Girls' name · since 1978
Atira
Atira has 297 recorded births since 1978 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1998 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #15,978 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,403 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 297
- born since 1978
- 2000s
- peak decade
Atira currently ranks #15403 among girls' names in America, with 297 babies recorded since 1978.
Atira has 297 recorded births among girls since 1978, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #15403 as of the latest data, more common than 11% of girls, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1978 to 2025.
- #15,978 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #15,403 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 297 born since 1978
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Atira ranks #15,978 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #15,403 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 297 born since 1978, peaking in the 2000s.
- #15,978 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,403 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 297
- born since 1978
- 2000s
- peak decade
Atira's 297 recorded births place it above 77.87% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by New Jersey.
How Atira compares
297 45th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Atira's all-time total is 21% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Atira | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 297 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 21 | 21 | 19,840 |
Atira's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Atira's SSA record in two at 2001 and the more recent half accounts for 52% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 48%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1978, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1998 peak of 21, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Atira popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1978–2025
- Peak year (1998)
- 21
- Annual births at peak, across 48 years of records
Atira by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (137 births, 46% of the file).
2000s was Atira's strongest decade.
137 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 46% of all-time use.
Atira births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
- 1980s 31
1980s
31 births
- 1990s
1990s
87 births
- 2000s
2000s
137 births
- 2010s 27
2010s
27 births
- 2020s 10
2020s
10 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 137 births (46% of all-time use).
Atira by state
Where Atira concentrates geographically, total births since 1978
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New Jersey | | 5 | 1.7% |
| #2 | New York | | 5 | 1.7% |
5 of 297 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
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- Atira's decade-level peak was the 2000s (137 total births); usage has since declined to 10 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- New Jersey records the most Atiras (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New Jersey names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Atira: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1998)
Similar record span (~47 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, 1978–2025 (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 Atira 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.