Boys' name · peaked in 2021
Atticus name popularity since 1925
18,433 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Atticus (0.7% girls, 99.3% boys). Half of them were born in 2018 or earlier, so the typical Atticus is about 8 years old in 2026. Atticus peaked in 2021 as the #264 name for boys, and it ranked #281 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 18,433
- Named Atticus, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- #281
- for boys in 2025 (1,208 babies)
- Girls / boys
- 99.3% boys
- 121 girls · 18,312 boys
- Most popular in
- Utah
- 3.11× its national share
Peak year is the year Atticus 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.
Atticus births per year, 1925–2025
2021 was the biggest year for Atticus both by count and as a share of all babies.
- Fastest rise: Between 2002 and 2007, Atticus became 3.1× more common, from 1 in 18,300 baby boys to 1 in 6,000.
Shaded on the chart. This compares Atticus's share of all US boys five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Atticus.
Decade by decade
Babies named Atticus 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 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1930s | 0 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1940s | 0 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1950s | 0 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1960s | 0 | 7 | Under 5 |
| 1970s | 0 | 32 | #4,358 |
| 1980s | 0 | 63 | Under 5 |
| 1990s | 0 | 356 | #1,989 |
| 2000s | 0 | 2,216 | #791 |
| 2010s | 64 | 8,316 | #347 |
| 2020–25 | 57 | 7,322 | #281 |
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
76.0% of babies named Atticus from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Gen Alpha years (2013–2025). The full split by generation:
Where Atticus is most popular
The index compares Atticus'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 Atticus.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Utah | 3.11× | 455 |
| Oregon | 2.39× | 384 |
| Washington | 2.34× | 672 |
| Colorado | 2.04× | 431 |
| Arizona | 1.95× | 435 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Atticus's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Atticus.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Atticus (2021).
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