NameTides

Atarah

Atarah was the #2,542 girls' name in the US in 2025 (69 babies), and #1,639 in England & Wales and #1,429 in Canada.

Atarah as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Canada
Atarah as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.218801900192019401960198020002020CanadaEngland & WalesUS
Atarah as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.21880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandCanada
2025#2,542 (69)#1,639 (18)—#1,429 (17)
2024#2,798 (60)#1,021 (34)#790 (3)#2,102 (10)
2023#2,852 (59)#1,959 (14)—#2,900 (6)
2022#3,536 (44)#2,674 (9)——
2021#3,614 (42)#1,569 (19)—#3,280 (5)
2020#3,546 (42)#2,300 (11)—#2,591 (7)
2019#1,716 (121)#1,189 (28)—#1,231 (20)
2018#1,540 (141)#1,083 (32)—#1,164 (21)
2017#1,703 (125)#1,043 (34)—#1,584 (14)
2016#4,250 (34)#2,120 (13)——
2015#4,584 (30)#3,615 (6)——
2014#5,797 (22)#3,160 (7)——
2013#9,036 (12)#5,742 (3)—#3,286 (5)
2012#6,576 (19)#2,969 (8)——
2011#10,374 (10)#4,764 (4)——

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2018 at #1,540.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1975.

How common is it?

about 1 in 23,000 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 23,000rare
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 14,000rare
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 8,800uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Atarah is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 20,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 17,000 to 1 in 23,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Atarah by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: fewer than 5 babiesNYMassachusetts: #761MAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: fewer than 5 babiesCAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: #1,138NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #1,533GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #2,636TXFlorida: #1,685FL
Atarah (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
AtarahCanadaGirls#1,42917
AtarahEngland & WalesGirls#1,63918
AtarahNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
AtarahScotlandGirls—too few
AtarahUSGirls#2,54269