Athena

#109 for girls in 2025, 2,477 births

Peak · girls
#76
2023 · 3,001 births
Debut · girls
1902
5 births
In top 100 · girls
4 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · girls
53,118
since 1902

Athena over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201923girlsat peak
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025#1092,477
2024#902,794
2023#763,001
2022#783,029
2021#982,717
2020#1072,518
2019#1042,726
2018#1172,605
2017#1272,381
2016#1422,178
2015#1572,054
2014#1951,692
2013#2201,462
2012#2461,310
2011#3121,013
2010#363882
2009#429742
2008#456693
2007#439732
2006#501608
2005#461659
2004#489599
2003#524538
2002#503549
2001#499551
2000#530498
1999#517493
1998#550451
1997#682316
1996#688317
1995#705297
1994#812247
1993#762270
1992#802251
1991#778264
1990#731285
1989#710279
1988#797232
1987#848203
1986#687266
1985#594326
1984#567326
1983#548336
1982#565325
1981#570323
1980#541348
1979#457445
1978#622271
1977#630266
1976#658233
1975#625252
1974#616253
1973#682219
1972#660228
1971#692220
1970#736201
1969#763176
1968#743177
1967#767164
1966#860135
1965#887127
1964#850150
1963#934128
1962#832159
1961#869150
1960#842151
1959#944123
1958#1,018104
1957#984111
1956#885127
1955#712176
1954#1,50545
1953#2,01726
1952#2,41119
1951#1,84228
1950#1,83527
1949#1,88226
1948#1,70830
1947#2,08922
1946#2,48215
1945#2,06017
1944#2,09617
1943#2,07918
1942#1,80422
1941#1,64923
1940#2,29713
1939#2,20614
1938#1,94517
1937#2,19614
1936#1,87317
1935#1,38128
1934#1,91317
1933#1,28931
1932#1,44827
1931#1,25833
1930#1,07247
1929#1,21238
1928#1,17942
1927#1,26139
1926#1,18142
1925#1,27238
1924#1,09651
1923#1,30536
1922#1,03053
1921#1,27637
1920#1,20640
1919#1,10344
1918#1,27735
1917#1,16238
1916#1,53324
1915#1,57122
1914#2,26510
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First appearance
1902

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.

See more about Athena
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 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)
Rise & fade · girls
121 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1902
  • Peaked 2023 at #76 (3,001 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · girls
Top 100 for 4 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 4 yrs · run 2021–2024
  • Top 1,000: 70 yrs · run 1959–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 535
  • Highest: 1 in 535 girls born in 2023 were named Athena (0.19%)
  • Latest: 1 in 649 girls born in 2025 (0.15%)
Era · girls
The 2010s
  • 34.5% of all girls named Athena (18,303) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1900s17#1,727 (1906)#1,826
1910s183#1,103 (1919)#1,536
1920s416#1,030 (1922)#1,202
1930s245#1,072 (1930)#1,658
1940s203#1,649 (1941)#2,015
1950s786#712 (1955)#1,415
1960s1,517#743 (1968)#835
1970s2,588#457 (1979)#638
1980s2,964#541 (1980)#643
1990s3,191#517 (1999)#703
2000s6,169#429 (2009)#483
2010s18,303#104 (2019)#198
2020s16,536#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 1923

girls
#1,305
36 births · 1 in 33,510 girls

Top girls' names in 1923

  1. #1Mary71,634
  2. #2Dorothy39,043
  3. #3Helen31,486
  4. #4Margaret26,134
  5. #5Betty25,989
  6. #6Ruth23,637
  7. #7Virginia18,325
  8. #8Mildred15,989
  9. #9Elizabeth15,459
  10. #10Frances14,881
  11. #1,305Athena36
More about 1923

girls

1,206,366 girls got a published name in 1923; 1 in 33,510 of them was named Athena, which outranked 77.3% of the 5,739 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Athena
  1. #1,283Valera37
  2. #1,283Vertie37
  3. #1,283Veva37
  4. #1,305Athena36
  5. #1,305Bea36
  6. #1,305Bobbye36
  7. #1,305Carmelina36
  8. #1,327Augustina35
  9. #1,327Bettylou35
  10. #1,327Clarence35

Tied with 21 names at #1,305; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1922
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,834Eris#2,291 → #457
  2. ↑ 619Penny#1,508 → #889
  3. ↑ 317Laurene#1,309 → #992
  4. ↑ 310Cruz#1,103 → #793
  5. ↑ 306Dorene#1,207 → #901
Fallers
  1. ↓ 321Veva#962 → #1,283
  2. ↓ 318Arlie#949 → #1,267
  3. ↓ 305Gaynell#978 → #1,283
  4. ↓ 303Trinidad#449 → #752
  5. ↓ 300Laurine#897 → #1,197

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

See the top 100 for 1923 →