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 | — | |
| 1968 | — | — | ||
| 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 | — | |
| 1959 | — | — | ||
| 1958 | #6,103 | 5 | — | |
| 1957 | — | — | ||
| 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 | — | |
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 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.
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 1918
Top girls' names in 1918
Top boys' names in 1918
More about 1918
girls
1,157,631 girls got a published name in 1918; 1 in 22,699 of them was named Atha, which outranked 82.0% of the 5,585 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #999Elenore52
- #999Louis52
- #999Vella52
- #1,005Atha51
- #1,005Angelita51
- #1,005Carl51
- #1,005Dee51
- #1,018America50
- #1,018Bell50
- #1,018Ceola50
Tied with 12 names at #1,005; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↑ 547Jesse#1,507 → #960
- ↑ 494Liberty#1,079 → #585
- ↑ 389Marilynn#1,337 → #948
- ↑ 312Margueritte#1,281 → #969
- ↑ 306Syble#807 → #501
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,013,480 boys got a published name in 1918; 1 in 112,609 of them was named Atha, which outranked 40.1% of the 4,813 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #2,699Yoshiharu10
- #2,699Ysabel10
- #2,699Zigmond10
- #2,882Atha9
- #2,882Abie9
- #2,882Adalberto9
- #2,882Adin9
- #3,096Abb8
- #3,096Adren8
- #3,096Agustus8
Tied with 213 names at #2,882; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.