Athena — #90 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Athena

The Social Security Administration has registered 50,614 babies named Athena between 1902 and 2024, spanning 123 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Athena currently holds the #90 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2022, when 3,025 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Athena performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 18,295 births during that ten-year window. Across the 13 decades of recorded activity, Athena shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 9,787 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Athena in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Athena 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 50,614 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.