Athena
Athena is ranked 90th among girls in 2024 (2,788 births). Its best rank was 76th, in 2023.
- Rank in 2024
- #90down 14 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 2,7880.17% of girls
- Peak year
- 20223,025 births
- Best rank
- #76in 2023
- Since 1902
- 50,614people given the name
The story in the numbers
50,614 girls have been named Athena in the United States since 1902, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2022, with 3,025 births — 0.18% of all girls recorded that year.
It has never been more used than now: its record year is 2022, within the last few years of data.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2015, and the 2010s alone account for 36%. It has spent 69 of 145 years in the top 1,000, 4 of them in the top 100.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Athena | |
|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 17 | |
| 1910s | 183 | |
| 1920s | 416 | |
| 1930s | 245 | |
| 1940s | 204 | |
| 1950s | 786 | |
| 1960s | 1,516 | |
| 1970s | 2,588 | |
| 1980s | 2,964 | |
| 1990s | 3,191 | |
| 2000s | 6,169 | |
| 2010s | 18,295 | |
| 2020s | 14,040 |
In 2022, its biggest year
Athena was the 78th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 2022 were Olivia, Emma, Charlotte, Amelia and Sophia. See all of 2022.
Names that rose and fell with Athena
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Zinniapeak 2023
- Andipeak 2023
- Winterpeak 2022
- Leiapeak 2023
- Veritypeak 2020
- Andromedapeak 2022
- Julietapeak 2024
- Roselynnpeak 2019
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.