Atari — #12709 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Atari

The Social Security Administration has registered 90 babies named Atari between 1979 and 2024, spanning 46 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Atari currently holds the #12709 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1982, when 16 babies received it in a single year. Atari is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 58 additional births since 1980.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Atari performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 44 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Atari shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.

No etymological entry is currently available for Atari in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 90 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.