Atal
- Gender
- Boy
- Origin
- Sanskrit
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,742 for boys
Atal is a boys' name of Sanskrit origin. In 2025 it ranked 2,742nd for boys in the UK (8 babies).
What does Atal mean?
Sanskrit
A male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Atal a girl's or a boy's name?
Atal is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Atal in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,742nd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 8 about 1 in 37,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 143% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 8 boys in the UK were named Atal, making it the 2,742nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,803rd.
It has been given to more boys each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had the most boys named Atal of any year since it first appeared, in 2007.
Half of all the boys named Atal in the UK since 1996 were born between 2012 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,658th in England and Wales.
Atal in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #2,742 |
| 2024 | 6 | #3,335 |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,193 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 3 | #4,803 |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,126 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 6 | #3,149 |
| 2014 | 1 | #6,179 |
| 2013 | 3 | #4,884 |
| 2012 | 7 | #2,849 |
| 2011 | 4 | #3,986 |
| 2010 | 6 | #3,092 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 1 | #5,736 |
Names like Atal
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Muhammad, Musa, Ahmed, Abdullah, Amir, Arham, Zayan, Ibrahim, Zayaan, Mustafa, Zayd, Azaan
More Sanskrit names
Maya, Bodhi, Arya, Lila, Arjun, Aarav, Rohan, Kali, Aryan, Opal, Arjan, Vihaan, Aadhya, Avyaan, Ishaan, Siya
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Atal: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/atal, updated 20 October 2026.