girls:
10 births since 1890
#5706 (0th percentile)
boys:
12 births since 1992
#4574 (0th percentile)
overall:
22 births since 1890
#7717 (0th percentile)
The name Atta is the #7,717 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 22 recorded births since 1890. This represents the 0.3% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 0.3% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,574 (0.2% percentile) for all time with 12 births since 1992. For girls, it ranks #5,706 (0.1% percentile) for all time with 10 births since 1890.
Atta first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1890 (1890 for girls and 1992 for boys). Birth data for Atta is available in 4 out of the 122 years between 1890 and 2011. 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 Atta is truly gender-neutral, with nearly equal distribution between boys and girls. In 2011, 100.0% of babies named Atta were boys. Interestingly, until around 1992, the name was more popular for girls (100.0% girls from 1890 to 1991), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (100.0% boys from 1992 to 2011).
For boys, Atta reached its peak popularity in 1992, achieving the 0.3% percentile (ranked #768) with 3 births per million. The name was most common in 1992, with 3 births per million (ranked 0.3% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2011.
For girls, Atta reached its peak popularity in 1890, achieving the 0.0% percentile (ranked #295) with 25 births per million. The name was most common in 1890, with 25 births per million (ranked 0.0% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1919.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Atta".
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Our model has identified 5 different pronunciations for the name Atta. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 53.2% confident that Atta is pronounced as A-tuh, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is AH-tuh, at 19.1% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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