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

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Peak · boys
2025 · 4,413 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
1 yr
of 146 years
Total births · boys
25,893
since 1883

Atlas over time

boys

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

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202017boysat peak
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#1,478145#754,413
2024#1,406159#1013,433
2023#1,377163#1113,211
2022#1,387165#1302,916
2021#1,242189#1472,549
2020#1,642126#1882,054
2019#2,23182#2261,659
2018#2,71163#2891,219
2017#2,92556#3291,042
2016#4,99027#398800
2015#4,58430#487603
2014#5,99321#639411
2013#13,1507#779288
2012#13,4837#1,383121
2011#1,484109
2010#1,574100
2009#2,14363
2008#2,34555
2007#3,18835
2006#4,67519
2005#4,82417
2004#4,26420
2003#5,87712
2002#5,39513
2001#7,5368
2000#7,4168
1999#6,5309
1998#5,15912
1997#7,2817
1996#5,53510
1995#7,7926
1994#8,8005
1993#4,44713
1992
1991#5,5219
1990#8,1175
1989#6,2297
1988
1987
1986#6,7215
1985#6,5235
1984
1983#6,2385
1982#5,6196
1981#4,9617
1980#4,1349
1979
1978#5,0596
1977#5,8455
1976
1975#5,4645
1974#4,6346
1973
1972
1971#3,14610
1970
1969
1968
1967#2,9858
1966#3,9485
1965
1964#3,0508
1963#3,6466
1962#3,3057
1961#2,9009
1960#3,3377
1959#3,2907
1958#2,8189
1957#3,5526
1956#3,5356
1955
1954#2,9428
1953#3,4256
1952#2,51410
1951
1950#3,3296
1949#2,12313
1948#2,21812
1947#2,6719
1946#2,27111
1945#2,7437
1944#2,8627
1943#2,27711
1942#3,2126
1941#2,6568
1940#3,1306
1939#3,1136
1938#2,4799
1937#2,08812
1936#2,4529
1935#2,39610
1934#4,2865#2,5639
1933#4,2185#2,36810
1932#3,3616
1931#3,3906
1930#4,5505#1,75318
1929#2,9808
1928#2,38712
1927#2,19314
1926#2,9049
1925#4,4266#2,19314
1924#5,0615#2,13215
1923#2,12315
1922#3,6558#1,69521
1921#5,0995#1,90418
1920#4,9755#2,13115
1919#3,4528#1,97316
1918#1,76719
1917#3,0929#2,09114
1916#3,2588#1,77117
1915#3,7956#2,6219
1914#1,77213
1913#2,3318#1,80310
1912#2,9795
1911
1910#2,3985#1,1938
1909
1908
1907
1906
1905
1904#1,0646
1903#1,0096
1902
1901
1900
1899
1898
1897
1896
1895
1894
1893
1892
1891
1890#8846
1889
1888
1887
1886
1885
1884
1883#8925
1882
1881
1880
First appearance
1883

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
Momentum · boys
Rising
  • 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)
Rise & fade · boys
142 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1883
  • Peaked 2025 at #75 (4,413 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Top 100 for 1 yr
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 1 yr · 2025
  • Top 1,000: 15 yrs · run 2013–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 387
  • Highest: 1 in 387 boys born in 2025 were named Atlas (0.26%)
Era · boys
The 2020s
  • 71.7% of all boys named Atlas (18,576) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s5#892 (1883)#892
1890s6#884 (1890)#884
1900s12#1,009 (1903)#1,037
1910s106#1,193 (1910)#1,874
1920s141#1,695 (1922)#2,264
1930s95#1,753 (1930)#2,596
1940s90#2,123 (1949)#2,616
1950s58#2,514 (1952)#3,176
1960s50#2,900 (1961)#3,310
1970s32#3,146 (1971)#4,830
1980s44#4,134 (1980)#5,775
1990s76#4,447 (1993)#6,576
2000s250#2,143 (2009)#4,766
2010s6,352#226 (2019)#759
2020s18,576#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

girls
#2,925
56 births · 1 in 30,830 girls
boys
#329
1,042 births · 1 in 1,776 boys

Top girls' names in 2017

  1. #1Emma19,873
  2. #2Olivia18,778
  3. #3Ava16,017
  4. #4Isabella15,263
  5. #5Sophia14,947
  6. #6Mia13,521
  7. #7Charlotte12,969
  8. #8Amelia11,870
  9. #9Evelyn10,748
  10. #10Abigail10,645
  11. #2,925Atlas56

Top boys' names in 2017

  1. #1Liam18,874
  2. #2Noah18,507
  3. #3William15,046
  4. #4James14,362
  5. #5Logan14,061
  6. #6Benjamin13,858
  7. #7Mason13,602
  8. #8Elijah13,449
  9. #9Jacob13,269
  10. #10Oliver13,224
  11. #329Atlas1,042
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).

Ranked beside Atlas
  1. #2,903Serina57
  2. #2,903Teigen57
  3. #2,903Zarina57
  4. #2,925Atlas56
  5. #2,925Alyza56
  6. #2,925Anaiya56
  7. #2,925Becca56
  8. #2,964Aaliya55
  9. #2,964Alizabeth55
  10. #2,964Alyssia55

Tied with 38 names at #2,925; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2016
Risers
  1. 1,443Ensley#2,412#969
  2. 1,020Oaklynn#1,908#888
  3. 842Dream#1,667#825
  4. 749Oaklyn#1,425#676
  5. 717Melania#1,649#932
Fallers
  1. 263Julianne#919#1,182
  2. 243Milania#947#1,190
  3. 240Wendy#858#1,098
  4. 238Montserrat#808#1,046
  5. 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).

Ranked beside Atlas
  1. #325Gage1,049
  2. #327Desmond1,047
  3. #328Jase1,046
  4. #329Atlas1,042
  5. #329Devin1,042
  6. #329Major1,042
  7. #332Edwin1,034
  8. #333Angelo1,030
  9. #334Conner1,023

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2016
Risers
  1. 497Wells#1,413#916
  2. 419Kairo#1,221#802
  3. 339Caspian#1,199#860
  4. 313Colson#1,049#736
  5. 311Kace#1,183#872
Fallers
  1. 415Riaan#861#1,276
  2. 292Chevy#980#1,272
  3. 245Kylo#904#1,149
  4. 226Braeden#993#1,219
  5. 194Kamdyn#809#1,003

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

See the top 100 for 2017