Athos — #12498 US boys' name
38 babies named Athos in U.S. Social Security records since 1926, with the highest year being 2012. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 12% of names given to boys today.
47% of everyone ever named Athos was born in this single decade.
9 babies were named Athos in 2012 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Athos
The Social Security Administration has registered 38 babies named Athos between 1926 and 2024, spanning 99 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Athos currently holds the #12498 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2012, when 9 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Athos performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 18 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Athos shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Athos in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Athos 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 38 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.
Athos at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Athos popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1926
- Peak year (2012)
- 9
- Annual births at peak — across 99 years of records
Currently ranks #12498 among boys.
38 total births across 99 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2012 with 9 births in a single year.
Athos by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2020s
- 18 births that decade — 47% of Athos's all-time total
Athos decade highlights
- Peak decade 18 births
- Runner-up 15 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2020s was Athos's strongest decade
18 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 47% of all-time use.
Athos by state
Where Athos concentrates geographically — total births since 1926
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 13.2% |
5 of 38 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 13.2% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 13.2% 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, 1926–2024 (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.