Boys' name · since 2001
Athanasius
259 babies named Athanasius in U.S. Social Security records since 2001, with the highest year being 2023. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #11,457 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #5,149 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 259
- born since 2001
- 2020s
- peak decade
259 babies have been named Athanasius since 2001, making it today's #5149 boys' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Athanasius has been recorded 259 times among boys since 2001, currently ranked #5149 nationally and more common than 63% of boys, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2001 to 2025.
- #11,457 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #5,149 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 259 born since 2001
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Athanasius ranks #11,457 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #5,149 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 259 born since 2001, peaking in the 2020s.
- #11,457 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #5,149 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 259
- born since 2001
- 2020s
- peak decade
Athanasius's 259 recorded births place it above 74.78% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Athanasius compares
259 43rd percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys 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
Athanasius's all-time total is 30% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Athanasius | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 259 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 25 | 34 | 22,252 |
Athanasius's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Athanasius's SSA record in two at 2016 and the more recent half accounts for 67% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 33%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 2001, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2023 peak of 25, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Athanasius popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2001–2025
- Peak year (2023)
- 25
- Annual births at peak, across 25 years of records
Athanasius by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (112 births, 43% of the file).
2020s was Athanasius's strongest decade.
112 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 43% of all-time use.
Athanasius births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
46 births
- 2010s
2010s
101 births
- 2020s
2020s
112 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 112 births (43% of all-time use).
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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, 2001–2025 (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 Athanasius 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.