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.

Athena

#571 most common girls' name of all time · #1,065 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1902–2025

Rank among girls
#571
Rank overall
#1,065 of 105,966
First appeared
1902
Years on the list
116 of 146
All-time
53,118
Since 2016
26,426
Peak year
2022 #78
Best rank
#76 2023
Girls Boys peak 3,029/yr
192019401960198020002020

Athena first appears in 1902. 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 2,477 — 2,477 #109
2024 2,794 — 2,794 #90
2023 3,001 — 3,001 #76
2022 3,029 — 3,029 #78
2021 2,717 — 2,717 #98
2020 2,518 — 2,518 #107
2019 2,726 — 2,726 #104
2018 2,605 — 2,605 #117
2017 2,381 — 2,381 #127
2016 2,178 — 2,178 #142
2015 2,054 — 2,054 #157
2014 1,692 — 1,692 #195
2013 1,462 — 1,462 #220
2012 1,310 — 1,310 #246
2011 1,013 — 1,013 #312
2010 882 — 882 #363
2009 742 — 742 #430
2008 693 — 693 #456
2007 732 — 732 #439
2006 608 — 608 #502
2005 659 — 659 #461
2004 599 — 599 #490
2003 538 — 538 #524
2002 549 — 549 #503
2001 551 — 551 #499
2000 498 — 498 #530
1999 493 — 493 #517
1998 451 — 451 #550
1997 316 — 316 #683
1996 317 — 317 #688
1995 297 — 297 #706
1994 247 — 247 #817
1993 270 — 270 #763
1992 251 — 251 #802
1991 264 — 264 #778
1990 285 — 285 #731
1989 279 — 279 #711
1988 232 — 232 #798
1987 203 — 203 #848
1986 266 — 266 #687
1985 326 — 326 #594
1984 326 — 326 #567
1983 336 — 336 #548
1982 325 — 325 #565
1981 323 — 323 #570
1980 348 — 348 #541
1979 445 — 445 #457
1978 271 — 271 #623
1977 266 — 266 #630
1976 233 — 233 #659
1975 252 — 252 #626
1974 253 — 253 #616
1973 219 — 219 #685
1972 228 — 228 #660
1971 220 — 220 #693
1970 201 — 201 #737
1969 176 — 176 #765
1968 177 — 177 #744
1967 164 — 164 #769
1966 135 — 135 #861
1965 127 — 127 #891
1964 150 — 150 #852
1963 128 — 128 #936
1962 159 — 159 #834
1961 150 — 150 #874
1960 151 — 151 #845
1959 123 — 123 #945
1958 104 — 104 #1,023
1957 111 — 111 #987
1956 127 — 127 #887
1955 176 — 176 #713
1954 45 — 45 #1,512
1953 26 — 26 #2,031
1952 19 — 19 #2,449
1951 28 — 28 #1,858
1950 27 — 27 #1,853
1949 26 — 26 #1,899
1948 30 — 30 #1,717
1947 22 — 22 #2,110
1946 15 — 15 #2,536
1945 17 — 17 #2,100
1944 17 — 17 #2,142
1943 18 — 18 #2,116
1942 22 — 22 #1,836
1941 23 — 23 #1,678
1940 13 — 13 #2,362
1939 14 — 14 #2,252
1938 17 — 17 #1,983
1937 14 — 14 #2,253
1936 17 — 17 #1,909
1935 28 — 28 #1,410
1934 17 — 17 #1,964
1933 31 — 31 #1,308
1932 27 — 27 #1,473
1931 33 — 33 #1,280
1930 47 — 47 #1,082
1929 38 — 38 #1,217
1928 42 — 42 #1,188
1927 39 — 39 #1,274
1926 42 — 42 #1,191
1925 38 — 38 #1,285
1924 51 — 51 #1,101
1923 36 — 36 #1,318
1922 53 — 53 #1,039
1921 37 — 37 #1,293
1920 40 — 40 #1,226
1919 44 — 44 #1,120
1918 35 — 35 #1,295
1917 38 — 38 #1,180
1916 24 — 24 #1,570
1915 22 — 22 #1,614
1914 10 — 10 #2,364
1912 10 — 10 #1,949
1909 6 — 6 #2,128
1906 6 — 6 #1,910
1902 5 — 5 #1,999