Girls' name · since 1967
Athea
Athea has 320 recorded births since 1967 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2020 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #15,372 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #7,211 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 320
- born since 1967
- 2010s
- peak decade
320 babies have been named Athea since 1967, making it today's #7211 girls' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Athea has been recorded 320 times among girls since 1967, currently ranked #7211 nationally and more common than 58% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1967 to 2025.
- #15,372 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #7,211 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 320 born since 1967
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Athea ranks #15,372 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #7,211 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 320 born since 1967, peaking in the 2010s.
- #15,372 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #7,211 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 320
- born since 1967
- 2010s
- peak decade
Athea's 320 recorded births place it above 78.71% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Athea compares
320 46th 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
Athea's all-time total is 15% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Athea | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 320 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 19 | 21 | 19,840 |
Athea's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Athea's SSA record in two at 2006 and the more recent half accounts for 65% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 35%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1974, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2020 peak of 19, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Athea popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1967–2025
- Peak year (2020)
- 19
- Annual births at peak, across 59 years of records
Athea by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (99 births, 31% of the file).
2010s was Athea's strongest decade.
99 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 31% of all-time use.
Athea births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 7
1960s
7 births
- 1970s 25
1970s
25 births
- 1980s 31
1980s
31 births
- 1990s 35
1990s
35 births
- 2000s 38
2000s
38 births
- 2010s
2010s
99 births
- 2020s
2020s
85 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 99 births (31% of all-time use).
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- Athea's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (99 total births) through the 2020s (85) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Athea: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2020)
Similar record span (~58 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, 1967–2025 (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 Athea 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.