Recorded 1980–2022 Girls' name Peak 2001 234 births

Atiyah — girls' name

234 babies named Atiyah in U.S. Social Security records since 1980, with the highest year being 2001. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1980s181990s512000s802010s662020s19
2000s
Peak decade

34% of everyone ever named Atiyah was born in this single decade.

2001
Single peak year

12 babies were named Atiyah in 2001 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Atiyah

The Social Security Administration has registered 234 babies named Atiyah between 1980 and 2022, spanning 43 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Atiyah currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2022. The name reached its historical peak in 2001, when 12 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Atiyah performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 80 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Atiyah shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.

No etymological entry is currently available for Atiyah 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 234 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.

Atiyah at a glance

Last recorded 2022

Total births

234

Since 1980

43 years of records

Peak year

2001

12 births that year

Strongest decade: 2000s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2022

Active since

1980

Recorded for 43 years

Last year on file: 2022

Atiyah popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2022–1980

Last recorded 2022
Peak year (2001)
12
Annual births at peak — across 43 years of records
468101214 20222017201220072002199719871980 5

Atiyah by decade

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

Peak: 2000s
Peak decade
2000s
80 births that decade — 34% of Atiyah's all-time total
1980s181990s512000s802010s662020s19

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Atiyah?
234 babies have been named Atiyah since 1980. It was last recorded in 2022. The peak year was 2001 with 12 births.
When was Atiyah most popular?
Atiyah was most popular in the 2000s decade with 80 total births. The single peak year was 2001.
How long has the name Atiyah been used?
Atiyah has been recorded in Social Security data since 1980, spanning 43 years of data through 2022.
What names are similar to Atiyah?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Atiya, Atiana, Atia, Atira, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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, 1980–2022 (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.