Atilla
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- AT-ti-la
- Origin
- Germanic
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,301 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #7,190 for boys
Atilla is a boys' name of Germanic origin, meaning “little father”. In 2025 it ranked 4,301st for boys in the UK (4 babies) and 7,190th for boys in the US (11 babies).
What does Atilla mean?
Germanic: spelling of Attila; Gothic atta 'father' + diminutive -ila
“little father”
Attila ruled the Huns from 434 until his death in 453; Hungarians and Turks honour him as an ancestral hero.
Meaning borrowed from Attila.
Is Atilla a girl's or a boy's name?
Atilla is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 boys in the UK and 11 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Atilla in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,301among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 4about 1 in 75,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 433% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 4 boys in the UK were named Atilla, making it the 4,301st most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2012, with 11 boys.
Half of all the boys named Atilla in the UK since 1996 were born between 2007 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,212th in England and Wales.
Atilla in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,301 |
| 2024 | 8 | #2,750 |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,193 |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,195 |
| 2021 | 3 | #4,989 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 1 | #6,258 |
| 2018 | 1 | #6,277 |
| 2017 | 2 | #6,253 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 3 | #4,955 |
| 2014 | 5 | #3,529 |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,008 |
| 2012 | 11 | #2,080 |
| 2011 | 5 | #3,446 |
| 2010 | 3 | #4,865 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 3 | #4,486 |
| 2006 | 4 | #3,522 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 3 | #3,792 |
| 2003 | 4 | #2,990 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 5 | #2,170 |
How popular is Atilla in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,190among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 11about 1 in 160,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 11 boys in the US were named Atilla, making it the 7,190th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,734th. Its busiest year was 2012, with 11 boys. It first appears in the records in 1974.
It has been given to more boys each year for the last 4 years. 2025 had more boys named Atilla than any year since 2012.
Half of all the boys named Atilla in the US since 1880 were born between 2004 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Atilla in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #7,190 |
| 2024 | 8 | #8,982 |
| 2023 | 7 | #9,757 |
| 2022 | 6 | #10,855 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 8 | #8,734 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 6 | #10,770 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 11 | #7,044 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 5 | #12,224 |
| 2009 | 7 | #9,859 |
| 2008 | 8 | #9,013 |
| 2007 | 8 | #8,909 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 8 | #8,292 |
| 2004 | 6 | #9,941 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 9 | #6,928 |
| 2000 | 5 | #10,341 |
| 1999 | 5 | #9,905 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 6 | #4,632 |
Names like Atilla
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Musa Mustafa Muhammad Albie Hamza Abdullah Luca Huzaifa Zakariya Ibrahim Eesa Ezra
Names related to Atilla
More Germanic names
Amelia Liam Henry Charlotte William Archie Charlie Emma Freddie Ella Harry Millie Matilda Louie Miles Alice
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, “Atilla: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/atilla, updated 20 October 2026.