Atha
UnisexGirls' nameBoys' nameMeaning not yet documented
Atha has been given to 1,540 babies in the U.S. since 1882. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1918, with 51 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 94% girls, 6% boys all-time.
Babies named Atha, 1970
1 in 721,000
Atha over time, 1880–2025
Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.
Girls or boys — Atha over time
In 1970, Atha went to 100% girls and 0% boys.
A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.
How common is Atha?
Atha had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1970, the last year it was published.
- Among all babies, 1970
- 1 in 721,000
- 5 of 3,606,302 births
- Among girls only
- 1 in 350,000
- <0.01% of girls
- Rank, 1970
- Unranked
- Fewer than 5 uses
- Coin-flip room size
- 499,941 kids
- Even odds of a second one
Where Atha sits on the popularity scale
Chance at least one other child shares the name
If the other children were drawn at random from the 1970 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.
Put another way: gather 499,941 children born in 1970 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Atha. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.
When Athas were born
Half of everyone ever recorded as Atha was born before 1922 — so the typical Atha is around 103 today.
- Biggest decade
- 1920s
- 27.1% of all use
- Born in the last 25 years
- 12.1%
- Spread across generations
- Recorded since 1950
- 124
- People you could plausibly meet
1920s — 27.1% of all recorded uses (391).
Is Atha rising or falling?
Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.
- Rank vs 1 year ago
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- Not ranked then
- Rank vs 5 years ago
- New entry
- Not ranked then
- Rank vs 10 years ago
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- Not ranked then
- Births vs 10 years ago
- —
- Not published both years
- Share of its own peak
- 0%
- Peak was 1918 (51)
- Years since peak
- 107
- Years
- Year-to-year steadiness
- Volatile
- 33.0% average annual change
Spellings of Atha
Atha is not the most common spelling — Anna is, with 25.7% against Atha's 0.04%.
Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.
Where Atha is used — girls
Across 1910–2025, Atha was most concentrated in Arkansas — about 1 in 100,000 girls, against 1 in 247,316 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).
Most concentrated
- 1Arkansas1 in 100,000
- 2North Carolina1 in 100,000
- 3Oklahoma1 in 100,000
- 4Georgia1 in —
- 5Kentucky1 in —
- 6Missouri1 in —
- 7South Carolina1 in —
- 8Tennessee1 in —
Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Atha has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.
Where Atha is used — boys
Across 1910–2025, Atha was most concentrated in Mississippi — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 436,481 across all states with data.
Most concentrated
- 1Mississippi1 in —
Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Atha has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.
Atha around the world
Where Atha ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.
- South Australia1962–1964#653in 1964
Popularity data from Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.
Atha by the numbers
The raw record for each sex the name is used for.
As a girl's name
Names similar to Atha
Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.
Sibling names for Atha
Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.