Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls
Origin: GreekAthena is a feminine given name of Greek origin, often used in reference to the Greco-Roman goddess Athena, the goddess of wisdom, strategic warfare, and handicraft.
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In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Athena yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.
Athena has exactly one recorded namesake, and she is a child: Countess Athena of Monpezat, born 2012, a member of the Danish royal family. For a name given to 2,788 American girls last year, that is a startlingly thin association — the Greek goddess is doing all the work, and she is not in the file. Growth has been strong at 65% over the decade, with the best rank of 76 arriving in 2023 and the highest birth count in 2022. The name entered American records in 1902 and has gathered 50,614 births since, nearly all of them recent. Mythological names for girls have moved as a group, alongside Luna and Aurora, and Athena's particular appeal is that it comes with a ready-made character rather than just a sound.
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Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.
| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1902 | 5 | #1,817 |
| 1906 | 6 | #1,748 |
| 1909 | 6 | #1,980 |
| 1912 | 10 | #1,856 |
| 1914 | 10 | #2,282 |
| 1915 | 22 | #1,576 |
| 1916 | 24 | #1,537 |
| 1917 | 38 | #1,162 |
| 1918 | 35 | #1,279 |
| 1919 | 44 | #1,106 |
| 1920 | 40 | #1,208 |
| 1921 | 37 | #1,281 |
| 1922 | 53 | #1,033 |
| 1923 | 36 | #1,305 |
| 1924 | 51 | #1,098 |
| 1925 | 38 | #1,273 |
| 1926 | 42 | #1,182 |
| 1927 | 39 | #1,263 |
| 1928 | 42 | #1,179 |
| 1929 | 38 | #1,214 |
| 1930 | 47 | #1,072 |
| 1931 | 33 | #1,260 |
| 1932 | 27 | #1,454 |
| 1933 | 31 | #1,289 |
| 1934 | 17 | #1,923 |
| 1935 | 28 | #1,381 |
| 1936 | 17 | #1,878 |
| 1937 | 14 | #2,203 |
| 1938 | 17 | #1,951 |
| 1939 | 14 | #2,215 |
| 1940 | 13 | #2,308 |
| 1941 | 23 | #1,653 |
| 1942 | 22 | #1,809 |
| 1943 | 18 | #2,085 |
| 1944 | 17 | #2,098 |
| 1945 | 17 | #2,070 |
| 1946 | 15 | #2,487 |
| 1947 | 22 | #2,091 |
| 1948 | 30 | #1,710 |
| 1949 | 27 | #1,847 |
| 1950 | 27 | #1,836 |
| 1951 | 28 | #1,844 |
| 1952 | 19 | #2,414 |
| 1953 | 26 | #2,021 |
| 1954 | 45 | #1,507 |
| 1955 | 176 | #712 |
| 1956 | 127 | #886 |
| 1957 | 111 | #984 |
| 1958 | 104 | #1,020 |
| 1959 | 123 | #945 |
| 1960 | 151 | #842 |
| 1961 | 150 | #869 |
| 1962 | 159 | #832 |
| 1963 | 128 | #934 |
| 1964 | 150 | #850 |
| 1965 | 127 | #887 |
| 1966 | 135 | #860 |
| 1967 | 163 | #769 |
| 1968 | 177 | #743 |
| 1969 | 176 | #763 |
| 1970 | 201 | #736 |
| 1971 | 220 | #693 |
| 1972 | 228 | #659 |
| 1973 | 219 | #682 |
| 1974 | 253 | #616 |
| 1975 | 252 | #626 |
| 1976 | 233 | #658 |
| 1977 | 266 | #630 |
| 1978 | 271 | #622 |
| 1979 | 445 | #457 |
| 1980 | 348 | #541 |
| 1981 | 323 | #570 |
| 1982 | 325 | #565 |
| 1983 | 336 | #548 |
| 1984 | 326 | #567 |
| 1985 | 326 | #594 |
| 1986 | 266 | #687 |
| 1987 | 203 | #848 |
| 1988 | 232 | #797 |
| 1989 | 279 | #710 |
| 1990 | 285 | #731 |
| 1991 | 264 | #778 |
| 1992 | 251 | #802 |
| 1993 | 270 | #762 |
| 1994 | 247 | #814 |
| 1995 | 297 | #706 |
| 1996 | 317 | #688 |
| 1997 | 316 | #682 |
| 1998 | 451 | #550 |
| 1999 | 493 | #517 |
| 2000 | 498 | #530 |
| 2001 | 551 | #499 |
| 2002 | 549 | #503 |
| 2003 | 538 | #524 |
| 2004 | 599 | #489 |
| 2005 | 659 | #461 |
| 2006 | 608 | #501 |
| 2007 | 732 | #439 |
| 2008 | 693 | #456 |
| 2009 | 742 | #429 |
| 2010 | 882 | #363 |
| 2011 | 1,013 | #312 |
| 2012 | 1,310 | #246 |
| 2013 | 1,462 | #220 |
| 2014 | 1,692 | #195 |
| 2015 | 2,052 | #157 |
| 2016 | 2,177 | #142 |
| 2017 | 2,381 | #127 |
| 2018 | 2,604 | #117 |
| 2019 | 2,722 | #104 |
| 2020 | 2,515 | #107 |
| 2021 | 2,716 | #97 |
| 2022 | 3,025 | #78 |
| 2023 | 2,996 | #76 |
| 2024 | 2,788 | #90 |
