Girls' name · since 1980
Atiyah
Atiyah has 234 recorded births since 1980 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2001 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #18,215 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 234
- born since 1980
- 2000s
- peak decade
234 girls have been named Atiyah since 1980, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Social Security Administration records show Atiyah recorded 234 times among girls since 1980, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 2000s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1980 to 2022.
- #18,215 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 234 born since 1980
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Atiyah ranks #18,215 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 234 born since 1980, peaking in the 2000s.
- #18,215 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 234
- born since 1980
- 2000s
- peak decade
Atiyah's 234 recorded births place it above 74.76% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Atiyah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Atiyah's full recorded timeline at 2006, 50% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 50% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1980, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2001 peak of 12 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Atiyah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1980–2022
- Peak year (2001)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 43 years of records
Atiyah by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (80 births, 34% of the file).
2000s was Atiyah's strongest decade.
80 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 34% of all-time use.
Atiyah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 18
1980s
18 births
- 1990s
1990s
51 births
- 2000s
2000s
80 births
- 2010s
2010s
66 births
- 2020s 19
2020s
19 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 80 births (34% of all-time use).
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What to do with Atiyah's data
- Atiyah's decade-level peak was the 2000s (80 total births); usage has since declined to 19 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Atiyah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2001)
Similar record span (~42 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, 1980–2022 (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 Atiyah 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.