Atarah
Atarah was the 2545th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 69 babies. Its best year was 2018, when it ranked 1541st with 141 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 2,057 places. More babies were named Atarah in the 2010s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #2,545 girls, up 1,006 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 69girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 2018141 babies
- Total since 1880
- 976babies recorded
Atarah popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #2,545 | 69 |
| 2020 | #3,551 | 42 |
| 2010 | #11,379 | 9 |
| 2000 | #13,353 | 6 |
| 1990 | #10,304 | 7 |
| 1980 | #9,188 | 6 |
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How popular is Atarah, counting every spelling?
Atarah is the most common spelling of a name family that ranked #1,601 for girls in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #2,545 for Atarah on its own. Together these spellings went to 114 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Atarah | 69 | #2,545 | 274 |
| Atara | 45 | #3,402 | 227 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Atarah?
69 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Atarah (0.02 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Atarah born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 122 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Atarah.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Atarah?
About 1,000 people born in the US named Atarah are alive today, with a median age of 8; half are between 5 and 10. That makes Atarah a young name: most people with it are children.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Atarah by state
How common Atarah was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. In 45 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
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Questions about the name Atarah
How popular is the name Atarah?
Atarah was the 2545th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 69 babies. Its best year was 2018, when it ranked 1541st with 141 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 2,057 places. More babies were named Atarah in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Is Atarah a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Atarah in the US.
Where is Atarah most popular?
In 2021–2025, Atarah was most common in Massachusetts (0.05 per 1,000 girls), followed by Florida and Georgia.