Atalya
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ah-tah-LYAH
- Origin
- Hebrew
Atalya is a girls' name of Hebrew origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Atalya mean?
Hebrew: form of Athaliah
Form of Athaliah, the name of a queen of Judah in the Hebrew Bible, also used as a modern Hebrew name.
Is Atalya a girl's or a boy's name?
Atalya is a girls' name.
How popular is Atalya in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2009, with 17 girls. It first appears in the records in 1995.
Half of all the girls named Atalya in the US since 1880 were born between 2002 and 2011, the years shaded on the chart below.
Atalya in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 5 | #16,413 |
| 2014 | 6 | #14,552 |
| 2013 | 9 | #10,995 |
| 2012 | 5 | #16,863 |
| 2011 | 10 | #10,370 |
| 2010 | 11 | #9,786 |
| 2009 | 17 | #7,338 |
| 2008 | 14 | #8,525 |
| 2007 | 7 | #13,918 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 10 | #9,887 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 7 | #12,181 |
| 2001 | 7 | #12,049 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 7 | #11,378 |
| 1998 | 11 | #8,011 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 6 | #11,778 |
Names like Atalya
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aaliyah, Aliya, Amira, Zamira, Hadassah, Amaya, Taliyah, Alaya, Kaliyah, Zaniyah, Azariah, Hadassa
Names related to Atalya
More Hebrew names
Noah, Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias
Sources
Figures from 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, “Atalya: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/atalya, updated 20 October 2026.