Masculine dossier · first seen 1917

Athan

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Athan
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

2012

Peak rank proxy

123

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Gen Z

1917Peak 20122024

Peak year

2012

Decline from peak

50.4%

2024

All-time

2,125

Athan has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 2012, when 123 boys were named Athan.

In 2024, only 61 boys were given the name.

Down 50.4% from its peak.

All told, about 2,125 Americans have been named Athan and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1917.

Rarity scoreVery uncommon

AssociationGen Z

StabilityModerate cultural durability

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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