Is Atticus a boy or girl name?
Atticus is a boy name in the US. In 2024, 7 girls and 1,223 boys were named Atticus, so 0.6% were girls. Across 1880–2024, 0.7% of the 17,219 US babies named Atticus were girls.
- Boy rank, 2024
- #277
- Girl rank, 2024
- #12,287
- Babies named Atticus since 1881
- 17,219
- Most popular year
- 2021
- 1,321 babies
Boys and girls named Atticus, by decade
| Decade | Boys | Girls | Share girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 5 | 0 | 0% |
| 1890s | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1900s | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1910s | 5 | 0 | 0% |
| 1920s | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1930s | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1940s | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1950s | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1960s | 7 | 0 | 0% |
| 1970s | 32 | 0 | 0% |
| 1980s | 63 | 0 | 0% |
| 1990s | 356 | 0 | 0% |
| 2000s | 2,216 | 0 | 0% |
| 2010s | 8,314 | 64 | 0.8% |
| 2020s | 6,109 | 48 | 0.8% |
Every year
| Year | Boys | Boy rank | Girls | Girl rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1,223 | #277 | 7 | #12,287 |
| 2023 | 1,187 | #284 | 12 | #8,532 |
| 2022 | 1,270 | #272 | 9 | #10,488 |
| 2021 | 1,310 | #264 | 11 | #9,040 |
| 2020 | 1,119 | #299 | 9 | #10,348 |
| 2019 | 1,096 | #309 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 1,029 | #325 | 8 | #11,535 |
| 2017 | 959 | #350 | 17 | #6,844 |
| 2016 | 919 | #362 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 979 | #347 | 5 | #16,762 |
| 2014 | 855 | #369 | 9 | #11,086 |
| 2013 | 738 | #404 | 9 | #11,130 |
| 2012 | 711 | #409 | 9 | #11,388 |
| 2011 | 577 | #465 | 7 | #13,540 |
| 2010 | 451 | #560 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 422 | #608 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 348 | #688 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 346 | #685 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 270 | #769 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 245 | #791 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 181 | #934 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 125 | #1,187 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 106 | #1,281 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 87 | #1,430 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 86 | #1,429 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 60 | #1,722 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 63 | #1,643 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 41 | #2,133 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 34 | #2,333 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 42 | #1,989 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 30 | #2,512 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 21 | #3,149 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 24 | #2,841 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 19 | #3,227 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 22 | #2,871 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 13 | #4,034 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 8 | #5,232 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 10 | #4,260 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 10 | #4,152 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 6 | #5,615 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 11 | #3,641 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 5 | #6,449 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 5 | #5,659 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 7 | #4,355 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 5 | #5,159 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 5 | #5,045 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 10 | #3,163 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 7 | #3,616 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1915 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1914 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1913 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1912 | 5 | #2,572 | 0 | – |
| 1911 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1887 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1885 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1884 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1883 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1882 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1881 | 5 | #875 | 0 | – |
Highest rank
As a boy name, Atticus reached #264 in 2021. As a girl name, it reached #6,844 in 2017. Ranks count every name SSA published for that year and sex, so they go well past the top 1,000.
Names from the same era
These names were also most popular in the 2020s, with a similar number of babies. They can work as sibling or middle names that feel like they belong together.
Source: US Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880–2024. Counts are Social Security card applications for US births; SSA leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies in a year. Updated 2026-10-05. How these numbers are made.