Athanasia
- Gender
- Girl
- Origin
- Greek
- US rank, 2025
- #10,913 for girls
Athanasia is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “undying, immortal”. In 2025 it ranked 10,913th for girls in the US (8 babies).
What does Athanasia mean?
Greek
“undying, immortal”
A female given name from Ancient Greek.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Athanasia a girl's or a boy's name?
Athanasia is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Athanasia in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 10,913th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 8 about 1 in 200,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 8 girls in the US were named Athanasia, making it the 10,913th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,948th. Its busiest year was 1974, with 17 girls. It first appears in the records in 1917.
Half of all the girls named Athanasia in the US since 1880 were born between 1979 and 2011, the years shaded on the chart below.
Athanasia in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #10,913 |
| 2024 | 10 | #9,551 |
| 2023 | 8 | #11,164 |
| 2022 | 8 | #11,225 |
| 2021 | 15 | #7,245 |
| 2020 | 11 | #8,948 |
| 2019 | 9 | #10,467 |
| 2018 | 7 | #12,459 |
| 2017 | 14 | #7,836 |
| 2016 | 7 | #12,871 |
| 2015 | 8 | #11,830 |
| 2014 | 12 | #8,961 |
| 2013 | 7 | #13,145 |
| 2012 | 9 | #11,251 |
| 2011 | 16 | #7,432 |
| 2010 | 9 | #11,240 |
| 2009 | 5 | #17,288 |
| 2008 | 9 | #11,594 |
| 2007 | 6 | #15,485 |
| 2006 | 9 | #11,412 |
| 2005 | 11 | #9,447 |
| 2004 | 8 | #11,617 |
| 2003 | 8 | #11,319 |
| 2002 | 7 | #12,181 |
| 2001 | 10 | #9,344 |
| 2000 | 6 | #13,147 |
| 1999 | 5 | #14,403 |
| 1998 | 7 | #11,132 |
| 1997 | 12 | #7,278 |
| 1996 | 8 | #9,576 |
| 1995 | 8 | #9,548 |
| 1994 | 7 | #10,563 |
| 1993 | 5 | #13,435 |
| 1992 | 9 | #8,726 |
| 1991 | 5 | #13,139 |
| 1990 | 10 | #7,874 |
| 1989 | 9 | #8,031 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 5 | #11,320 |
| 1986 | 13 | #5,456 |
| 1985 | 10 | #6,455 |
| 1984 | 10 | #6,290 |
| 1983 | 13 | #5,147 |
| 1982 | 14 | #4,943 |
| 1981 | 8 | #7,407 |
| 1980 | 17 | #4,326 |
| 1979 | 13 | #5,091 |
| 1978 | 8 | #6,946 |
| 1977 | 5 | #9,650 |
| 1976 | 8 | #6,609 |
| 1975 | 17 | #3,773 |
| 1974 | 17 | #3,695 |
| 1973 | 11 | #4,869 |
| 1972 | 6 | #7,290 |
| 1971 | 9 | #5,541 |
| 1970 | 7 | #6,361 |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 6 | #6,244 |
| 1967 | 7 | #5,456 |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 7 | #5,288 |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 8 | #4,895 |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 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 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 7 | #3,970 |
| 1922 | 6 | #4,443 |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 5 | #4,812 |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 6 | #4,081 |
Names like Athanasia
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Amira, Anastasia, Aaliyah, Aisha, Aliya, Sasha, Amina, Ayla, Ariana, Summer, Samira, Amaya
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, “Athanasia: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/athanasia, updated 20 October 2026.