Athena

Girl · recorded 1902–2025

  • #109in 2025
  • 1 in 648girls in 2025
  • +34%last ten years
  • 4.5×in Alaska

Most popular in 2023, and up 34% over the last ten years.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1902

09351,87019021933196419942025

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 116 recorded years as a table
Athena, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
190219
190620
190917
191218
191413
191522
191623
191735
191830
191939
192033
192130
192244
192330
192441
192531
192635
192733
192836
192934
193042
193131
193225
193331
193416
193527
193616
193713
193815
193913
194011
194119
194216
194313
194413
194513
194610
194712
194818
194915
195016
195116
195210
195314
195423
195590
195663
195754
195852
195961
196075
196174
196281
196366
196479
196572
196680
196799
1968108
1969104
1970115
1971132
1972150
1973150
1974172
1975173
1976159
1977173
1978177
1979277
1980210
1981194
1982192
1983201
1984194
1985189
1986155
1987117
1988130
1989151
1990150
1991141
1992136
1993149
1994138
1995169
1996181
1997182
1998255
1999278
2000274
2001306
2002306
2003294
2004326
2005357
2006320
2007381
2008366
2009404
2010496
2011576
2012744
2013833
2014947
20151,151
20161,229
20171,379
20181,531
20191,624
20201,558
20211,656
20221,847
20231,870
20241,724
20251,541

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Compared with the country as a whole, pooled over 2023–2025.

  1. Alaska 4.5×
  2. Nevada 2.8×
  3. New Mexico 2.7×
  4. Hawaii 2.6×
  5. Delaware 2.6×

More like it

More like Athena

The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025
2,477
Rank in 2025
#109
How rare
1 in 648 girls
Since 1902
53,118

Most popular in 2023, at 1,870 per million girls born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has risen by 34% per million girls born.

Top 5 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
StateTimes the national rateBirths pooled
Alaska4.5×38
Nevada2.8×130
New Mexico2.7×67
Hawaii2.6×30
Delaware2.6×29

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.