Atarah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- a-TAR-a
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,690 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #2,542 for girls
Atarah is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “crown”. In 2025 it ranked 1,690th for girls in the UK (18 babies) and 2,542nd for girls in the US (69 babies).
What does Atarah mean?
Hebrew
“crown”
In the Bible Atarah is the wife of Jerahmeel, mentioned in the First Book of Chronicles.
Is Atarah a girl's or a boy's name?
Atarah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 18 girls in the UK and 69 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Atarah in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,690among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 18about 1 in 15,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 4% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 18 girls in the UK were named Atarah, making it the 1,690th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,407th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 37 girls.
Half of all the girls named Atarah in the UK since 1996 were born between 2017 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,639th in England and Wales.
Atarah in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 18 | #1,690 |
| 2024 | 37 | #996 |
| 2023 | 14 | #2,070 |
| 2022 | 11 | #2,450 |
| 2021 | 19 | #1,669 |
| 2020 | 11 | #2,407 |
| 2019 | 29 | #1,220 |
| 2018 | 32 | #1,148 |
| 2017 | 34 | #1,104 |
| 2016 | 13 | #2,224 |
| 2015 | 6 | #3,777 |
| 2014 | 7 | #3,321 |
| 2013 | 3 | #6,003 |
| 2012 | 8 | #3,148 |
| 2011 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2010 | 3 | #5,938 |
How popular is Atarah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,542among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 69about 1 in 23,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 38% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 69 girls in the US were named Atarah, making it the 2,542nd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,546th. Its busiest year was 2018, with 141 girls. It first appears in the records in 1975.
It has been given to more girls each year for the last 4 years. 2025 had more girls named Atarah than any year since 2019.
Half of all the girls named Atarah in the US since 1880 were born between 2016 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Atarah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 69 | #2,542 |
| 2024 | 60 | #2,798 |
| 2023 | 59 | #2,852 |
| 2022 | 44 | #3,535 |
| 2021 | 42 | #3,613 |
| 2020 | 42 | #3,546 |
| 2019 | 121 | #1,716 |
| 2018 | 141 | #1,540 |
| 2017 | 125 | #1,703 |
| 2016 | 34 | #4,249 |
| 2015 | 30 | #4,583 |
| 2014 | 22 | #5,795 |
| 2013 | 12 | #9,031 |
| 2012 | 19 | #6,573 |
| 2011 | 10 | #10,370 |
| 2010 | 9 | #11,240 |
| 2009 | 12 | #9,375 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 9 | #11,626 |
| 2006 | 10 | #10,606 |
| 2005 | 5 | #16,455 |
| 2004 | 5 | #16,092 |
| 2003 | 5 | #15,777 |
| 2002 | 5 | #15,426 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 6 | #13,147 |
| 1999 | 8 | #10,338 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 5 | #13,719 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 9 | #8,761 |
| 1994 | 9 | #8,798 |
| 1993 | 8 | #9,552 |
| 1992 | 7 | #10,471 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 7 | #10,187 |
| 1989 | 5 | #12,356 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 5 | #10,417 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 6 | #9,108 |
| 1980 | 6 | #9,093 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 5 | #9,065 |
Names like Atarah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Nusaybah Aaliyah Ayah Aaminah Safa Abeeha Aafiyah Hadassah Ruqayyah Sumayyah Zainab Azeemah
Names related to Atarah
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, “Atarah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/atarah, updated 20 October 2026.