Athel — boys' name

What the Data Says About Athel

The Social Security Administration has registered 298 babies named Athel between 1912 and 1952, spanning 41 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Athel currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1952. The name reached its historical peak in 1917, when 15 babies received it in a single year. Athel is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 36 additional births since 1919.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Athel performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 100 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Athel shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Arkansas, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Athel in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Athel 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 298 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.