Girls' name · since 1971
Atalaya
245 babies named Atalaya in U.S. Social Security records since 1971, with the highest year being 2018. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #17,775 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #9,604 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 245
- born since 1971
- 2010s
- peak decade
Atalaya currently ranks #9604 among girls' names in America, with 245 babies recorded since 1971.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Atalaya has been recorded 245 times among girls since 1971, currently ranked #9604 nationally and more common than 44% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1971 to 2025.
- #17,775 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #9,604 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 245 born since 1971
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Atalaya ranks #17,775 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #9,604 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 245 born since 1971, peaking in the 2010s.
- #17,775 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #9,604 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 245
- born since 1971
- 2010s
- peak decade
Atalaya's 245 recorded births place it above 75.38% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Atalaya compares
245 41st percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Atalaya's all-time total is 35% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Atalaya | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 245 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 14 | 21 | 19,840 |
Atalaya's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Atalaya splits its recorded history at 2010: 60% of all births land in the more recent half, 40% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1988 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2018 peak of 14 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Atalaya popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1971–2025
- Peak year (2018)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 55 years of records
Atalaya by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (89 births, 36% of the file).
2010s was Atalaya's strongest decade.
89 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 36% of all-time use.
Atalaya births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 28
1970s
28 births
- 1980s 11
1980s
11 births
- 1990s 22
1990s
22 births
- 2000s
2000s
38 births
- 2010s
2010s
89 births
- 2020s
2020s
57 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 89 births (36% of all-time use).
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- Atalaya's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (89 total births) through the 2020s (57) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Atalaya: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2018)
Similar record span (~54 yrs)
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, 1971–2025 (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 Atalaya 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.