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How popular is the name Atlas?

Births per year, rank history and how many Atlases are alive today.

Atlas (male) sits just outside the top 100 boys' names in England and Wales, ranked 151st in 2025 with 355 babies given the name. It has risen strongly over the past decade.

The Atlas you are most likely to meet is around 2 years old. Half of all Atlases born in England and Wales are between 2 and 6, and there are at least 1,600 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Atlas - on average, only one in every 190 such rooms contains a Atlas.

How many babies are named Atlas each year?

010020030020202011: 42012: 42013: 122014: 92015: 212016: 312017: 612018: 662019: 1002020: 1192021: 1552022: 1842023: 2252024: 3132025: 355actual

Where does Atlas rank among boys' names?

1101001,0005,00020202011: ranked 3,8302012: ranked 3,9872013: ranked 1,7962014: ranked 2,2482015: ranked 1,2362016: ranked 9462017: ranked 6002018: ranked 5642019: ranked 4182020: ranked 3662021: ranked 3022022: ranked 2532023: ranked 2182024: ranked 1592025: ranked 151

Where this data comes from

Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.

One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.

Chart: babies named Atlas per year in England and Wales, 2011 to 2025, peaking at about 355 in 2025
Atlas: births per year in England and Wales, 2011-2025. Free to share with a link back.

Common questions

When was the name Atlas most popular?

Atlas peaked in 2025, when 355 babies in England and Wales were given the name.

How many people are called Atlas?

At least 1,600 people named Atlas born in England and Wales are alive today.

How old is the typical Atlas?

Most living Atlases are between 2 and 6; the most common age is about 2.

Is Atlas becoming more or less popular?

Rising: it has climbed strongly over the past decade.






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