Atari

Popularity Trends

The name Atari is the #7,601 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 138 recorded births since 1979. This represents the 1.8% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 1.8% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,501 (1.8% percentile) for all time with 85 births since 1979. For girls, it ranks #5,663 (0.9% percentile) for all time with 53 births since 1980.

Atari first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1979 (1979 for boys and 1980 for girls). Birth data for Atari is available in 12 out of the 45 years between 1979 and 2023 (9 years for boys and 7 years for girls). 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.

The name Atari has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for boys (61.6% of all recorded births). In 2023, 0.0% of babies named Atari were boys. Interestingly, until around 2016, the name was more popular for boys (65.8% boys from 1979 to 2015), but since then it has been more commonly used for girls (66.7% girls from 2016 to 2023).

For boys, Atari reached its peak popularity in 1982, achieving the 1.6% percentile (ranked #680) with 8 births per million. The name was most common in 1982, with 8 births per million (ranked 1.6% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2017.

For girls, Atari reached its peak popularity in 1980, achieving the 0.9% percentile (ranked #778) with 7 births per million. The name was most common in 1980, with 7 births per million (ranked 0.9% percentile). Over the past 5 years, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Atari ranks #947 for girls (0.0% percentile) with 3 births per million, which is 42.4% of its peak share of births.

This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Atari".

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Key Statistics

Total Births

Peak Births

Peak Year

1980

First Recorded

1980

Peak Percentile

0.9%

Current Percentile

0.0%

Peak Rank

#778

Current Rank

#947

Female statistics

Total Births

Peak Births

Peak Year

1982

First Recorded

1979

Peak Percentile

1.6%

Current Percentile

—

Peak Rank

#680

Current Rank

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Male statistics

Names with Similar Spellings

These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Atari", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. These names exclude other spelling variations of this name. View all variations of Atari.

Names with Correlated Trends

These 12 names have popularity trends that correlate most strongly with the name Atari's popularity from 1978 to 2015 on a gender-neutral basis. Names may rise and fall in popularity for a variety of reasons, but correlations often reflect either changes in naming fashion or demographic shifts.

The correlation calculations in the table below ignore absolute popularity to show you names that move in similar directions as the name Atari at the same time. They also correct for changes in the overall birth rate over time. The 0-100% trend values are calculated by dividing each name's gender-neutral births per million by the peak births per million for that name.

The 12 names most strongly correlated to Atari range from Marieo at 86.1% correlation to Marreo at 79.8% correlation, with an average correlation level of 82.3%. The most popular of these 12 most correlated names is Chimere with 829 births (99% girls) and the least popular is Shariyf with 20 births (100% boys).

Atari's share of births peaked at 14.5 births per million in 1982 (6.7 for girls in 1980 and 8.5 for boys in 1982). It reached its lowest point of 2.4 births per million (16% of peak) in 2006. In 2023, the most recent period with data, the name Atari had 2.9 births per million, 20% of its peak popularity.

This chart shows how each name's popularity has changed over time relative to its peak (100%).

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84.25% (very strong)

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82.31% (very strong)

82.31% (very strong)

224

81.23% (very strong)

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79.79% (strong)

About this table: Correlation values are shown as percentages from 0% to 100%, with each value accompanied by its strength (very weak to very strong). Higher percentages and stronger correlations indicate names that rise and fall together more closely in popularity. The strength labels are color-coded from gray (very weak) to green (very strong). The Trend column visualizes how each name's popularity has changed over time relative to its peak. Absolute correlation values are shown for simplicity (all correlations here are positive). The Total Births column is color-coded by gender distribution - blue shades for predominantly male names and red shades for predominantly female names, with purple hues indicating a more balanced gender distribution.

How to Pronounce Atari

Our model found one way to pronounce the name Atari. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.

Our model is 100.0% confident that Atari is pronounced as uh-TAH-ree, which has 3 syllables.

uh-TAH-ree

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uh-TAH-ree (3 syllables)

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AH0 T AA1 R IY0

Possible Additional Pronunciations

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About Pronunciation Data

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For any given spelling, confidence scores across all identified pronunciations sum to 100%. However, these scores don't account for the possibility of valid pronunciations that our model hasn't identified.

The raw pronunciations shown (like AH0 T AA1 R IY0) use the ARPAbet phoneme system, a standardized way to represent English speech sounds. Each symbol represents a distinct sound in American English. Visit the ARPAbet Wikipedia page to learn more about these phonetic symbols.

Pronunciation audio is generated by an open source text to speech model that has been customized to adhere to pronunciations provided in ARPAbet format, but sometimes pronunciations that differ subtly will sound identical, particularly if the only difference is the level of emphasis on a syllable or a single vowel sound.

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