Atara
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ah-TAR-ah
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,990 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #3,388 for girls
Atara is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “crown”. In 2025 it ranked 5,990th for girls in the UK (3 babies) and 3,388th for girls in the US (45 babies).
What does Atara mean?
Hebrew: from Hebrew atarah
“crown”
In the Bible, Atarah is a wife of Jerahmeel, named in 1 Chronicles.
Is Atara a girl's or a boy's name?
Atara is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls in the UK and 45 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Atara in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,990among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 3about 1 in 93,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 50% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 3 girls in the UK were named Atara, making it the 5,990th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,630th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 10 girls.
Half of all the girls named Atara in the UK since 1996 were born between 2015 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 5,925th in England and Wales.
Atara in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,990 |
| 2024 | 10 | #2,644 |
| 2023 | 8 | #3,098 |
| 2022 | 6 | #3,728 |
| 2021 | 3 | #5,824 |
| 2020 | 6 | #3,630 |
| 2019 | 3 | #5,804 |
| 2018 | 5 | #4,204 |
| 2017 | 6 | #3,774 |
| 2016 | 3 | #6,009 |
| 2015 | 3 | #5,983 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 7 | #3,471 |
| 2011 | 3 | #6,007 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 4 | #4,795 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 3 | #5,259 |
How popular is Atara in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,388among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 45about 1 in 36,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 1% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 45 girls in the US were named Atara, making it the 3,388th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,840th. Its busiest year was 2018, with 55 girls. It first appears in the records in 1971.
Half of all the girls named Atara in the US since 1880 were born between 1999 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Atara in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 45 | #3,388 |
| 2024 | 46 | #3,395 |
| 2023 | 40 | #3,761 |
| 2022 | 46 | #3,415 |
| 2021 | 50 | #3,215 |
| 2020 | 37 | #3,840 |
| 2019 | 38 | #3,850 |
| 2018 | 55 | #2,961 |
| 2017 | 49 | #3,247 |
| 2016 | 43 | #3,588 |
| 2015 | 39 | #3,841 |
| 2014 | 35 | #4,176 |
| 2013 | 34 | #4,241 |
| 2012 | 28 | #4,955 |
| 2011 | 30 | #4,680 |
| 2010 | 30 | #4,734 |
| 2009 | 29 | #4,930 |
| 2008 | 40 | #3,935 |
| 2007 | 27 | #5,227 |
| 2006 | 26 | #5,232 |
| 2005 | 23 | #5,432 |
| 2004 | 15 | #7,386 |
| 2003 | 27 | #4,663 |
| 2002 | 24 | #4,902 |
| 2001 | 26 | #4,559 |
| 2000 | 21 | #5,307 |
| 1999 | 23 | #4,713 |
| 1998 | 14 | #6,714 |
| 1997 | 13 | #6,839 |
| 1996 | 12 | #7,125 |
| 1995 | 18 | #5,216 |
| 1994 | 9 | #8,798 |
| 1993 | 23 | #4,387 |
| 1992 | 17 | #5,477 |
| 1991 | 13 | #6,582 |
| 1990 | 8 | #9,241 |
| 1989 | 23 | #4,115 |
| 1988 | 10 | #7,106 |
| 1987 | 16 | #4,853 |
| 1986 | 11 | #6,153 |
| 1985 | 15 | #4,858 |
| 1984 | 8 | #7,396 |
| 1983 | 18 | #4,108 |
| 1982 | 8 | #7,467 |
| 1981 | 9 | #6,802 |
| 1980 | 6 | #9,093 |
| 1979 | 9 | #6,694 |
| 1978 | 5 | #9,748 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 7 | #7,294 |
| 1975 | 6 | #7,982 |
| 1974 | 7 | #6,898 |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 5 | #8,290 |
| 1971 | 11 | #4,808 |
Names like Atara
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Amira Safa Raya Khadija Aisha Amara Ayla Amaya Anaya Aaliyah Ayra Abeeha
Names related to Atara
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, “Atara: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/atara, updated 20 October 2026.