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 1929
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- North Carolina#456 · 1 in 5,979
- Kentucky#463 · 1 in 5,292
- Texas#916 · 1 in 12,064
Best ever in a state: #353 in Arkansas, 1914.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| North Carolina | #456 | 6 | 1 in 5,979 |
| Kentucky | #463 | 5 | 1 in 5,292 |
| Texas | #916 | 5 | 1 in 12,064 |
| 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 1929
Top girls' names in 1929
More about 1929
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1,116,561 girls got a published name in 1929; 1 in 28,630 of them was named Atha, which outranked 77.4% of the 5,277 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,174Roselle40
- #1,174Stanley40
- #1,174Tennie40
- #1,195Atha39
- #1,195Ailene39
- #1,195Aleen39
- #1,195Drucilla39
- #1,212Antonetta38
- #1,212Ardeth38
- #1,212Athena38
Tied with 16 names at #1,195; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.