Boys' name · since 2021
Atlus
Atlus has 126 recorded births since 2021 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2025 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #15,891 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #3,087 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 126
- born since 2021
- 2020s
- peak decade
Atlus currently ranks #3087 among boys' names in America, with 126 babies recorded since 2021.
Atlus has 126 recorded births among boys since 2021, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #3087 as of the latest data, more common than 78% of boys, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2021 to 2025.
- #15,891 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #3,087 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 126 born since 2021
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Atlus ranks #15,891 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #3,087 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 126 born since 2021, peaking in the 2020s.
- #15,891 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #3,087 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 126
- born since 2021
- 2020s
- peak decade
Atlus's 126 recorded births place it above 64.96% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by Ohio.
How Atlus compares
126 30th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys 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
Atlus's all-time total is 66% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Atlus | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 126 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 40 | 34 | 22,252 |
Atlus's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Atlus's full recorded timeline at 2023, 78% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 22% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 2021, with just 9 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2025 peak of 40 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Atlus popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2021–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 40
- Annual births at peak, across 5 years of records
Atlus by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (126 births, 100% of the file).
2020s was Atlus's strongest decade.
126 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.
Atlus births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2020s
2020s
126 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 126 births (100% of all-time use).
Atlus by state
Where Atlus concentrates geographically, total births since 2021
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What to do with Atlus's data
- Ohio records the most Atluss (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Ohio names
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 Atlus: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
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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, 2021–2025 (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 Atlus 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.