Attila — #6881 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Attila

The Social Security Administration has registered 653 babies named Attila between 1958 and 2024, spanning 67 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Attila currently holds the #6881 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2009, when 18 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Attila performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 134 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Attila shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 21 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New Jersey and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Attila in 5 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Attila 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 653 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.