Athenia — girls' name
115 babies named Athenia in U.S. Social Security records since 1955, with the highest year being 1979. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
115 girls have been named Athenia since 1955, peaking in the 1970s, last recorded in 2019.
- 115
- total births
- 1955–2019
- years on record
- 1970s
- peak decade
- 40%
- born in that decade
40% of everyone ever named Athenia was born in this single decade.
11 babies were named Athenia in 1979 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Athenia
The Social Security Administration has registered 115 babies named Athenia between 1955 and 2019, spanning 65 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Athenia currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2019. The name reached its historical peak in 1979, when 11 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Athenia performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 46 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Athenia shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Athenia 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 115 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.
Athenia at a glance
Last recorded 2019Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Athenia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2019–1955
- Peak year (1979)
- 11
- Annual births at peak — across 65 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2019.
115 total births across 65 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1979 with 11 births in a single year.
Athenia by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 46 births that decade — 40% of Athenia's all-time total
Athenia decade highlights
- Peak decade 46 births
- Runner-up 23 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Athenia's strongest decade
46 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 40% 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, 1955–2019 (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.