Boys' name · peaked in 2025
Atlas name popularity since 1925
26,941 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Atlas (4.7% girls, 95.3% boys). Half of them were born in 2022 or earlier, so the typical Atlas is about 4 years old in 2026. Atlas peaked in 2025 as the #75 name for boys, and it ranked #75 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 26,941
- Named Atlas, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- #75
- for boys in 2025 (4,413 babies)
- Girls / boys
- 95.3% boys
- 1,261 girls · 25,680 boys
- Most popular in
- Utah
- 2.49× its national share
Peak year is the year Atlas made up the largest share of US boys, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Atlas births per year, 1925–2025
2025 was the biggest year for Atlas both by count and as a share of all babies.
- Fastest rise: Between 2012 and 2017, Atlas became 8.8× more common, from 1 in 15,700 baby boys to 1 in 1,780.
Shaded on the chart. This compares Atlas's share of all US boys five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Atlas.
Decade by decade
Babies named Atlas in each decade, and its rank among boys' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 6 | 57 | – |
| 1930s | 15 | 95 | #2,403 |
| 1940s | 0 | 90 | #2,759 |
| 1950s | 0 | 58 | Under 5 |
| 1960s | 0 | 50 | Under 5 |
| 1970s | 0 | 32 | #5,532 |
| 1980s | 0 | 44 | #6,608 |
| 1990s | 0 | 76 | #7,874 |
| 2000s | 0 | 250 | #4,838 |
| 2010s | 293 | 6,352 | #487 |
| 2020–25 | 947 | 18,576 | #75 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 boys that year, so they can go past 1,000. "Under 5" means fewer than 5 boys got the name.
Generation fingerprint
95.9% of babies named Atlas from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Gen Alpha years (2013–2025). The full split by generation:
Where Atlas is most popular
The index compares Atlas's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Atlas.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Utah | 2.49× | 542 |
| Colorado | 2.02× | 637 |
| Washington | 2.01× | 856 |
| Florida | 1.99× | 1,839 |
| Arizona | 1.86× | 616 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Atlas's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Atlas.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Atlas (2025).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data