Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Athan

#2,990 most common boys' name of all time · #7,234 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1917–2025

Rank among boys
#2,990
Rank overall
#7,234 of 105,966
First appeared
1917
Years on the list
61 of 146
All-time
2,173
Since 2016
669
Peak year
2012 #1,369
Best rank
#1,369 2012
Girls Boys peak 123/yr
192019401960198020002020

Athan first appears in 1917. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 — 48 48 #2,684
2024 — 61 61 #2,318
2023 — 73 73 #2,052
2022 — 63 63 #2,275
2021 — 62 62 #2,262
2020 — 59 59 #2,301
2019 — 68 68 #2,115
2018 — 62 62 #2,214
2017 — 83 83 #1,812
2016 — 90 90 #1,731
2015 — 90 90 #1,721
2014 — 101 101 #1,568
2013 — 105 105 #1,530
2012 — 123 123 #1,369
2011 — 109 109 #1,486
2010 — 104 104 #1,545
2009 — 104 104 #1,565
2008 — 95 95 #1,637
2007 — 77 77 #1,866
2006 — 83 83 #1,700
2005 — 55 55 #2,188
2004 — 46 46 #2,430
2003 — 39 39 #2,590
2002 — 32 32 #2,895
2001 — 28 28 #3,163
2000 — 38 38 #2,493
1999 — 20 20 #3,725
1998 — 8 8 #6,955
1997 — 13 13 #4,722
1996 — 8 8 #6,605
1995 — 9 9 #6,002
1994 — 6 6 #7,926
1993 — 5 5 #8,926
1992 — 6 6 #7,608
1990 — 5 5 #8,367
1989 — 11 11 #4,594
1988 — 6 6 #6,602
1987 — 12 12 #3,799
1986 — 11 11 #3,970
1985 — 13 13 #3,464
1983 — 8 8 #4,617
1982 — 9 9 #4,343
1981 — 12 12 #3,480
1980 — 10 10 #3,930
1979 — 5 5 #6,313
1978 — 5 5 #6,012
1977 — 8 8 #4,287
1976 — 6 6 #5,144
1974 — 7 7 #4,340
1973 — 8 8 #3,821
1972 — 8 8 #3,760
1967 — 7 7 #3,398
1966 — 5 5 #4,225
1962 — 6 6 #3,841
1961 — 6 6 #3,865
1959 — 5 5 #4,295
1957 — 5 5 #4,288
1948 — 5 5 #4,014
1946 — 6 6 #3,436
1924 — 6 6 #4,226
1917 — 5 5 #4,407