Athen — #4490 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Athen

The Social Security Administration has registered 671 babies named Athen between 1991 and 2024, spanning 34 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Athen currently holds the #4490 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2012, when 48 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Athen performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 300 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Athen shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 82 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Athen in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Athen 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 671 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.