Girls' name · since 1909
Athene
Athene has 135 recorded births since 1909 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1923 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #23,838 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 135
- born since 1909
- 1920s
- peak decade
Athene sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 135 recorded since 1909.
Athene has 135 recorded births among girls since 1909, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1920s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1909 to 2003.
- #23,838 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 135 born since 1909
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Athene ranks #23,838 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 135 born since 1909, peaking in the 1920s.
- #23,838 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 135
- born since 1909
- 1920s
- peak decade
Athene's 135 recorded births place it above 66.92% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Athene's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Athene's SSA record in two at 1934 and the more recent half accounts for 49% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 51%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1909, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1923 peak of 10, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Athene popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1909–2003
- Peak year (1923)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 95 years of records
Athene by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (38 births, 28% of the file).
1920s was Athene's strongest decade.
38 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 28% of all-time use.
Athene births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1900s 5
1900s
5 births
- 1910s
1910s
26 births
- 1920s
1920s
38 births
- 1930s 8
1930s
8 births
- 1940s
1940s
18 births
- 1950s 11
1950s
11 births
- 1980s
1980s
18 births
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
- 2000s 6
2000s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 38 births (28% of all-time use).
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- Athene's decade-level peak was the 1920s (38 total births); usage has since declined to 6 in the 2000s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Athene: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1923)
Similar record span (~94 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1909–2003 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Athene draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.