girls:
846 births since 1975
#4870 (15th percentile)
overall:
846 births since 1975
#6893 (11th percentile)
The name Atarah is the #6,893 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 846 recorded births since 1975. This represents the 10.9% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 10.9% of all names). For girls, it ranks #4,870 (14.8% percentile) for all time with 846 births since 1975.
Atarah first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1975 (first recorded for girls in 1975). Birth data for Atarah is available in 34 out of the 49 years between 1975 and 2023. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
For girls, Atarah reached its peak popularity in 2018, achieving the 14.2% percentile (ranked #825) with 76 births per million. The name was most common in 2018, with 76 births per million (ranked 14.2% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2021, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Atarah ranks #893 for girls (5.7% percentile) with 34 births per million, which is 44.5% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Atarah".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Atarah. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 55.6% confident that Atarah is pronounced as uh-TAH-ruh, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is A-tuh-ruh, at 44.4% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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