Atticus

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Primarily a boy's name · 100% boys

Meaning

Atticus is a masculine name of Greek origin meaning "from Attica." The name is often used in reference to Atticus Finch, a heroic lawyer who represents an African American man accused of rape by a white woman in a racist Southern United States town in Harper Leeโ€™s 1960 novel To Kill a Mockingbird.

From Wikipedia

Atticus first appears in the data in 1997 and has been recorded in 26 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 2018 with 125 babies (rank #278 that year). In 2024 it was given to 119 boys (rank #272). Its popularity has been fairly steady recently.

Numerology of Atticus

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Atticus yields these three numbers โ€” a playful read on the name's character.

1,603
Total babies (all years)
26
Years in the data
125
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time โ€” Boys

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
19977#1,572
19995#2,033
20017#1,635
20027#1,677
20036#1,920
200414#1,121
200519#945
200627#753
200718#1,067
200823#920
200925#878
201038#645
201161#451
201268#414
201387#339
201483#371
201598#331
2016115#301
2017114#302
2018125#278
201986#363
2020115#285
2021118#293
2022109#290
2023109#293
2024119#272