girls:
47.8k births since 1902
#591 (90th percentile)
overall:
47.8k births since 1902
#1108 (86th percentile)
The name Athena is the #1,108 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 47,792 recorded births since 1902. This represents the 85.7% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 85.7% of all names). For girls, it ranks #591 (89.7% percentile) for all time with 47,792 births since 1902.
Athena first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1902 (first recorded for girls in 1902). Birth data for Athena is available in 114 out of the 122 years between 1902 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, Athena reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 92.3% percentile (ranked #74) with 1,706 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 1,706 births per million (ranked 92.3% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 1991, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Athena is at or near its peak popularity for girls, ranked #74 (92.3% percentile) with 1,706 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Athena".
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Our model is 100.0% confident that Athena is pronounced as uh-THEE-nuh, which has 3 syllables.
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