Recorded 1973–2023 Boys' name Peak 1981 487 births

Atif — boys' name

487 babies named Atif in U.S. Social Security records since 1973, with the highest year being 1981. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1970s731980s1201990s802000s792010s962020s39
1980s
Peak decade

25% of everyone ever named Atif was born in this single decade.

1981
Single peak year

18 babies were named Atif in 1981 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Atif

The Social Security Administration has registered 487 babies named Atif between 1973 and 2023, spanning 51 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Atif currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 1981, when 18 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Atif performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 120 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Atif shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 10 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Atif in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Atif 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 487 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.

Atif at a glance

Last recorded 2023

Total births

487

Since 1973

51 years of records

Peak year

1981

18 births that year

Strongest decade: 1980s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2023

Active since

1973

Recorded for 51 years

Last year on file: 2023

Atif popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2023–1973

Last recorded 2023
Peak year (1981)
18
Annual births at peak — across 51 years of records
5101520 20232016200920011994198619791973 7

Atif by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 1980s
Peak decade
1980s
120 births that decade — 25% of Atif's all-time total
1970s731980s1201990s802000s792010s962020s39

Atif by state

Where Atif concentrates geographically — total births since 1973

Geographically diffuse
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Atif
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 New York
10 2.1%
New York share of Atif's total US births 2.1%

10 of 487 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Atif?
487 babies have been named Atif since 1973. It was last recorded in 2023. The peak year was 1981 with 18 births.
When was Atif most popular?
Atif was most popular in the 1980s decade with 120 total births. The single peak year was 1981.
Where is Atif most popular?
The top states for the name Atif are New York (10 births).
How long has the name Atif been used?
Atif has been recorded in Social Security data since 1973, spanning 51 years of data through 2023.
What names are similar to Atif?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Atiba, Atilano, Atilla, Atiksh, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

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, 1973–2023 (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.