Athan — #2314 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Athan

The Social Security Administration has registered 2,125 babies named Athan between 1917 and 2024, spanning 108 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Athan currently holds the #2314 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2012, when 123 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Athan performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 935 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Athan shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 418 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Athan in 13 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Athan 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 2,125 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.