Athel · Shortlist Together

Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Athel.

We only publish meanings we can cite to a source you could check yourself. Most sites will give you one anyway; the ones you find elsewhere are often copied between sites without verification.

Its story

Popularity since 1912

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.

See the 31 recorded years as a table

Athel, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
Year	Per million
1912	16
1914	12
1915	13
1916	13
1917	16
1918	15
1919	14
1920	11
1921	5
1922	11
1923	13
1924	11
1925	9
1926	9
1927	7
1928	7
1929	7
1930	8
1931	13
1932	9
1933	12
1934	14
1935	7
1937	7
1938	6
1939	7
1941	4
1944	4
1949	3
1951	4
1952	3

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Athel isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 1952: 5
Rank in 1952: #3,734
How rare: 1 in 388,726 boys
Since 1912: 298

Athel was last recorded in 1952. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1912, at 16 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Athel doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

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