Feminine dossier · first seen 1902

Athena

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

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

2022

Peak rank proxy

3,025

Current vitality

Healthy

Generation

Gen Alpha

1902Peak 20222024

Peak year

2022

Decline from peak

7.8%

2024

2,788

All-time

50,614

Athena 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 2022, when 3,025 girls were named Athena.

In 2024, only 2,788 girls were given the name.

Down 7.8% from its peak.

All told, about 50,614 Americans have been named Athena and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1902.

Rarity scoreMainstream

AssociationGen Alpha

StabilityHigh cross-era durability

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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