Atlas
#1,478 for girls in 2025, 145 births · #75 for boys in 2025, 4,413 births
Given to boys 95.1% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 2025 · 4,413 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- 1 yrof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 25,893since 1883
Atlas over time
Rank among boys' 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 | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #1,478 | 145 | #75 | 4,413 |
| 2024 | #1,406 | 159 | #101 | 3,433 |
| 2023 | #1,377 | 163 | #111 | 3,211 |
| 2022 | #1,387 | 165 | #130 | 2,916 |
| 2021 | #1,242 | 189 | #147 | 2,549 |
| 2020 | #1,642 | 126 | #188 | 2,054 |
| 2019 | #2,231 | 82 | #226 | 1,659 |
| 2018 | #2,711 | 63 | #289 | 1,219 |
| 2017 | #2,925 | 56 | #329 | 1,042 |
| 2016 | #4,990 | 27 | #398 | 800 |
| 2015 | #4,584 | 30 | #487 | 603 |
| 2014 | #5,993 | 21 | #639 | 411 |
| 2013 | #13,150 | 7 | #779 | 288 |
| 2012 | #13,483 | 7 | #1,383 | 121 |
| 2011 | — | #1,484 | 109 | |
| 2010 | — | #1,574 | 100 | |
| 2009 | — | #2,143 | 63 | |
| 2008 | — | #2,345 | 55 | |
| 2007 | — | #3,188 | 35 | |
| 2006 | — | #4,675 | 19 | |
| 2005 | — | #4,824 | 17 | |
| 2004 | — | #4,264 | 20 | |
| 2003 | — | #5,877 | 12 | |
| 2002 | — | #5,395 | 13 | |
| 2001 | — | #7,536 | 8 | |
| 2000 | — | #7,416 | 8 | |
| 1999 | — | #6,530 | 9 | |
| 1998 | — | #5,159 | 12 | |
| 1997 | — | #7,281 | 7 | |
| 1996 | — | #5,535 | 10 | |
| 1995 | — | #7,792 | 6 | |
| 1994 | — | #8,800 | 5 | |
| 1993 | — | #4,447 | 13 | |
| 1992 | — | — | ||
| 1991 | — | #5,521 | 9 | |
| 1990 | — | #8,117 | 5 | |
| 1989 | — | #6,229 | 7 | |
| 1988 | — | — | ||
| 1987 | — | — | ||
| 1986 | — | #6,721 | 5 | |
| 1985 | — | #6,523 | 5 | |
| 1984 | — | — | ||
| 1983 | — | #6,238 | 5 | |
| 1982 | — | #5,619 | 6 | |
| 1981 | — | #4,961 | 7 | |
| 1980 | — | #4,134 | 9 | |
| 1979 | — | — | ||
| 1978 | — | #5,059 | 6 | |
| 1977 | — | #5,845 | 5 | |
| 1976 | — | — | ||
| 1975 | — | #5,464 | 5 | |
| 1974 | — | #4,634 | 6 | |
| 1973 | — | — | ||
| 1972 | — | — | ||
| 1971 | — | #3,146 | 10 | |
| 1970 | — | — | ||
| 1969 | — | — | ||
| 1968 | — | — | ||
| 1967 | — | #2,985 | 8 | |
| 1966 | — | #3,948 | 5 | |
| 1965 | — | — | ||
| 1964 | — | #3,050 | 8 | |
| 1963 | — | #3,646 | 6 | |
| 1962 | — | #3,305 | 7 | |
| 1961 | — | #2,900 | 9 | |
| 1960 | — | #3,337 | 7 | |
| 1959 | — | #3,290 | 7 | |
| 1958 | — | #2,818 | 9 | |
| 1957 | — | #3,552 | 6 | |
| 1956 | — | #3,535 | 6 | |
| 1955 | — | — | ||
| 1954 | — | #2,942 | 8 | |
| 1953 | — | #3,425 | 6 | |
| 1952 | — | #2,514 | 10 | |
| 1951 | — | — | ||
| 1950 | — | #3,329 | 6 | |
| 1949 | — | #2,123 | 13 | |
| 1948 | — | #2,218 | 12 | |
| 1947 | — | #2,671 | 9 | |
| 1946 | — | #2,271 | 11 | |
| 1945 | — | #2,743 | 7 | |
| 1944 | — | #2,862 | 7 | |
| 1943 | — | #2,277 | 11 | |
| 1942 | — | #3,212 | 6 | |
| 1941 | — | #2,656 | 8 | |
| 1940 | — | #3,130 | 6 | |
| 1939 | — | #3,113 | 6 | |
| 1938 | — | #2,479 | 9 | |
| 1937 | — | #2,088 | 12 | |
| 1936 | — | #2,452 | 9 | |
| 1935 | — | #2,396 | 10 | |
| 1934 | #4,286 | 5 | #2,563 | 9 |
| 1933 | #4,218 | 5 | #2,368 | 10 |
| 1932 | — | #3,361 | 6 | |
| 1931 | — | #3,390 | 6 | |
| 1930 | #4,550 | 5 | #1,753 | 18 |
| 1929 | — | #2,980 | 8 | |
| 1928 | — | #2,387 | 12 | |
| 1927 | — | #2,193 | 14 | |
| 1926 | — | #2,904 | 9 | |
| 1925 | #4,426 | 6 | #2,193 | 14 |
| 1924 | #5,061 | 5 | #2,132 | 15 |
| 1923 | — | #2,123 | 15 | |
| 1922 | #3,655 | 8 | #1,695 | 21 |
| 1921 | #5,099 | 5 | #1,904 | 18 |
| 1920 | #4,975 | 5 | #2,131 | 15 |
| 1919 | #3,452 | 8 | #1,973 | 16 |
| 1918 | — | #1,767 | 19 | |
| 1917 | #3,092 | 9 | #2,091 | 14 |
| 1916 | #3,258 | 8 | #1,771 | 17 |
| 1915 | #3,795 | 6 | #2,621 | 9 |
| 1914 | — | #1,772 | 13 | |
| 1913 | #2,331 | 8 | #1,803 | 10 |
| 1912 | #2,979 | 5 | — | |
| 1911 | — | — | ||
| 1910 | #2,398 | 5 | #1,193 | 8 |
| 1909 | — | — | ||
| 1908 | — | — | ||
| 1907 | — | — | ||
| 1906 | — | — | ||
| 1905 | — | — | ||
| 1904 | — | #1,064 | 6 | |
| 1903 | — | #1,009 | 6 | |
| 1902 | — | — | ||
| 1901 | — | — | ||
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| 1899 | — | — | ||
| 1898 | — | — | ||
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| 1893 | — | — | ||
| 1892 | — | — | ||
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | #884 | 6 | |
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | #892 | 5 | |
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five boys were named Atlas! It came in at #892, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1883–1889, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
See more about Atlas
- 26 spots since 2024 (#101 → #75)
- 113 spots since 2020 (#188 → #75)
- 412 spots since 2015 (#487 → #75)
- Biggest jump: 604 spots in 2013 (#1,383 → #779)
- Debuted 1883
- Peaked 2025 at #75 (4,413 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 1 yr · 2025
- Top 1,000: 15 yrs · run 2013–2025
- Highest: 1 in 387 boys born in 2025 were named Atlas (0.26%)
- 71.7% of all boys named Atlas (18,576) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 5 | #892 (1883) | #892 |
| 1890s | 6 | #884 (1890) | #884 |
| 1900s | 12 | #1,009 (1903) | #1,037 |
| 1910s | 106 | #1,193 (1910) | #1,874 |
| 1920s | 141 | #1,695 (1922) | #2,264 |
| 1930s | 95 | #1,753 (1930) | #2,596 |
| 1940s | 90 | #2,123 (1949) | #2,616 |
| 1950s | 58 | #2,514 (1952) | #3,176 |
| 1960s | 50 | #2,900 (1961) | #3,310 |
| 1970s | 32 | #3,146 (1971) | #4,830 |
| 1980s | 44 | #4,134 (1980) | #5,775 |
| 1990s | 76 | #4,447 (1993) | #6,576 |
| 2000s | 250 | #2,143 (2009) | #4,766 |
| 2010s | 6,352 | #226 (2019) | #759 |
| 2020s | 18,576 | #75 (2025) | #125 |
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.
Atlas in 2009
Top boys' names in 2009
More about 2009
boys
1,983,573 boys got a published name in 2009; 1 in 31,485 of them was named Atlas, which outranked 85.3% of the 14,540 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #2,119Vedant64
- #2,119Virgil64
- #2,119Wolfgang64
- #2,143Atlas63
- #2,143Aj63
- #2,143Baker63
- #2,143Blaize63
- #2,168Anibal62
- #2,168Breyden62
- #2,168Bryon62
Tied with 24 names at #2,143; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.