Girls' name · since 1986
Attallah
60 babies named Attallah in U.S. Social Security records since 1986, with the highest year being 1993. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #32,794 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 60
- born since 1986
- 1990s
- peak decade
Attallah is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 60 have been recorded since 1986.
Social Security Administration records show Attallah recorded 60 times among girls since 1986, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1990s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1986 to 2021.
- #32,794 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 60 born since 1986
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Attallah ranks #32,794 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 60 born since 1986, peaking in the 1990s.
- #32,794 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 60
- born since 1986
- 1990s
- peak decade
Attallah's 60 recorded births place it above 54.42% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Attallah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Attallah's full recorded timeline at 1997, 40% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 60% in the earlier half -- the name was more prevalent in its earlier era than it is today. Its quietest year on record was 1986, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1993 peak of 13 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Attallah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1986–2021
- Peak year (1993)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 36 years of records
Attallah by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (50 births, 83% of the file).
1990s was Attallah's strongest decade.
50 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 83% of all-time use.
Attallah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
- 1990s
1990s
50 births
- 2020s 5
2020s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 50 births (83% of all-time use).
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- Attallah's decade-level peak was the 1990s (50 total births); usage has since declined to 5 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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Two nationwide peer axes for Attallah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1993)
Similar record span (~35 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, 1986–2021 (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 Attallah 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.