#902024 rank
2022peak year
50,601babies named Athena since 1880
▲ +2%5-year trend
Athena popularity over 145 years
🔥 Very popular now · roughly undefined% girls / NaN% boys in 2024
What does Athena mean?
The Greek goddess of wisdom, war and crafts, patron of Athens; her name is of uncertain pre-Greek origin. It spread with classical scholarship and rose in the US in the 2000s.
OriginGreek
Syllables3
Gendergirl
Stylemythic, modern
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Spellings & variants
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