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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| 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 2017
Top girls' names in 2017
Top boys' names in 2017
More about 2017
girls
1,726,461 girls got a published name in 2017; 1 in 30,830 of them was named Atlas, which outranked 84.1% of the 18,448 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #2,903Serina57
- #2,903Teigen57
- #2,903Zarina57
- #2,925Atlas56
- #2,925Alyza56
- #2,925Anaiya56
- #2,925Becca56
- #2,964Aaliya55
- #2,964Alizabeth55
- #2,964Alyssia55
Tied with 38 names at #2,925; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↓ 263Julianne#919 → #1,182
- ↓ 243Milania#947 → #1,190
- ↓ 240Wendy#858 → #1,098
- ↓ 238Montserrat#808 → #1,046
- ↓ 224Nathaly#930 → #1,154
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,850,956 boys got a published name in 2017; 1 in 1,776 of them was named Atlas, which outranked 97.7% of the 14,262 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).