Athan
Athan is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 61 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 610.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 2012123 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1917
- 2,125people given the name
The story in the numbers
2,125 boys have been named Athan in the United States since 1917, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2012, with 123 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2011, and the 2010s alone account for 44%.
By decade
| Decade | boys named Athan | |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 5 | |
| 1920s | 6 | |
| 1940s | 11 | |
| 1950s | 10 | |
| 1960s | 24 | |
| 1970s | 47 | |
| 1980s | 92 | |
| 1990s | 80 | |
| 2000s | 597 | |
| 2010s | 935 | |
| 2020s | 318 |
In 2012, its biggest year
Athan was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 2012 were Jacob, Mason, Ethan, Noah and William. See all of 2012.
Names that rose and fell with Athan
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Treysonpeak 2009
- Avinpeak 2007
- Cachepeak 2012
- Rehanpeak 2008
- Brightonpeak 2012
- Tycepeak 2010
- Kaydonpeak 2014
- Aydinpeak 2008
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.