Atenea
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ah-teh-NEH-ah
- Origin
- Greek
- US rank, 2025
- #6,115 for girls
Atenea is a girls' name of Greek origin. In 2025 it ranked 6,115th for girls in the US (19 babies).
What does Atenea mean?
Greek: Spanish form of Athena
Athena was the Greek goddess of wisdom and warfare and the patron of Athens.
Is Atenea a girl's or a boy's name?
Atenea is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 19 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Atenea in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,115among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 19about 1 in 85,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 172% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 19 girls in the US were named Atenea, making it the 6,115th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 15,083rd. Its busiest year was 2024, with 31 girls. It first appears in the records in 2015.
Half of all the girls named Atenea in the US since 1880 were born between 2019 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
Atenea in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 19 | #6,115 |
| 2024 | 31 | #4,471 |
| 2023 | 18 | #6,404 |
| 2022 | 14 | #7,626 |
| 2021 | 15 | #7,245 |
| 2020 | 5 | #15,083 |
| 2019 | 9 | #10,467 |
| 2018 | 11 | #9,146 |
| 2017 | 7 | #12,709 |
| 2016 | 5 | #16,210 |
| 2015 | 6 | #14,477 |
Names like Atenea
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Analeia Azalea Cataleya Calliope Arabella Alessia Amelia Alaia Avianna Aubriella Antonella Athenea
Names related to Atenea
More Greek names
Luca Theodore Sophia George Theo Lucas Sofia Alexander Sebastian Penelope Phoebe Margot Luke Chloe Sophie Zoe
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, “Atenea: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/atenea, updated 20 October 2026.