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Athanasios

Gender
Boy
Say it
a-tha-NA-see-os
Origin
Greek
UK rank, 2025
#3,329 for boys
US rank, 2025
#4,538 for boys

Athanasios is a boys' name of Greek origin, meaning “immortal”. In 2025 it ranked 3,329th for boys in the UK (6 babies) and 4,538th for boys in the US (22 babies).

What does Athanasios mean?

Greek

“immortal”

Greek form of Athanasius, after the 4th-century saint and Bishop of Alexandria.

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Is Athanasios a girl's or a boy's name?

Athanasios is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 boys in the UK and 22 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Athanasios in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#3,329among boys
Babies in 2025
6about 1 in 50,000 boys
Five-year trend
Fallingdown 43% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 6 boys in the UK were named Athanasios, making it the 3,329th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,581st. Its busiest year was 2020, with 16 boys.

Half of all the boys named Athanasios in the UK since 1996 were born between 2014 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.

Among boys in 2025, it was 3,239th in England and Wales.

1996Busiest: 16 in 20202025
Athanasios in the UK, year by year
YearBoysRank
20256#3,329
20245#3,772
20235#3,712
202212#1,999
202115#1,686
202016#1,581
20196#3,184
20186#3,162
20174#4,161
20163#5,015
20153#4,955
20144#4,063
20134#4,008
20123#4,999
20110–
20105#3,478
20090–
20080–
20070–
20063#4,204
20050–
20040–
20030–
20021#4,262
20010–
20000–
19993#3,043
19985#2,170
19970–
19962#3,734

How popular is Athanasios in the US?

Rank in 2025
#4,538among boys
Babies in 2025
22about 1 in 78,000 boys
Five-year trend
Risingup 56% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 22 boys in the US were named Athanasios, making it the 4,538th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,497th. Its busiest year was 1973, with 39 boys. It first appears in the records in 1959.

Half of all the boys named Athanasios in the US since 1880 were born between 1978 and 2009, the years shaded on the chart below.

1959Busiest: 39 in 19732025
Athanasios in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
202522#4,538
202423#4,430
202316#5,661
202224#4,299
202124#4,243
202010#7,497
201914#6,099
201815#5,766
201711#7,091
201623#4,326
201518#5,056
201419#4,862
201325#3,962
201220#4,682
201123#4,219
201030#3,530
200933#3,330
200825#4,041
200721#4,491
200618#4,861
200525#3,706
200416#5,002
200323#3,727
200225#3,445
200117#4,470
200017#4,383
199916#4,336
199825#3,089
199715#4,241
199623#3,102
199511#5,118
199420#3,320
199324#2,859
199221#3,099
199118#3,319
199017#3,461
198917#3,319
198815#3,345
198716#3,068
198623#2,358
198523#2,292
198418#2,612
198326#2,016
198223#2,206
198113#3,219
198021#2,366
197925#2,048
197825#1,965
197733#1,645
197634#1,571
197536#1,478
197428#1,692
197339#1,329
197227#1,680
197123#1,861
197017#2,212
196911#2,681
19688#3,106
196712#2,351
19665#3,946
19659#2,778
19646#3,600
196311#2,538
19627#3,303
19610–
19600–
19596#3,618

Nicknames for Athanasios

Names like Athanasios

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

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Names related to Athanasios

Athanasius

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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, “Athanasios: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/athanasios, updated 20 October 2026.