Athenea — #5381 US girls' name
126 babies named Athenea in U.S. Social Security records since 2004, with the highest year being 2024. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 70% of names given to girls today.
54% of everyone ever named Athenea was born in this single decade.
24 babies were named Athenea in 2024 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Athenea
The Social Security Administration has registered 126 babies named Athenea between 2004 and 2024, spanning 21 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Athenea currently holds the #5381 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2024, when 24 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Athenea performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 68 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Athenea shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 8 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Athenea in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Athenea 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 126 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.
Athenea at a glance
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Current rank
Active since
Athenea popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2004
- Peak year (2024)
- 24
- Annual births at peak — across 21 years of records
Currently ranks #5381 among girls.
126 total births across 21 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2024 with 24 births in a single year.
Athenea by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2020s
- 68 births that decade — 54% of Athenea's all-time total
Athenea decade highlights
- Peak decade 68 births
- Runner-up 40 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2020s was Athenea's strongest decade
68 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 54% of all-time use.
Athenea by state
Where Athenea concentrates geographically — total births since 2004
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 8 | 6.3% |
8 of 126 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 6.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 6.3% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 2004–2024 (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.