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 | — | — | ||
| 1900 | — | — | ||
| 1899 | — | — | ||
| 1898 | — | — | ||
| 1897 | — | — | ||
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| 1895 | — | — | ||
| 1894 | — | — | ||
| 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 2012
Top girls' names in 2012
Top boys' names in 2012
More about 2012
girls
1,761,053 girls got a published name in 2012; 1 in 251,579 of them was named Atlas, which outranked 31.0% of the 19,534 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #12,199Zynia8
- #12,199Zyniyah8
- #12,199Zyrie8
- #13,483Atlas7
- #13,483Aalayiah7
- #13,483Aalaysia7
- #13,483Aaliayah7
- #14,962Aadhira6
- #14,962Aahna6
- #14,962Aalyssa6
Tied with 1,478 names at #13,483; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,896,946 boys got a published name in 2012; 1 in 15,677 of them was named Atlas, which outranked 90.3% of the 14,250 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,376Jariel122
- #1,376Kallen122
- #1,376Tyshawn122
- #1,383Atlas121
- #1,383Bailey121
- #1,383Finnley121
- #1,383Gaven121
- #1,391Brandt120
- #1,391Demari120
- #1,391Geoffrey120
Tied with 7 names at #1,383; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.