Girls' name · since 1999
Athaliah
416 babies named Athaliah in U.S. Social Security records since 1999, with the highest year being 2025. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #13,203 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,236 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 416
- born since 1999
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Athaliah is the #2236 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 416 recorded since 1999.
Athaliah has 416 recorded births among girls since 1999, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #2236 as of the latest data, more common than 87% 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 1999 to 2025.
- #13,203 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #2,236 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 416 born since 1999
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Athaliah ranks #13,203 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #2,236 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 416 born since 1999, peaking in the 2020s.
- #13,203 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,236 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 416
- born since 1999
- 2020s
- peak decade
Athaliah's 416 recorded births place it above 81.72% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 4 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Athaliah compares
416 Top 48% higher than 52% 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
Athaliah's all-time total is 11% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Athaliah | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 416 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 83 | 21 | 19,840 |
Athaliah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Athaliah splits its recorded history at 2015: 79% of all births land in the more recent half, 21% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1999 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2025 peak of 83 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Athaliah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1999–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 83
- Annual births at peak, across 27 years of records
Athaliah by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (246 births, 59% of the file).
2020s was Athaliah's strongest decade.
246 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 59% of all-time use.
Athaliah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
- 2000s 35
2000s
35 births
- 2010s
2010s
130 births
- 2020s
2020s
246 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 246 births (59% of all-time use).
Athaliah by state
Where Athaliah concentrates geographically, total births since 1999
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 40 | 9.6% |
| #2 | Texas | | 40 | 9.6% |
| #3 | Florida | | 17 | 4.1% |
| #4 | Washington | | 6 | 1.4% |
40 of 416 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 4 reporting states.
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- California records the most Athaliahs (40 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.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Athaliah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~26 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, 1999–2025 (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 Athaliah 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.