoshinori6
  2. #3,867Ysmael6
  3. #3,867Zaven6
  4. #4,347Atha5
  5. #4,347Ab5
  6. #4,347Abby5
  7. #4,347Abert5

Tied with 623 names at #4,347; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1923
Risers
  1. ↑ 436Faustino#1,420 → #984
  2. ↑ 338Conway#1,275 → #937
  3. ↑ 310Coolidge#1,041 → #731
  4. ↑ 291Chas#1,235 → #944
  5. ↑ 287Leopoldo#1,194 → #907
Fallers
  1. ↓ 466Cliff#992 → #1,458
  2. ↓ 403Harding#860 → #1,263
  3. ↓ 367Dempsey#750 → #1,117
  4. ↓ 363Price#924 → #1,287
  5. ↓ 350Terrence#873 → #1,223

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1924 →