Atticus — #277 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Atticus

The Social Security Administration has registered 17,107 babies named Atticus between 1881 and 2024, spanning 144 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Atticus currently holds the #277 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2021, when 1,310 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Atticus performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 8,314 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Atticus shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 1,924 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Atticus in 50 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Atticus 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 17,107 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.