Girls' name · since 2008
Atena
Atena has 34 recorded births since 2008 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2024 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #39,392 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 34
- born since 2008
- 2010s
- peak decade
Atena sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 34 recorded since 2008.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Atena has been recorded 34 times among girls since 2008, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, 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 2008 to 2024.
- #39,392 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 34 born since 2008
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Atena ranks #39,392 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 34 born since 2008, peaking in the 2010s.
- #39,392 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 34
- born since 2008
- 2010s
- peak decade
Atena's 34 recorded births place it above 45.11% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Atena's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Atena's SSA record in two at 2017 and the more recent half accounts for 71% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 29%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 2008, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2024 peak of 10, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Atena popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2008–2024
- Peak year (2024)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 17 years of records
Atena by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (19 births, 56% of the file).
2010s was Atena's strongest decade.
19 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 56% of all-time use.
Atena births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
- 2010s
2010s
19 births
- 2020s
2020s
10 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 19 births (56% of all-time use).
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- Atena's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (19 total births) through the 2020s (10) -- 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 Atena: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2024)
Similar record span (~16 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, 2008–2024 (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 Atena 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.