Athena
#109 for girls in 2025, 2,477 births
- Peak · girls
- 2023 · 3,001 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- 4 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 53,118since 1902
Athena over time
Rank among girls' names. 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
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #109 | 2,477 |
| 2024 | #90 | 2,794 |
| 2023 | #76 | 3,001 |
| 2022 | #78 | 3,029 |
| 2021 | #98 | 2,717 |
| 2020 | #107 | 2,518 |
| 2019 | #104 | 2,726 |
| 2018 | #117 | 2,605 |
| 2017 | #127 | 2,381 |
| 2016 | #142 | 2,178 |
| 2015 | #157 | 2,054 |
| 2014 | #195 | 1,692 |
| 2013 | #220 | 1,462 |
| 2012 | #246 | 1,310 |
| 2011 | #312 | 1,013 |
| 2010 | #363 | 882 |
| 2009 | #429 | 742 |
| 2008 | #456 | 693 |
| 2007 | #439 | 732 |
| 2006 | #501 | 608 |
| 2005 | #461 | 659 |
| 2004 | #489 | 599 |
| 2003 | #524 | 538 |
| 2002 | #503 | 549 |
| 2001 | #499 | 551 |
| 2000 | #530 | 498 |
| 1999 | #517 | 493 |
| 1998 | #550 | 451 |
| 1997 | #682 | 316 |
| 1996 | #688 | 317 |
| 1995 | #705 | 297 |
| 1994 | #812 | 247 |
| 1993 | #762 | 270 |
| 1992 | #802 | 251 |
| 1991 | #778 | 264 |
| 1990 | #731 | 285 |
| 1989 | #710 | 279 |
| 1988 | #797 | 232 |
| 1987 | #848 | 203 |
| 1986 | #687 | 266 |
| 1985 | #594 | 326 |
| 1984 | #567 | 326 |
| 1983 | #548 | 336 |
| 1982 | #565 | 325 |
| 1981 | #570 | 323 |
| 1980 | #541 | 348 |
| 1979 | #457 | 445 |
| 1978 | #622 | 271 |
| 1977 | #630 | 266 |
| 1976 | #658 | 233 |
| 1975 | #625 | 252 |
| 1974 | #616 | 253 |
| 1973 | #682 | 219 |
| 1972 | #660 | 228 |
| 1971 | #692 | 220 |
| 1970 | #736 | 201 |
| 1969 | #763 | 176 |
| 1968 | #743 | 177 |
| 1967 | #767 | 164 |
| 1966 | #860 | 135 |
| 1965 | #887 | 127 |
| 1964 | #850 | 150 |
| 1963 | #934 | 128 |
| 1962 | #832 | 159 |
| 1961 | #869 | 150 |
| 1960 | #842 | 151 |
| 1959 | #944 | 123 |
| 1958 | #1,018 | 104 |
| 1957 | #984 | 111 |
| 1956 | #885 | 127 |
| 1955 | #712 | 176 |
| 1954 | #1,505 | 45 |
| 1953 | #2,017 | 26 |
| 1952 | #2,411 | 19 |
| 1951 | #1,842 | 28 |
| 1950 | #1,835 | 27 |
| 1949 | #1,882 | 26 |
| 1948 | #1,708 | 30 |
| 1947 | #2,089 | 22 |
| 1946 | #2,482 | 15 |
| 1945 | #2,060 | 17 |
| 1944 | #2,096 | 17 |
| 1943 | #2,079 | 18 |
| 1942 | #1,804 | 22 |
| 1941 | #1,649 | 23 |
| 1940 | #2,297 | 13 |
| 1939 | #2,206 | 14 |
| 1938 | #1,945 | 17 |
| 1937 | #2,196 | 14 |
| 1936 | #1,873 | 17 |
| 1935 | #1,381 | 28 |
| 1934 | #1,913 | 17 |
| 1933 | #1,289 | 31 |
| 1932 | #1,448 | 27 |
| 1931 | #1,258 | 33 |
| 1930 | #1,072 | 47 |
| 1929 | #1,212 | 38 |
| 1928 | #1,179 | 42 |
| 1927 | #1,261 | 39 |
| 1926 | #1,181 | 42 |
| 1925 | #1,272 | 38 |
| 1924 | #1,096 | 51 |
| 1923 | #1,305 | 36 |
| 1922 | #1,030 | 53 |
| 1921 | #1,276 | 37 |
| 1920 | #1,206 | 40 |
| 1919 | #1,103 | 44 |
| 1918 | #1,277 | 35 |
| 1917 | #1,162 | 38 |
| 1916 | #1,533 | 24 |
| 1915 | #1,571 | 22 |
| 1914 | #2,265 | 10 |
| 1913 | — | |
| 1912 | #1,844 | 10 |
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| 1909 | #1,957 | 6 |
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| 1906 | #1,727 | 6 |
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| 1902 | #1,793 | 5 |
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The first year at least five girls were named Athena! It came in at #1,793, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1902–1905, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Athena is popular in 1980
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- West Virginia#262 · 1 in 1,710
- Arkansas#301 · 1 in 1,689
- California#361 · 1 in 2,118
- Arizona#391 · 1 in 2,142
- Oregon#396 · 1 in 2,883
Best ever in a state: #18 in Alaska, 2025.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Virginia | #262 | 7 | 1 in 1,710 |
| Arkansas | #301 | 8 | 1 in 1,689 |
| California | #361 | 82 | 1 in 2,118 |
| Arizona | #391 | 9 | 1 in 2,142 |
| Oregon | #396 | 6 | 1 in 2,883 |
| Washington | #406 | 10 | 1 in 2,684 |
| Missouri | #438 | 9 | 1 in 3,713 |
| Maryland | #451 | 6 | 1 in 3,365 |
| New York | #452 | 32 | 1 in 3,121 |
| Oklahoma | #465 | 6 | 1 in 3,217 |
| New Jersey | #497 | 10 | 1 in 3,720 |
| Ohio | #515 | 15 | 1 in 4,887 |
| Massachusetts | #519 | 6 | 1 in 5,208 |
| Colorado | #534 | 5 | 1 in 3,939 |
| Wisconsin | #543 | 5 | 1 in 6,298 |
| Virginia | #569 | 6 | 1 in 4,969 |
| Florida | #610 | 11 | 1 in 4,692 |
| Michigan | #717 | 8 | 1 in 7,534 |
| Texas | #729 | 20 | 1 in 5,994 |
| Pennsylvania | #743 | 8 | 1 in 8,620 |
| Illinois | #870 | 9 | 1 in 8,588 |
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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 Athena
- 19 spots since 2024 (#90 → #109)
- 2 spots since 2020 (#107 → #109)
- 48 spots since 2015 (#157 → #109)
- Biggest jump: 793 spots in 1955 (#1,505 → #712)
- Biggest drop: 173 spots in 1956 (#712 → #885)
- Debuted 1902
- Peaked 2023 at #76 (3,001 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 4 yrs · run 2021–2024
- Top 1,000: 70 yrs · run 1959–2025
- Highest: 1 in 535 girls born in 2023 were named Athena (0.19%)
- Latest: 1 in 649 girls born in 2025 (0.15%)
- 34.5% of all girls named Athena (18,303) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 17 | #1,727 (1906) | #1,826 |
| 1910s | 183 | #1,103 (1919) | #1,536 |
| 1920s | 416 | #1,030 (1922) | #1,202 |
| 1930s | 245 | #1,072 (1930) | #1,658 |
| 1940s | 203 | #1,649 (1941) | #2,015 |
| 1950s | 786 | #712 (1955) | #1,415 |
| 1960s | 1,517 | #743 (1968) | #835 |
| 1970s | 2,588 | #457 (1979) | #638 |
| 1980s | 2,964 | #541 (1980) | #643 |
| 1990s | 3,191 | #517 (1999) | #703 |
| 2000s | 6,169 | #429 (2009) | #483 |
| 2010s | 18,303 | #104 (2019) | #198 |
| 2020s | 16,536 | #76 (2023) | #93 |
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.
Athena in 1980
Top girls' names in 1980
More about 1980
girls
1,660,307 girls got a published name in 1980; 1 in 4,771 of them was named Athena, which outranked 95.6% of the 12,161 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.