Atalia
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- a-TAHL-ya
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,206 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #2,607 for girls
Atalia is a girls' name of Hebrew origin. In 2025 it ranked 2,206th for girls in the UK (13 babies) and 2,607th for girls in the US (66 babies).
What does Atalia mean?
Hebrew: modern Hebrew form of Athaliah
The modern Hebrew form of Athaliah, the biblical queen who ruled Judah in her own right.
Is Atalia a girl's or a boy's name?
Atalia is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 13 girls in the UK and 66 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Atalia in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,206th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 13 about 1 in 21,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Newly popular new in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 13 girls in the UK were named Atalia, making it the 2,206th most popular name for girls.
It has been given to more girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had the most girls named Atalia of any year since it first appeared, in 1998.
Half of all the girls named Atalia in the UK since 1996 were born between 2009 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 2,137th in England and Wales.
Atalia in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #2,206 |
| 2024 | 9 | #2,832 |
| 2023 | 8 | #3,098 |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,870 |
| 2021 | 6 | #3,697 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 5 | #4,204 |
| 2017 | 5 | #4,250 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 1 | #7,592 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 5 | #4,390 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 3 | #5,938 |
| 2009 | 3 | #5,801 |
| 2008 | 4 | #4,742 |
| 2007 | 4 | #4,494 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,916 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 4 | #3,374 |
| 1998 | 3 | #4,026 |
How popular is Atalia in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,607th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 66 about 1 in 24,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 23% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 66 girls in the US were named Atalia, making it the 2,607th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,221st. It first appears in the records in 1986.
2025 had the most girls named Atalia of any year since it first appeared, in 1986.
Half of all the girls named Atalia in the US since 1880 were born between 2008 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 79 girls in the US were given Atalia or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,995, up from #2,607 for this spelling alone.
- Atalia 66
- Ataliah 8
- Attalia 5
Atalia in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 66 | #2,607 |
| 2024 | 63 | #2,722 |
| 2023 | 50 | #3,225 |
| 2022 | 62 | #2,756 |
| 2021 | 56 | #2,958 |
| 2020 | 48 | #3,221 |
| 2019 | 39 | #3,787 |
| 2018 | 58 | #2,868 |
| 2017 | 43 | #3,551 |
| 2016 | 39 | #3,849 |
| 2015 | 27 | #4,979 |
| 2014 | 35 | #4,176 |
| 2013 | 38 | #3,916 |
| 2012 | 22 | #5,892 |
| 2011 | 25 | #5,356 |
| 2010 | 24 | #5,600 |
| 2009 | 35 | #4,268 |
| 2008 | 19 | #6,796 |
| 2007 | 24 | #5,706 |
| 2006 | 29 | #4,810 |
| 2005 | 12 | #8,878 |
| 2004 | 17 | #6,763 |
| 2003 | 21 | #5,581 |
| 2002 | 13 | #7,810 |
| 2001 | 13 | #7,717 |
| 2000 | 9 | #9,867 |
| 1999 | 14 | #6,830 |
| 1998 | 13 | #7,099 |
| 1997 | 10 | #8,329 |
| 1996 | 8 | #9,576 |
| 1995 | 9 | #8,761 |
| 1994 | 15 | #5,978 |
| 1993 | 7 | #10,581 |
| 1992 | 8 | #9,483 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 8 | #9,241 |
| 1989 | 5 | #12,356 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 5 | #10,907 |
Names like Atalia
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aria, Amira, Safa, Raya, Aaliyah, Amaya, Ayla, Ayra, Amara, Alaya, Talia, Ayah
Names related to Atalia
More Hebrew names
Noah, Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Atalia: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/atalia, updated 20 October 2026.