Athelene — girls' name

What the Data Says About Athelene

The Social Security Administration has registered 110 babies named Athelene between 1916 and 1937, spanning 22 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Athelene currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1937. The name reached its historical peak in 1916, when 9 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Athelene performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 59 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Athelene shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in West Virginia, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Athelene in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Athelene 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 110 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.