Girls' name · since 2021
Athar
Since 2021, U.S. Social Security records show 41 babies named Athar, peaking in 2022. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #37,168 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #11,836 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 41
- born since 2021
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Athar is the #11836 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 41 recorded since 2021.
Social Security Administration records show Athar recorded 41 times among girls since 2021, holding rank #11836 nationally today, ahead of 32% of girls, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2021 to 2025.
- #37,168 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #11,836 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 41 born since 2021
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Athar ranks #37,168 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #11,836 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 41 born since 2021, peaking in the 2020s.
- #37,168 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #11,836 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 41
- born since 2021
- 2020s
- peak decade
Athar's 41 recorded births place it above 48.26% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Athar compares
41 14th percentile among 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
Athar's all-time total is 89% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Athar | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 41 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 13 | 21 | 19,840 |
Athar's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Athar splits its recorded history at 2023: 56% of all births land in the more recent half, 44% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2021 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2022 peak of 13 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Athar popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2021–2025
- Peak year (2022)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 5 years of records
Athar by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (41 births, 100% of the file).
2020s was Athar's strongest decade.
41 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.
Athar births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2020s
2020s
41 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 41 births (100% of all-time use).
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Athar: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2022)
Similar record span (~4 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, 2021–2025 (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 Athar 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.