How rare is the name Atticus?

10,453 people in the United States have the first name Atticus, about 1 in 28,894. It ranks #2,394 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

ATTICUS

#2,394

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
10,453
About
1 in 28,894
This common or more
79.6%
Who bears it

Of the 10,453 people named Atticus, 70.2% reported their origin as White, 15% as Hispanic or Latino and 9.9% as two or more races. 99% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Atticus peaked in 2021, when 1,321 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18812025
Peak year
2021
Births that year
1,321
In 2025*
1,217 ▼8%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 18,443 babies have been given the name since 1881. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Atticus by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #537. The largest share of babies named Atticus, 75.9%, were born in 2013 or later.

1880s#3,1215
1910s#11,6155
1960s#15,8207
1970s#14,41332
1980s#13,06363
1990s#5,381356
2000s#1,9112,216
2010s#7548,380
2020s#5377,379
Before 19010%
Greatest Generation 1901–270%
Generation X 1965–800.2%
Millennials 1981–961.4%
Generation Z 1997–1222.4%
2013 and later75.9%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Atticus is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Atticus has been most common in Utah (3.2×), Idaho (3.1×), and Alaska (2.9×), and least common in Connecticut (0.28×).

16,972 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Atticus

#2,392 Soledad · 10,465#2,393 Kolby · 10,460#2,395 Lesa · 10,440#2,396 Lakeisha · 10,409

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