Girls' name · since 1915

Athalia

1,001 babies named Athalia in U.S. Social Security records since 1915, with the highest year being 2025. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

#7,500 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#2,102 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
1,001
born since 1915
2020s
peak decade

Athalia currently ranks #2102 among girls' names in America, with 1,001 babies recorded since 1915.

Athalia has 1,001 recorded births among girls since 1915, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #2102 as of the latest data, more common than 88% of girls, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1915 to 2025.

  • #7,500 of 72,339 all-time among girls
  • #2,102 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
  • 1,001 born since 1915
  • 2020s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Athalia ranks #7,500 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #2,102 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 1,001 born since 1915, peaking in the 2020s.

#7,500 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#2,102 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
1,001
born since 1915
2020s
peak decade
0%100%Median name50%87.8%
Athalia vs. every other girls name in current SSA rankings
Above the archive median
All-time archive position

Athalia's 1,001 recorded births place it above 89.62% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.

9 jurisdictions
State-record footprint

9 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.

How Athalia compares

1,001 Top 32% higher than 68% of 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

Athalia's all-time total is 166% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.

Metric Athalia Median girls name (Kyann) #1 girls name (Olivia)
All-time total births 1,001 376 567,345
Peak-year births 89 21 19,840

Athalia's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Athalia splits its recorded history at 2003: 84% of all births land in the more recent half, 16% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1921 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2025 peak of 89 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.

Athalia popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1915–2025

Outside the top 1,000
Peak year (2025)
89
Annual births at peak, across 111 years of records
020406080100 191519271977199920052011201720232025 89

Athalia by decade

2020s is the heaviest window (427 births, 43% of the file).

2020s was Athalia's strongest decade.

427 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 43% of all-time use.

Athalia births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 2020s at 427 births (43% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

How Athalia compares to similarly-sized names

Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Athalia's total volume

Athalia vs 15 similarly-sized girls names Scatter plot of 16 data points. 0%5%10%15%20%25% 20406080100120 New & already peakedOld name, single-era peakNew & still diversifyingLong history, steady all along Years in SSA records % of total births in the single peak year -38, 11.6%-26, 9.7%-31, 7.8%-40, 7.2%-34, 7.9%-83, 9.1%-57, 4.8%-28, 6.4%-52, 5.9%-31, 7.1%-45, 4.3%-36, 20.6%-36, 6%-25, 8.5%-26, 6.2%Athalia-111, 8.9%Athalia
Athalia vs 15 similarly-sized girls names

Athalia by state

Where Athalia concentrates geographically, total births since 1915

Geographically diffuse
Top 8 states by recorded births for the name Athalia
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 California
148 14.8%
#2 Texas
114 11.4%
#3 Florida
25 2.5%
#4 North Carolina
11 1.1%
#5 Georgia
7 0.7%
#6 Arizona
6 0.6%
#7 Illinois
5 0.5%
#8 New York
5 0.5%
California share of Athalia's total US births 14.8%
Even split

148 of 1,001 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 9 reporting states.

Athalia appears in 9 states. Explore state details →

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Athalia? ▼
Athalia has been given to 1,001 babies in the U.S. since 1915, according to SSA data. Its archive ordinal is #7,500 of 72,339 among girls' names (total births, highest first). Among girls in 2025, it is #2,102 of 17,297. 89 babies were born in 2025, its single highest year.
Where does Athalia sit in the SSA name archive? ▼
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Athalia ranks #7,500 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #2,102 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the 2025 SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Athalia most popular? ▼
Athalia was most popular in the 2020s decade with 427 total births. The single peak year was 2025.
Where is Athalia most popular? ▼
The top states for the name Athalia are California (148 births), Texas (114 births), Florida (25 births).
How long has the name Athalia been used? ▼
The SSA has tracked Athalia since 1915 -- 111 years through the most recent 2025 data.
What names are similar to Athalia? ▼
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Athena, Atha, Athina, Athanasia, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

What to do with Athalia's data

  • California records the most Athalias (148 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names

Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.

Keep exploring Athalia

Nearby Names Like Athalia

Names with a similar sound, spelling, or feel to Athalia

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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span

Two nationwide peer axes for Athalia: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

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, 1915–2025 (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 Athalia 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.