Atlas
Atlas was given to 4,413 boys in 2025, #75 among boys’ names; 27,226 Americans have been recorded with it since 1883 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 26,500 Americans named Atlas and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (97% of everyone recorded); the median is 4 years old and half are between 2 and 7.
Atlas was given to 980 more boys in 2025 than in 2024, the #6 gain in babies among boys’ names.
Atlas came back: it left the boys’ top 1,000 after 1890 and returned in 2013.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Atlas by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Atlas mean?
Wiktionary, German section
Atlas is “an unknown-gender given name” Its etymology gives the sense “Bearer (of the Heavens)” (Ἄτλας).
Borrowed from Latin Atlās or from Ancient Greek Ἄτλας (Átlas), from the name of the mythological figure Ἄτλας (Átlas, “Bearer (of the Heavens)”).
/ˈatlas/
Meaning: Wiktionary, German section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Atlas?
#75 among boys’ names, 2025
Atlas rose from #487 in 2015 to #75 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born rose from 0.31 to 2.6 per 1,000.
4,558 babies in 2025, the peak
Atlas peaked in 2025, when 4,558 babies were given it (4,413 boys, #75 among boys’ names). In 2024 it went to 3,433 boys.
Births by sex.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4,413 | #75 | 2.6 |
| 2024 | 3,433 | #101 | 2.0 |
| 2023 | 3,211 | #111 | 1.9 |
| 2022 | 2,916 | #130 | 1.7 |
| 2021 | 2,549 | #147 | 1.5 |
| 2020 | 2,054 | #188 | 1.2 |
| 2019 | 1,659 | #226 | 0.92 |
| 2018 | 1,219 | #289 | 0.67 |
| 2017 | 1,042 | #329 | 0.56 |
| 2016 | 800 | #398 | 0.42 |
Every recorded year (104)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 603 | #487 | 0.31 |
| 2014 | 411 | #639 | 0.21 |
| 2013 | 288 | #780 | 0.15 |
| 2012 | 121 | #1,383 | 0.06 |
| 2011 | 109 | #1,486 | 0.06 |
| 2010 | 100 | #1,575 | 0.05 |
| 2009 | 63 | #2,143 | 0.03 |
| 2008 | 55 | #2,347 | 0.03 |
| 2007 | 35 | #3,189 | 0.02 |
| 2006 | 19 | #4,691 | 0.01 |
| 2005 | 17 | #4,833 | 0.01 |
| 2004 | 20 | #4,270 | 0.01 |
| 2003 | 12 | #5,901 | 0.01 |
| 2002 | 13 | #5,416 | 0.01 |
| 2001 | 8 | #7,580 | under 0.01 |
| 2000 | 8 | #7,488 | under 0.01 |
| 1999 | 9 | #6,575 | under 0.01 |
| 1998 | 12 | #5,172 | 0.01 |
| 1997 | 7 | #7,336 | under 0.01 |
| 1996 | 10 | #5,555 | 0.01 |
| 1995 | 6 | #7,867 | under 0.01 |
| 1994 | 5 | #8,882 | under 0.01 |
| 1993 | 13 | #4,461 | 0.01 |
| 1991 | 9 | #5,545 | under 0.01 |
| 1990 | 5 | #8,195 | under 0.01 |
| 1989 | 7 | #6,267 | under 0.01 |
| 1986 | 5 | #6,796 | under 0.01 |
| 1985 | 5 | #6,602 | under 0.01 |
| 1983 | 5 | #6,311 | under 0.01 |
| 1982 | 6 | #5,682 | under 0.01 |
| 1981 | 7 | #4,993 | under 0.01 |
| 1980 | 9 | #4,164 | 0.01 |
| 1978 | 6 | #5,110 | under 0.01 |
| 1977 | 5 | #5,908 | under 0.01 |
| 1975 | 5 | #5,530 | under 0.01 |
| 1974 | 6 | #4,675 | under 0.01 |
| 1971 | 10 | #3,160 | 0.01 |
| 1967 | 8 | #3,006 | under 0.01 |
| 1966 | 5 | #3,981 | under 0.01 |
| 1964 | 8 | #3,060 | under 0.01 |
| 1963 | 6 | #3,670 | under 0.01 |
| 1962 | 7 | #3,324 | under 0.01 |
| 1961 | 9 | #2,907 | under 0.01 |
| 1960 | 7 | #3,360 | under 0.01 |
| 1959 | 7 | #3,301 | under 0.01 |
| 1958 | 9 | #2,832 | under 0.01 |
| 1957 | 6 | #3,579 | under 0.01 |
| 1956 | 6 | #3,557 | under 0.01 |
| 1954 | 8 | #2,957 | under 0.01 |
| 1953 | 6 | #3,448 | under 0.01 |
| 1952 | 10 | #2,525 | 0.01 |
| 1950 | 6 | #3,344 | under 0.01 |
| 1949 | 13 | #2,129 | 0.01 |
| 1948 | 12 | #2,225 | 0.01 |
| 1947 | 9 | #2,678 | under 0.01 |
| 1946 | 11 | #2,276 | 0.01 |
| 1945 | 7 | #2,758 | 0.01 |
| 1944 | 7 | #2,880 | 0.01 |
| 1943 | 11 | #2,287 | 0.01 |
| 1942 | 6 | #3,239 | under 0.01 |
| 1941 | 8 | #2,668 | 0.01 |
| 1940 | 6 | #3,160 | 0.01 |
| 1939 | 6 | #3,135 | 0.01 |
| 1938 | 9 | #2,492 | 0.01 |
| 1937 | 12 | #2,092 | 0.01 |
| 1936 | 9 | #2,462 | 0.01 |
| 1935 | 10 | #2,403 | 0.01 |
| 1934 | 9 | #2,572 | 0.01 |
| 1933 | 10 | #2,377 | 0.01 |
| 1932 | 6 | #3,390 | 0.01 |
| 1931 | 6 | #3,407 | 0.01 |
| 1930 | 18 | #1,759 | 0.02 |
| 1929 | 8 | #3,000 | 0.01 |
| 1928 | 12 | #2,402 | 0.01 |
| 1927 | 14 | #2,206 | 0.01 |
| 1926 | 9 | #2,920 | 0.01 |
| 1925 | 14 | #2,200 | 0.01 |
| 1924 | 15 | #2,137 | 0.01 |
| 1923 | 15 | #2,126 | 0.01 |
| 1922 | 21 | #1,700 | 0.02 |
| 1921 | 18 | #1,909 | 0.02 |
| 1920 | 15 | #2,140 | 0.01 |
| 1919 | 16 | #1,978 | 0.02 |
| 1918 | 19 | #1,767 | 0.02 |
| 1917 | 14 | #2,098 | 0.02 |
| 1916 | 17 | #1,774 | 0.02 |
| 1915 | 9 | #2,639 | 0.01 |
| 1914 | 13 | #1,782 | 0.02 |
| 1913 | 10 | #1,811 | 0.02 |
| 1910 | 8 | #1,203 | 0.04 |
| 1904 | 6 | #1,069 | 0.05 |
| 1903 | 6 | #1,015 | 0.05 |
| 1890 | 6 | #893 | 0.05 |
| 1883 | 5 | #900 | 0.05 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Atlas a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 27,226 Americans recorded as Atlas, 5% are girls and 95% boys. In 2025 it went to 145 girls and 4,413 boys.
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Atlas: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Atlas, and how old are they?
26,500 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 97% of the 27,226 Americans ever recorded as Atlas. The median Atlas alive today is 4 years old; half are between 2 and 7.
The 2020 Census counted 6,845 people named Atlas (349 women and girls, 6,496 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 7,716 born in the U.S. The Census count is 11% below that prediction. Possible reasons: people who give a short form or another name to the Census, and a survival estimate that can run high.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 30 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 91 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 48 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 79 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 608 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 25,700 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Atlas born?
The states with the most babies named Atlas are Texas, California and Florida, with 27% of its births recorded by state in 2025.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 416 | #100 | 0.8× |
| California | 415 | #103 | 0.8× |
| Florida | 369 | #53 | 1.1× |
| North Carolina | 181 | #65 | 1.2× |
| Ohio | 180 | #58 | 0.9× |
| Pennsylvania | 161 | #80 | 0.8× |
| New York | 149 | #124 | 0.6× |
| Georgia | 149 | #76 | 0.8× |
| Arizona | 132 | #46 | 1.0× |
| Tennessee | 130 | #58 | 1.2× |
Where Atlas is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Atlas is most over-represented in Hawaii: since 1910 it was given 1.6 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Atlas with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 3 names spelled alike, given to 27,412 babies since 1880, Atlas is the most given (99% of them). In 2025 it was given to 4,558 of their 4,616 babies (99%), again the most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Atlas
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Atlas and names like it
- Compare Atlas and AtlusBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 2020sAtlas peaked in 2025.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Atlas since 1910.
- German namesWiktionary’s origin for Atlas: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 2025The year the most babies were named Atlas.
- The names of Generation AlphaMost people named Atlas alive today were born 2013-2025.
- Names starting with AMost given first.