Atef — boys' name
17 babies named Atef in U.S. Social Security records since 1994, with the highest year being 1994. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
35% of everyone ever named Atef was born in this single decade.
6 babies were named Atef in 1994 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Atef
The Social Security Administration has registered 17 babies named Atef between 1994 and 2023, spanning 30 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Atef currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 1994, when 6 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Atef performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 6 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Atef shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Atef 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 17 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.
Atef at a glance
Last recorded 2023Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Atef popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2023–1994
- Peak year (1994)
- 6
- Annual births at peak — across 30 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2023.
17 total births across 30 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1994 with 6 births in a single year.
Atef by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 6 births that decade — 35% of Atef's all-time total
Atef decade highlights
- Peak decade 6 births
- Runner-up 6 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Atef's strongest decade
6 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 35% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1994–2023 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.