Attica — girls' name
47 babies named Attica in U.S. Social Security records since 1972, with the highest year being 2020. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
49% of everyone ever named Attica was born in this single decade.
7 babies were named Attica in 2020 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Attica
The Social Security Administration has registered 47 babies named Attica between 1972 and 2023, spanning 52 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Attica currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 2020, when 7 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Attica performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 23 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Attica shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Attica 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 47 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.
Attica at a glance
Last recorded 2023Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Attica popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2023–1972
- Peak year (2020)
- 7
- Annual births at peak — across 52 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2023.
47 total births across 52 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2020 with 7 births in a single year.
Attica by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 23 births that decade — 49% of Attica's all-time total
Attica decade highlights
- Peak decade 23 births
- Runner-up 18 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Attica's strongest decade
23 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 49% of all-time use.
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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, 1972–2023 (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.