Atul — boys' name

What the Data Says About Atul

The Social Security Administration has registered 212 babies named Atul between 1965 and 2016, spanning 52 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Atul currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2016. The name reached its historical peak in 2005, when 13 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Atul performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 65 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Atul shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 8 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Atul in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Atul 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 212 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.