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Atlee

#3,451 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Literal meaning not recorded

Atlee has been given to 2,126 babies in the U.S. since 1911. In 2025 it ranked #3,451 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2022, with 38 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 66% boys, 34% girls all-time.

Babies named Atlee, 2025

1 in 100,000

Atlee over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
02040608018801900192019401960198020002020

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.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 — Atlee over time

In 2025, Atlee went to 54% girls and 46% boys.

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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.

Atlee: meaning, origin, and history

Literal meaning not recorded

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Atlee means

Atlee is a given name.

Origin, language, and formation

Atlee is used in English.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 1,404 boys were recorded with the name Atlee between 1911 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 38 in 2022; its best national rank was #1,195 in 1911.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #3,924 in 2020 to #3,451 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #3,436 in 2015 to #3,451 in 2025.

In the United States, 722 girls were recorded with the name Atlee between 1918 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 78 in 2020; its best national rank was #2,282 in 2020.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #2,282 in 2020 to #3,785 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #4,994 in 2015 to #3,785 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

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How common is Atlee?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 100,000
33 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 51,800
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#3,451
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
69,634 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Atlee sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 69,634 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Atlee. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Atlees were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Atlee was born before 1990 — so the typical Atlee is around 35 today.

Median birth year
1990
About 35 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
17.9% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
41.5%
Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950
1,027
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2010s — 17.9% of all recorded uses (252).

Is Atlee 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
+349
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
+473
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
−15
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
1.03×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
86.8%
Peak was 2022 (38)
Years since peak
3
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
24.0% average annual change
Best rank ever
#1,195
1911

Spellings of Atlee

Atlee is not the most common spelling — Alex is, with 31.2% against Atlee's 0.15%.

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 Atlee is used — boys

Across 1910–2025, Atlee was most concentrated in Ohio — about 1 in 33,333 boys, against 1 in 113,799 across all states with data. It was least common in Pennsylvania (1 in —).

03 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Ohio1 in 33,333
  2. 2New York1 in —
  3. 3Pennsylvania1 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. Atlee has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Where Atlee is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Atlee was most concentrated in Georgia — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 449,300 across all states with data. It was least common in Wisconsin (1 in —).

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Georgia1 in —
  2. 2Missouri1 in —
  3. 3Ohio1 in —
  4. 4Texas1 in —
  5. 5Virginia1 in —
  6. 6Washington1 in —
  7. 7Wisconsin1 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. Atlee has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Atlee around the world

Where Atlee 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.

  • Canada
    2024–2024
    #3,231
    in 2024

Popularity data from Statistics Canada. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Atlee by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#3,451
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 473
Best rank ever
#1,195
1911
Peak year
2022
38 that year
First recorded
1911
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
1,404
Count in 2025
33

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#3,785
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 1,503
Best rank ever
#2,282
2020
Peak year
2020
78 that year
First recorded
1918
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
722
Count in 2025
39

Names similar to Atlee

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Sibling names for Atlee

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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