Primarily a boy's name · 95% boys
Atlas is a primarily male name, usually given in reference to the character from Greek mythology. It has increased in usage in recent years for both boys and girls in the United States along with other mythological names, but is still more used for boys.
From Wikipedia
In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Atlas yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.
731% growth across the last ten years is the largest gain in this batch, though still short of Lainey's 901% record from the fifth batch. That climb took Atlas to a fresh 2024 high: 3,417 births, #101 nationally.
The name has technically been present since 1883, just three years into the dataset, though almost all its volume has arrived in the last several years.
No namesake appears anywhere in the enrichment data — a name borrowed directly from Greek mythology rather than from any individual who's carried it.
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Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.
| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1883 | 5 | #901 |
| 1890 | 6 | #893 |
| 1903 | 6 | #1,015 |
| 1904 | 6 | #1,070 |
| 1910 | 8 | #1,204 |
| 1913 | 10 | #1,812 |
| 1914 | 13 | #1,783 |
| 1915 | 9 | #2,640 |
| 1916 | 17 | #1,775 |
| 1917 | 14 | #2,099 |
| 1918 | 19 | #1,768 |
| 1919 | 16 | #1,979 |
| 1920 | 15 | #2,141 |
| 1921 | 18 | #1,910 |
| 1922 | 21 | #1,700 |
| 1923 | 15 | #2,127 |
| 1924 | 15 | #2,137 |
| 1925 | 14 | #2,201 |
| 1926 | 9 | #2,922 |
| 1927 | 14 | #2,206 |
| 1928 | 12 | #2,402 |
| 1929 | 8 | #3,002 |
| 1930 | 18 | #1,759 |
| 1931 | 6 | #3,408 |
| 1932 | 6 | #3,391 |
| 1933 | 10 | #2,378 |
| 1934 | 9 | #2,573 |
| 1935 | 10 | #2,403 |
| 1936 | 9 | #2,463 |
| 1937 | 12 | #2,093 |
| 1938 | 9 | #2,492 |
| 1939 | 6 | #3,136 |
| 1940 | 6 | #3,159 |
| 1941 | 8 | #2,669 |
| 1942 | 6 | #3,240 |
| 1943 | 11 | #2,288 |
| 1944 | 7 | #2,881 |
| 1945 | 7 | #2,759 |
| 1946 | 11 | #2,275 |
| 1947 | 9 | #2,679 |
| 1948 | 12 | #2,226 |
| 1949 | 13 | #2,130 |
| 1950 | 6 | #3,345 |
| 1952 | 10 | #2,526 |
| 1953 | 6 | #3,449 |
| 1954 | 8 | #2,958 |
| 1956 | 6 | #3,557 |
| 1957 | 6 | #3,580 |
| 1958 | 9 | #2,833 |
| 1959 | 7 | #3,301 |
| 1960 | 7 | #3,360 |
| 1961 | 9 | #2,909 |
| 1962 | 7 | #3,323 |
| 1963 | 6 | #3,671 |
| 1964 | 8 | #3,059 |
| 1966 | 5 | #3,980 |
| 1967 | 8 | #3,007 |
| 1971 | 10 | #3,162 |
| 1974 | 6 | #4,677 |
| 1975 | 5 | #5,532 |
| 1977 | 5 | #5,908 |
| 1978 | 6 | #5,113 |
| 1980 | 9 | #4,164 |
| 1981 | 7 | #4,994 |
| 1982 | 6 | #5,685 |
| 1983 | 5 | #6,314 |
| 1985 | 5 | #6,608 |
| 1986 | 5 | #6,804 |
| 1989 | 7 | #6,272 |
| 1990 | 5 | #8,201 |
| 1991 | 9 | #5,550 |
| 1993 | 13 | #4,467 |
| 1994 | 5 | #8,887 |
| 1995 | 6 | #7,873 |
| 1996 | 10 | #5,562 |
| 1997 | 7 | #7,343 |
| 1998 | 12 | #5,176 |
| 1999 | 9 | #6,580 |
| 2000 | 8 | #7,495 |
| 2001 | 8 | #7,585 |
| 2002 | 13 | #5,422 |
| 2003 | 12 | #5,907 |
| 2004 | 20 | #4,275 |
| 2005 | 17 | #4,836 |
| 2006 | 19 | #4,695 |
| 2007 | 35 | #3,191 |
| 2008 | 55 | #2,348 |
| 2009 | 63 | #2,144 |
| 2010 | 100 | #1,575 |
| 2011 | 109 | #1,486 |
| 2012 | 121 | #1,383 |
| 2013 | 287 | #780 |
| 2014 | 411 | #639 |
| 2015 | 603 | #487 |
| 2016 | 800 | #398 |
| 2017 | 1,042 | #329 |
| 2018 | 1,217 | #290 |
| 2019 | 1,658 | #226 |
| 2020 | 2,054 | #187 |
| 2021 | 2,549 | #147 |
| 2022 | 2,915 | #130 |
| 2023 | 3,209 | #111 |
| 2024 | 3,417 | #101 |
