girls:
522 births since 1977
#5194 (9th percentile)
boys:
66 births since 1998
#4520 (1st percentile)
overall:
588 births since 1977
#7151 (8th percentile)
The name Atlantis is the #7,151 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 588 recorded births since 1977. This represents the 7.6% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 7.6% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,194 (9.1% percentile) for all time with 522 births since 1977. For boys, it ranks #4,520 (1.4% percentile) for all time with 66 births since 1998.
Atlantis first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1977 (1977 for girls and 1998 for boys). Birth data for Atlantis is available in 36 out of the 47 years between 1977 and 2023 (36 years for girls and 9 years for boys). 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 Atlantis has been given predominantly to girls, with 88.8% of all recorded births being female. In 2023, 56.0% of babies named Atlantis were girls.
For girls, Atlantis reached its peak popularity in 2002, achieving the 3.0% percentile (ranked #867) with 16 births per million. The name was most common in 2002, with 16 births per million (ranked 3.0% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2017, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Atlantis ranks #938 for girls (1.0% percentile) with 8 births per million, which is 49.4% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Atlantis reached its peak popularity in 2021, achieving the 0.8% percentile (ranked #923) with 6 births per million. The name was most common in 2021, with 6 births per million (ranked 0.8% percentile). Over the past 5 years, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Atlantis ranks #905 for boys (0.7% percentile) with 6 births per million, which is 93.8% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Atlantis".
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Our model has identified 8 different pronunciations for the name Atlantis. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 29.6% confident that Atlantis is pronounced as at-LAN-tihs, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is uht-LAN-tihs, at 24.1% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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