Atom
#4,650 most common boys' name of all time · #11,443 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1970–2025
Rank among boys
#4,650
Rank overall
#11,443 of 105,966
First appeared
1970
Years on the list
44 of 146
All-time
1,057
Since 2016
492
Peak year
2017 #2,055
Best rank
#2,055 2017
Girls
Boys
peak 68/yr
Atom first appears in 1970. 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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 34 | 34 | #3,409 |
| 2024 | — | 38 | 38 | #3,182 |
| 2023 | — | 34 | 34 | #3,448 |
| 2022 | — | 57 | 57 | #2,455 |
| 2021 | — | 36 | 36 | #3,261 |
| 2020 | — | 50 | 50 | #2,565 |
| 2019 | — | 56 | 56 | #2,404 |
| 2018 | — | 61 | 61 | #2,248 |
| 2017 | — | 68 | 68 | #2,055 |
| 2016 | — | 58 | 58 | #2,290 |
| 2015 | — | 49 | 49 | #2,550 |
| 2014 | — | 49 | 49 | #2,525 |
| 2013 | — | 58 | 58 | #2,235 |
| 2012 | — | 52 | 52 | #2,429 |
| 2011 | — | 34 | 34 | #3,268 |
| 2010 | — | 30 | 30 | #3,580 |
| 2009 | — | 32 | 32 | #3,433 |
| 2008 | — | 28 | 28 | #3,779 |
| 2007 | — | 18 | 18 | #5,075 |
| 2006 | — | 19 | 19 | #4,735 |
| 2005 | — | 11 | 11 | #6,776 |
| 2004 | — | 15 | 15 | #5,333 |
| 2003 | — | 9 | 9 | #7,419 |
| 2002 | — | 9 | 9 | #7,261 |
| 2001 | — | 13 | 13 | #5,491 |
| 2000 | — | 11 | 11 | #6,070 |
| 1999 | — | 10 | 10 | #6,227 |
| 1998 | — | 5 | 5 | #10,073 |
| 1997 | — | 8 | 8 | #6,850 |
| 1996 | — | 13 | 13 | #4,721 |
| 1995 | — | 6 | 6 | #8,146 |
| 1994 | — | 5 | 5 | #9,231 |
| 1992 | — | 5 | 5 | #8,895 |
| 1991 | — | 5 | 5 | #8,754 |
| 1989 | — | 12 | 12 | #4,408 |
| 1988 | — | 5 | 5 | #7,745 |
| 1985 | — | 10 | 10 | #4,218 |
| 1983 | — | 5 | 5 | #6,787 |
| 1982 | — | 10 | 10 | #4,154 |
| 1979 | — | 6 | 6 | #5,760 |
| 1977 | — | 5 | 5 | #6,430 |
| 1976 | — | 7 | 7 | #4,780 |
| 1975 | — | 5 | 5 | #5,975 |
| 1970 | — | 6 | 6 | #4,656 |