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Athan

Rank in 2024
#2,330
Born in 2024
61
Peak year
2012 · #1375
Origin
Not recorded

1880 to 2024

Uncommon
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Its story in numbers

  • In 2024, 61 boys were named Athan, about 1 in every 28,120.
  • It peaked in 2012 with 123 babies, ranked #1375.
  • It first shows up in the records in 1917.
  • 2,125 boys have been named Athan since 1880.

Who else has this name

Babies named Athan per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.

  1. <0.1
    Greatest
  2. 0
    Silent
  3. <0.1
    Boomers
  4. <0.1
    Gen X
  5. <0.1
    Millennials
  6. <0.1
    Gen Z
  7. <0.1
    Gen Alpha

Greatest: 11 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Silent: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Boomers: 33 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Gen X: 69 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Millennials: 121 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Gen Z: 974 babies, 0.03 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 917 babies, 0.04 per 1,000.

Meaning and origin

Perhaps from Nathan, via rebracketing of "my Nathan" as "mine Athan"; compare Ned, derived from Ed via rebracketing in the opposite direction.

  • A male given name, rather uncommon.
Origin
Not recorded
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From Wiktionary’s entry for Athan, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Other spellings

  • GirlBoyCooling

    Ethan

    Rank
    #19
    Born '24
    8,170
    Origin
    Hebrew
    1880peak 20042024
  • GirlBoyRising

    Eithan

    Rank
    #227
    Born '24
    1,593
    Origin
    —
    1880peak 20242024
  • GirlBoyUncommon

    Ethen

    Rank
    #4,141
    Born '24
    26
    Origin
    —
    1880peak 20092024
  • GirlBoyUncommon

    Ethyn

    Rank
    unranked
    Born '24
    0
    Origin
    —
    1880peak 20102024