Athelia — girls' name
34 babies named Athelia in U.S. Social Security records since 1924, with the highest year being 2023. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
34 girls have been named Athelia since 1924, peaking in the 2020s, last recorded in 2023.
- 34
- total births
- 1924–2023
- years on record
- 2020s
- peak decade
- 53%
- born in that decade
53% of everyone ever named Athelia was born in this single decade.
8 babies were named Athelia in 2023 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Athelia
The Social Security Administration has registered 34 babies named Athelia between 1924 and 2023, spanning 100 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Athelia currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 2023, when 8 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Athelia performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 18 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Athelia shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Athelia 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 34 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.
Athelia at a glance
Last recorded 2023Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Athelia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2023–1924
- Peak year (2023)
- 8
- Annual births at peak — across 100 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2023.
34 total births across 100 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2023 with 8 births in a single year.
Athelia by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2020s
- 18 births that decade — 53% of Athelia's all-time total
Athelia decade highlights
- Peak decade 18 births
- Runner-up 6 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2020s was Athelia's strongest decade
18 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 53% 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, 1924–2023 (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.