Athan
- Gender
- Boy
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,747 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #2,676 for boys
Athan is a boys' name, meaning “my Nathan”. In 2025 it ranked 3,747th for boys in the UK (5 babies) and 2,676th for boys in the US (48 babies).
What does Athan mean?
“my Nathan”
A male given name, rather uncommon.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Athan a girl's or a boy's name?
Athan is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the UK and 48 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Athan in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,747among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 60,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 62% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 5 boys in the UK were named Athan, making it the 3,747th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2012, with 6 boys.
2025 had more boys named Athan than any year since 2018.
Half of all the boys named Athan in the UK since 1996 were born between 2010 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 3,656th in England and Wales.
Athan in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #3,747 |
| 2024 | 4 | #4,346 |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,335 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 3 | #4,913 |
| 2018 | 5 | #3,596 |
| 2017 | 1 | #6,312 |
| 2016 | 3 | #5,015 |
| 2015 | 3 | #4,955 |
| 2014 | 6 | #3,125 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 6 | #3,167 |
| 2011 | 5 | #3,446 |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,026 |
| 2009 | 1 | #6,016 |
| 2008 | 3 | #4,615 |
| 2007 | 3 | #4,486 |
| 2006 | 3 | #4,204 |
| 2005 | 1 | #5,109 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 4 | #2,990 |
How popular is Athan in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,676among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 48about 1 in 36,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 4% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 48 boys in the US were named Athan, making it the 2,676th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,291st. Its busiest year was 2012, with 123 boys. It first appears in the records in 1917.
2025 had fewer boys named Athan than any year since 2004.
Half of all the boys named Athan in the US since 1880 were born between 2006 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 69 boys in the US were given Athan or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,836, up from #2,676 for this spelling alone.
- Athan 48
- Athen 21
Athan in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 48 | #2,676 |
| 2024 | 61 | #2,313 |
| 2023 | 73 | #2,046 |
| 2022 | 63 | #2,268 |
| 2021 | 62 | #2,252 |
| 2020 | 59 | #2,291 |
| 2019 | 68 | #2,109 |
| 2018 | 62 | #2,209 |
| 2017 | 83 | #1,809 |
| 2016 | 90 | #1,724 |
| 2015 | 90 | #1,717 |
| 2014 | 101 | #1,564 |
| 2013 | 105 | #1,528 |
| 2012 | 123 | #1,367 |
| 2011 | 109 | #1,484 |
| 2010 | 104 | #1,543 |
| 2009 | 104 | #1,561 |
| 2008 | 95 | #1,633 |
| 2007 | 77 | #1,861 |
| 2006 | 83 | #1,698 |
| 2005 | 55 | #2,178 |
| 2004 | 46 | #2,415 |
| 2003 | 39 | #2,575 |
| 2002 | 32 | #2,878 |
| 2001 | 28 | #3,138 |
| 2000 | 38 | #2,471 |
| 1999 | 20 | #3,699 |
| 1998 | 8 | #6,837 |
| 1997 | 13 | #4,663 |
| 1996 | 8 | #6,489 |
| 1995 | 9 | #5,922 |
| 1994 | 6 | #7,764 |
| 1993 | 5 | #8,693 |
| 1992 | 6 | #7,414 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 5 | #8,108 |
| 1989 | 11 | #4,521 |
| 1988 | 6 | #6,420 |
| 1987 | 12 | #3,726 |
| 1986 | 11 | #3,878 |
| 1985 | 13 | #3,398 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 8 | #4,497 |
| 1982 | 9 | #4,232 |
| 1981 | 12 | #3,410 |
| 1980 | 10 | #3,837 |
| 1979 | 5 | #6,054 |
| 1978 | 5 | #5,769 |
| 1977 | 8 | #4,162 |
| 1976 | 6 | #4,933 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 7 | #4,188 |
| 1973 | 8 | #3,692 |
| 1972 | 8 | #3,620 |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 7 | #3,229 |
| 1966 | 5 | #3,946 |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 6 | #3,638 |
| 1961 | 6 | #3,650 |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 5 | #3,986 |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 5 | #3,991 |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 5 | #3,665 |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 6 | #3,171 |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 6 | #3,865 |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 5 | #3,979 |
Names like Athan
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aarav Arjan Avyaan Avi Vihaan Arjun Advik Yuvraj Krishiv Shivansh Ayaan Gurman
Other spellings of Athan
Names related to Athan
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, “Athan: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/athan, updated 20 October 2026.