Atarah Girl
How popular is Atarah?
#2,542 girl name in 2025
69 baby girls were named Atarah in the US in 2025, making it the 2542nd most popular girl name.
Atarah popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #2,542 for girls (▲ 256 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 69 girls |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+130% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #4,583 in 2015, #3,546 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2018 (141 girls) |
| Highest rank | #1,540 in 2018 |
| First recorded | 1975 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Atarah counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Atarah family of names ranked #1,440 for girls in 2025 (#1,524 the year before), with 114 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Atarah | 69 | 61% |
| Atara | 45 | 39% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Atarah is most popular
Babies named Atarah per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Massachusetts: 0.0 per 1,000 (6 girls)
- Florida: 0.0 per 1,000 (21 girls)
- Georgia: 0.0 per 1,000 (11 girls)
- Texas: 0.0 per 1,000 (28 girls)
- North Carolina: 0.0 per 1,000 (7 girls)
Atarah by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 5 | #9,065 |
| 1980s | 22 | #9,093 |
| 1990s | 53 | #8,761 |
| 2000s | 57 | #9,375 |
| 2010s | 523 | #1,540 |
| 2020s | 316 | #2,542 |
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Questions
- Is Atarah a boy or girl name?
- Atarah is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Atarah were girls.
- How popular is the name Atarah?
- 69 baby girls were named Atarah in the US in 2025, making it the 2542nd most popular girl name.
- When was Atarah most popular?
- Atarah peaked in 2018, when 141 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #1,540 in 2018.
- How many people are named Atarah?
- 976 babies have been named Atarah in the US since 1880. We estimate about 970 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 8.
- Where is Atarah most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Atarah was most common in Massachusetts, at 0.0 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.