Athea — #8044 US girls' name
305 babies named Athea in U.S. Social Security records since 1967, with the highest year being 2020. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 54% of names given to girls today.
32% of everyone ever named Athea was born in this single decade.
19 babies were named Athea in 2020 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Athea
The Social Security Administration has registered 305 babies named Athea between 1967 and 2024, spanning 58 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Athea currently holds the #8044 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2020, when 19 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Athea performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 99 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Athea shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Athea 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 305 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.
Athea at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Athea popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1967
- Peak year (2020)
- 19
- Annual births at peak — across 58 years of records
Currently ranks #8044 among girls.
305 total births across 58 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2020 with 19 births in a single year.
Athea by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 99 births that decade — 32% of Athea's all-time total
Athea decade highlights
- Peak decade 99 births
- Runner-up 70 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Athea's strongest decade
99 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 32% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1967–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.