Boys' name · since 2016
Atai
Atai has 18 recorded births since 2016 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2016 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #29,593 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 18
- born since 2016
- 2020s
- peak decade
18 boys have been named Atai since 2016, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Atai has been recorded 18 times among boys since 2016, though it is not among the currently most-used boys names, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2016 to 2024.
- #29,593 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 18 born since 2016
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Atai ranks #29,593 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 18 born since 2016, peaking in the 2020s.
- #29,593 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 18
- born since 2016
- 2020s
- peak decade
Atai's 18 recorded births place it above 34.17% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Atai's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Atai's full recorded timeline at 2022, 61% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 39% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 2024, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2016 peak of 7 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Atai popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2016–2024
- Peak year (2016)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 9 years of records
Atai by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (11 births, 61% of the file).
2020s was Atai's strongest decade.
11 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 61% of all-time use.
Atai births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s
2010s
7 births
- 2020s
2020s
11 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 11 births (61% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Atai: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2016–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Atai draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.