Recorded 1881–2025 · United States
Atticus was most popular in 2021, when 1,321 American babies were given the name — ranking #501 that year. In 2025 it ranked #539, with 1,217 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 18,443 people named Atticus.
Atticus first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1881, which makes it about 144 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 51 of the 145 years since.
The Social Security Administration has recorded 18,443 American births named Atticus between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 18,267 are estimated to be alive today.
1,217 American babies were named Atticus in 2025, ranking #539 that year.
Atticus is rising. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 1,250 births a year, against 780 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of +60% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Across the whole record Atticus is a boy’s name — 0.7% of the 18,443 Americans given it were girls and 99.3% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 1% girls and 99% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
Roughly 18,267 Americans named Atticus are alive today — 99% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 8 years old, and half are between 4 and 13. That is a narrow band because Atticus is a young name — it only became common recently, so almost everyone carrying it is still a child or a young adult.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org