How Many People Are Named Atara?

1,211

people named Atara are alive in the United States today (estimate)

About 1 in 282,233 people in the US has this name

Based on 1,227 babies named Atara in Social Security records from 1971 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.

Popularity Rank

#9,328

💎💎 Very Rare

Rank Among Girl Names

#5,221

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Peak Year

2018

55 births

Trend

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Stable (last 10 years)

📖 Name Origin & Meaning

Origin: Hebrew
Gender: Primarily Female

Meaning:

Variant transcription of ATARAH.

Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.

Related & Similar Names

⚧ Gender Distribution

Female
100.0%
Male
0.0%

All of the babies given the name Atara in the records were girls.

👥 Age Distribution

The average person named Atara alive today is about 18 years old, and 79% are under 30. Half of them were between 7 and 26 in 2025.

Under 30 958
79.1%
30 to 59 253
20.9%
60 and over 0
0%

📈 Popularity Over Time

Atara first appears in the records in 1971 and was given most often in 2018, to 55 babies. In 2025, 45 babies got the name.

Babies given the name each year, 1971 to 2025

🏆 Rank History

Atara has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #2,964, in 2018. In 2025 it ranked #3,401.

Girls
Rank in 2025#3,401
Best rank#2,964 (2018)
Years in the top 100None
Rank in its biggest decade#3,948 in the 2010s

📍 State-Wise Distribution

People named Atara alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).

More people named Atara were born in New York than in any other state: about 478 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Atara was given 12.1 times as often in New York and 7.2 times in New Jersey.

New York 478
New Jersey 120
Maryland 16
California 5

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