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Athena

Pronounced /əˈθiːnə/

Rank in 2024
#90
Born in 2024
2,788
Peak year
2022 · #78
Origin
Ancient Greek

1880 to 2024

Rising
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Its story in numbers

  • In 2024, 2,788 girls were named Athena, about 1 in every 579.
  • It peaked in 2022 with 3,025 babies, ranked #78.
  • It first shows up in the records in 1902.
  • 50,614 girls have been named Athena since 1880.

Who else has this name

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

  1. <0.1
    Greatest
  2. <0.1
    Silent
  3. <0.1
    Boomers
  4. 0.1
    Gen X
  5. 0.2
    Millennials
  6. 0.4
    Gen Z
  7. 1.4
    Gen Alpha

Greatest: 536 babies, 0.03 per 1,000. Silent: 435 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Boomers: 1,618 babies, 0.05 per 1,000. Gen X: 3,714 babies, 0.15 per 1,000. Millennials: 4,547 babies, 0.16 per 1,000. Gen Z: 10,634 babies, 0.37 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 29,130 babies, 1.43 per 1,000.

Meaning and origin

From Middle English Athena, from Latin Athēna, from Ancient Greek Ἀθηνᾶ (Athēnâ). Doublet of Athina.

  • A female given name from Ancient Greek.
Origin
Ancient Greek
Say it
/əˈθiːnə/

From Wiktionary’s entry for Athena, CC BY-SA 4.0.