Atalanta
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- at-a-LAN-ta
- Origin
- Greek
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,990 for girls
Atalanta is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “equal in weight”. In 2025 it ranked 5,990th for girls in the UK (3 babies).
What does Atalanta mean?
Greek: from Greek atalantos
“equal in weight”
In Greek myth, the swift huntress Atalanta lost a footrace to Hippomenes after stopping to pick up golden apples.
Is Atalanta a girl's or a boy's name?
Atalanta is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Atalanta in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,990th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 3 about 1 in 93,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 3 girls in the UK were named Atalanta, making it the 5,990th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 1996, with 7 girls.
Among girls in 2025, it was 5,925th in England and Wales.
Atalanta in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,990 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,870 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 4 | #4,150 |
| 2004 | 3 | #4,789 |
| 2003 | 3 | #4,560 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 4 | #3,427 |
| 2000 | 5 | #2,907 |
| 1999 | 4 | #3,374 |
| 1998 | 5 | #2,855 |
| 1997 | 5 | #2,896 |
| 1996 | 7 | #2,201 |
Names like Atalanta
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Victoria, Alexandra, Francesca, Melissa, Anna, Philippa, Helena, Serena, Angela, Lydia, Zoe, Georgia
Names related to Atalanta
More Greek names
Luca, Theodore, Sophia, George, Theo, Lucas, Sofia, Alexander, Sebastian, Penelope, Phoebe, Margot, Luke, Chloe, Sophie, Iris
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, “Atalanta: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/atalanta, updated 20 October 2026.