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Atticus name popularity

In the 2025 US Social Security baby-name data, Atticus ranks #281 in male records (1,208 reported) and #10,207 in female records (9 reported). These figures count this exact spelling separately.

US national data through 2025 · Source retrieved

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Key facts

2025 female rank and count
#10,207 · 9 reported
1-year change, since 2024 (female)
Count increased by 2 female records (7 to 9); rank moved from #12,326 to #10,207.
5-year change, since 2021 (female)
Count decreased by 2 female records (11 to 9); rank moved from #9,046 to #10,207.
2025 male rank and count
#281 · 1,208 reported
1-year change, since 2024 (male)
Count decreased by 19 male records (1,227 to 1,208); rank moved from #276 to #281.
5-year change, since 2021 (male)
Count decreased by 102 male records (1,310 to 1,208); rank moved from #264 to #281.
Peak year in available data
2021: 1,310 male records, the highest published count in 2016–2025.

Is Atticus becoming more popular?

Atticus's reported male count decreased by 19 from 2024 to 2025. Its rank changed from #276 to #281. This is an observed US comparison, not a forecast.

Atticus in US records, 2016–2025

Annual published counts for the exact spelling. A lower rank number means a higher position in that year’s file.

Annual US counts for AtticusFemale and male recorded-sex categories are plotted separately. The full counts and ranks are in the table below; gaps mean no published observation.1,3100201620252017: 17 female records2018: 8 female records2020: 9 female records2021: 11 female records2022: 9 female records2023: 12 female records2024: 7 female records2025: 9 female records2016: 919 male records2017: 959 male records2018: 1,030 male records2019: 1,096 male records2020: 1,119 male records2021: 1,310 male records2022: 1,271 male records2023: 1,187 male records2024: 1,227 male records2025: 1,208 male records
Female recordsMale records · Missing observations are left as gaps.
View all annual counts and ranks
SSA national observations. — means no published observation.
YearFemale countFemale rankMale countMale rank
2025910,2071,208281
2024712,3261,227276
2023128,5461,187284
2022910,4961,271272
2021119,0461,310264
2020910,3551,119299
2019——1,096309
2018811,5411,030323
2017176,845959350
2016——919362

Questions about Atticus’s popularity

How common is Atticus in the US?

In the 2025 US Social Security baby-name data, Atticus ranks #281 in male records (1,208 reported) and #10,207 in female records (9 reported). These figures count this exact spelling separately. The rank describes its position among names in this national file; it does not estimate how many children in a particular classroom will share it.

Does this include other spellings of Atticus?

No. The SSA counts each exact spelling separately. The table and download on this page include Atticus only.

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