Atlas

boys’ nameAt its peak · modern nameCompare

Atlas is ranked 101st among boys in 2024 (3,417 births). Its best rank was 101st, in 2024.

Rank in 2024: #101up 10 from 2023
Births in 2024: 3,4170.20% of boys
Peak year: 20243,417 births
Best rank: #101in 2024
Since 1883: 22,642people given the name

Babies named Atlas, by year of birthboys

The story in the numbers

21,457 boys have been named Atlas in the United States since 1883, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2024, with 3,417 births — 0.20% of all boys recorded that year.

It has never been more used than now: its record year is 2024, within the last few years of data.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 2021, and the 2020s alone account for 66%. It has spent 14 of 145 years in the top 1,000.

It is overwhelmingly a boy’s name: 1,185 girls have also been given it, 5.2% of the total.

Rank among boys, year by year

Higher on the chart = more popularrank (gaps = outside the top 1,000)

By decade

Decade	boys named Atlas
1880s	5
1890s	6
1900s	12
1910s	106
1920s	141
1930s	95
1940s	90
1950s	58
1960s	50
1970s	32
1980s	44
1990s	76
2000s	250
2010s	6,348
2020s	14,144

In 2024, its biggest year

Atlas was the 101st most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 2024 were Liam, Noah, Oliver, Theodore and James. See all of 2024.

Names that rose and fell with Atlas

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

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.