Atticus
- #10,107 for girls in 2025, 9 births
- #281 for boys in 2025, 1,208 births
- Given to boys 99.3% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 2021 · 1,310 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 18,322since 1881
Atticus over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Atticus has never cracked the top 200 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it. Not on the chart: 5 boys in 1881, 5 boys in 1912 (see the data table).
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #10,107 | 9 | #281 | 1,208 |
| 2024 | #12,161 | 7 | #276 | 1,227 |
| 2023 | #8,486 | 12 | #284 | 1,187 |
| 2022 | #10,383 | 9 | #272 | 1,271 |
| 2021 | #8,978 | 11 | #264 | 1,310 |
| 2020 | #10,250 | 9 | #299 | 1,119 |
| 2019 | — | #309 | 1,096 | |
| 2018 | #11,427 | 8 | #323 | 1,030 |
| 2017 | #6,808 | 17 | #350 | 959 |
| 2016 | — | #362 | 919 | |
| 2015 | #16,419 | 5 | #347 | 980 |
| 2014 | #10,955 | 9 | #369 | 855 |
| 2013 | #11,000 | 9 | #404 | 738 |
| 2012 | #11,257 | 9 | #409 | 711 |
| 2011 | #13,347 | 7 | #466 | 577 |
| 2010 | — | #560 | 451 | |
| 2009 | — | #608 | 422 | |
| 2008 | — | #688 | 348 | |
| 2007 | — | #685 | 346 | |
| 2006 | — | #769 | 270 | |
| 2005 | — | #791 | 245 | |
| 2004 | — | #934 | 181 | |
| 2003 | — | #1,187 | 125 | |
| 2002 | — | #1,281 | 106 | |
| 2001 | — | #1,429 | 87 | |
| 2000 | — | #1,429 | 86 | |
| 1999 | — | #1,720 | 60 | |
| 1998 | — | #1,642 | 63 | |
| 1997 | — | #2,126 | 41 | |
| 1996 | — | #2,332 | 34 | |
| 1995 | — | #1,988 | 42 | |
| 1994 | — | #2,502 | 30 | |
| 1993 | — | #3,141 | 21 | |
| 1992 | — | #2,834 | 24 | |
| 1991 | — | #3,224 | 19 | |
| 1990 | — | #2,865 | 22 | |
| 1989 | — | #4,017 | 13 | |
| 1988 | — | #5,200 | 8 | |
| 1987 | — | #4,239 | 10 | |
| 1986 | — | #4,130 | 10 | |
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| 1984 | — | #5,561 | 6 | |
| 1983 | — | #3,630 | 11 | |
| 1982 | — | #6,385 | 5 | |
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| 1976 | — | #5,587 | 5 | |
| 1975 | — | #4,309 | 7 | |
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| 1973 | — | #5,101 | 5 | |
| 1972 | — | #4,986 | 5 | |
| 1971 | — | #3,146 | 10 | |
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| 1969 | — | #3,595 | 7 | |
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| 1881 | — | #866 | 5 | |
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First appearance
1881
The first year at least five boys were named Atticus! It came in at #866, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1881–1968, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Atticus is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · boys
- Alaska#85 · 1 in 252
- West Virginia#121 · 1 in 385
- Oklahoma#123 · 1 in 478
- Kansas#138 · 1 in 520
- Arkansas#141 · 1 in 503
Best ever in a state: #44 in Wyoming, 2024.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alaska | #85 | 9 | 1 in 252 |
| West Virginia | #121 | 16 | 1 in 385 |
| Oklahoma | #123 | 37 | 1 in 478 |
| Kansas | #138 | 27 | 1 in 520 |
| Arkansas | #141 | 25 | 1 in 503 |
| Idaho | #150 | 18 | 1 in 479 |
| Maine | #151 | 8 | 1 in 480 |
| Washington | #166 | 51 | 1 in 643 |
| Montana | #173 | 7 | 1 in 538 |
| Nebraska | #179 | 15 | 1 in 588 |
| Indiana | #185 | 46 | 1 in 688 |
| Tennessee | #189 | 49 | 1 in 750 |
| Missouri | #192 | 37 | 1 in 752 |
| South Dakota | #192 | 7 | 1 in 549 |
| Kentucky | #199 | 28 | 1 in 733 |
| Nevada | #201 | 15 | 1 in 753 |
| Utah | #225 | 23 | 1 in 855 |
| Colorado | #229 | 28 | 1 in 959 |
| New Hampshire | #230 | 5 | 1 in 901 |
| Oregon | #230 | 18 | 1 in 837 |
| New Mexico | #236 | 8 | 1 in 813 |
| Michigan | #248 | 41 | 1 in 980 |
| Iowa | #257 | 15 | 1 in 922 |
| Mississippi | #259 | 12 | 1 in 903 |
| Virginia | #260 | 33 | 1 in 1,129 |
| Wisconsin | #262 | 22 | 1 in 1,065 |
| Illinois | #289 | 37 | 1 in 1,339 |
| Alabama | #301 | 18 | 1 in 1,195 |
| Texas | #303 | 124 | 1 in 1,412 |
| Ohio | #306 | 39 | 1 in 1,347 |
| Arizona | #308 | 25 | 1 in 1,309 |
| Pennsylvania | #312 | 36 | 1 in 1,452 |
| California | #340 | 104 | 1 in 1,687 |
| South Carolina | #348 | 15 | 1 in 1,413 |
| North Carolina | #356 | 32 | 1 in 1,608 |
| Georgia | #375 | 31 | 1 in 1,620 |
| Louisiana | #376 | 13 | 1 in 1,472 |
| Maryland | #389 | 13 | 1 in 1,761 |
| Minnesota | #392 | 14 | 1 in 1,750 |
| Florida | #433 | 44 | 1 in 2,171 |
| Massachusetts | #507 | 9 | 1 in 3,002 |
| New York | #527 | 30 | 1 in 2,814 |
| New Jersey | #915 | 6 | 1 in 6,628 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys 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 Atticus
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 5 spots since 2024 (#276 → #281)
- 18 spots since 2020 (#299 → #281)
- Biggest jump: 253 spots in 2004
- Biggest drop: 15 spots in 2016
Rise & fade · boys
140 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1881
- Peaked 2021 at #264 (1,310 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 23 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 23 yrs · run 2004–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 1,335
- Highest: 1 in 1,335 boys born in 2021 were named Atticus (0.07%)
- Latest: 1 in 1,414 boys born in 2025 (0.07%)
Era · boys
The 2010s
- 45.4% of all boys named Atticus (8,316) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 5 | #866 (1881) | #866 |
| 1890s | 0 | — | — |
| 1900s | 0 | — | — |
| 1910s | 5 | #2,544 (1912) | #2,544 |
| 1920s | 0 | — | — |
| 1930s | 0 | — | — |
| 1940s | 0 | — | — |
| 1950s | 0 | — | — |
| 1960s | 7 | #3,595 (1969) | #3,595 |
| 1970s | 32 | #3,146 (1971) | #4,626 |
| 1980s | 63 | #3,630 (1983) | #4,737 |
| 1990s | 356 | #1,642 (1998) | #2,437 |
| 2000s | 2,216 | #608 (2009) | #980 |
| 2010s | 8,316 | #309 (2019) | #390 |
| 2020s | 7,322 | #264 (2021) | #279 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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