Ata
Boy · AH-ta · Arabic
Ata is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “gift”. In 2025 it ranked 7,675th for boys in the US (10 babies).
What does Ata mean?
Arabic
“gift”
Also a Turkish word for 'father, ancestor', as in Atatürk, 'father of the Turks'.
- Say it
- AH-ta
Is Ata a girl's or a boy's name?
Ata is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 10 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Ata in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2020, with 12 boys.
Half of all the boys named Ata in the UK since 1996 were born between 2009 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Ata in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 7 | #3,003 |
| 2023 | 8 | #2,691 |
| 2022 | 11 | #2,143 |
| 2021 | 8 | #2,619 |
| 2020 | 12 | #1,923 |
| 2019 | 8 | #2,633 |
| 2018 | 5 | #3,596 |
| 2017 | 6 | #3,191 |
| 2016 | 6 | #3,241 |
| 2015 | 9 | #2,425 |
| 2014 | 6 | #3,125 |
| 2013 | 9 | #2,334 |
| 2012 | 8 | #2,595 |
| 2011 | 4 | #3,986 |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,026 |
| 2009 | 9 | #2,241 |
| 2008 | 4 | #3,836 |
| 2007 | 4 | #3,748 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 9 | #1,957 |
| 2004 | 5 | #2,691 |
| 2003 | 4 | #2,990 |
| 2002 | 5 | #2,358 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 4 | #2,612 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 1 | #3,776 |
How popular is Ata in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,675among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 10about 1 in 170,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 36% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 10 boys in the US were named Ata, making it the 7,675th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,292nd. Its busiest year was 2018, with 18 boys. It first appears in the records in 1979.
Half of all the boys named Ata in the US since 1880 were born between 2002 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Ata in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #7,675 |
| 2024 | 9 | #8,307 |
| 2023 | 11 | #7,284 |
| 2022 | 9 | #8,293 |
| 2021 | 11 | #7,084 |
| 2020 | 13 | #6,292 |
| 2019 | 16 | #5,551 |
| 2018 | 18 | #5,102 |
| 2017 | 10 | #7,542 |
| 2016 | 11 | #7,152 |
| 2015 | 14 | #5,995 |
| 2014 | 11 | #7,043 |
| 2013 | 10 | #7,532 |
| 2012 | 11 | #7,044 |
| 2011 | 8 | #8,760 |
| 2010 | 11 | #7,081 |
| 2009 | 8 | #8,980 |
| 2008 | 8 | #9,013 |
| 2007 | 8 | #8,909 |
| 2006 | 6 | #10,655 |
| 2005 | 6 | #10,144 |
| 2004 | 11 | #6,514 |
| 2003 | 6 | #9,574 |
| 2002 | 6 | #9,385 |
| 2001 | 6 | #9,236 |
| 2000 | 10 | #6,309 |
| 1999 | 10 | #6,036 |
| 1998 | 7 | #7,553 |
| 1997 | 6 | #8,104 |
| 1996 | 7 | #7,129 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 6 | #7,171 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 5 | #7,264 |
| 1987 | 5 | #6,945 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 7 | #4,969 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 5 | #6,054 |
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