Atlas
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- AT-las
- Origin
- Greek
- UK rank, 2025
- #153 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #75 for boys
Atlas is a boys' name of Greek origin, meaning “bearer, one who endures”. In 2025 it ranked 153rd for boys in the UK (385 babies) and 75th for boys in the US (4,413 babies).
What does Atlas mean?
Greek
“bearer, one who endures”
In Greek myth the Titan Atlas was condemned to hold up the sky; books of maps are named after him.
Is Atlas a girl's or a boy's name?
Atlas is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 girls and 385 boys in the UK and 145 girls and 4,413 boys in the US.
How popular is Atlas in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 153rd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 385 about 1 in 780 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 222% in five years
- Same name in a class
- 1.8% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 385 boys in the UK were named Atlas, making it the 153rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 393rd. 4 girls were also named Atlas in 2025 (4,935th for girls).
It has been given to more boys each year for the last 11 years. 2025 had the most boys named Atlas of any year since it first appeared, in 2011.
Half of all the boys named Atlas in the UK since 1996 were born between 2020 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 151st in England and Wales, 178th in Scotland and 253rd in Northern Ireland.
Atlas in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 385 | #153 |
| 2024 | 336 | #170 |
| 2023 | 234 | #231 |
| 2022 | 192 | #271 |
| 2021 | 161 | #324 |
| 2020 | 126 | #393 |
| 2019 | 102 | #449 |
| 2018 | 69 | #594 |
| 2017 | 61 | #652 |
| 2016 | 31 | #1,030 |
| 2015 | 21 | #1,324 |
| 2014 | 10 | #2,207 |
| 2013 | 12 | #1,901 |
| 2012 | 4 | #4,147 |
| 2011 | 5 | #3,446 |
How popular is Atlas in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 75th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 4,413 about 1 in 390 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 124% in five years
- Same name in a class
- 3.6% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 4,413 boys in the US were named Atlas, making it the 75th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 188th. It first appears in the records in 1883. 145 girls were also named Atlas in 2025 (1,478th for girls).
It has been given to more boys each year for the last 20 years. 2025 had the most boys named Atlas of any year since it first appeared, in 1883.
Half of all the boys named Atlas in the US since 1880 were born between 2019 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
Atlas in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4,413 | #75 |
| 2024 | 3,433 | #101 |
| 2023 | 3,211 | #111 |
| 2022 | 2,916 | #130 |
| 2021 | 2,549 | #147 |
| 2020 | 2,054 | #188 |
| 2019 | 1,659 | #226 |
| 2018 | 1,219 | #289 |
| 2017 | 1,042 | #329 |
| 2016 | 800 | #398 |
| 2015 | 603 | #487 |
| 2014 | 411 | #639 |
| 2013 | 288 | #779 |
| 2012 | 121 | #1,383 |
| 2011 | 109 | #1,484 |
| 2010 | 100 | #1,574 |
| 2009 | 63 | #2,142 |
| 2008 | 55 | #2,344 |
| 2007 | 35 | #3,186 |
| 2006 | 19 | #4,671 |
| 2005 | 17 | #4,819 |
| 2004 | 20 | #4,259 |
| 2003 | 12 | #5,870 |
| 2002 | 13 | #5,388 |
| 2001 | 8 | #7,529 |
| 2000 | 8 | #7,409 |
| 1999 | 9 | #6,524 |
| 1998 | 12 | #5,153 |
| 1997 | 7 | #7,275 |
| 1996 | 10 | #5,528 |
| 1995 | 6 | #7,785 |
| 1994 | 5 | #8,794 |
| 1993 | 13 | #4,440 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 9 | #5,513 |
| 1990 | 5 | #8,108 |
| 1989 | 7 | #6,222 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 5 | #6,715 |
| 1985 | 5 | #6,517 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 5 | #6,234 |
| 1982 | 6 | #5,617 |
| 1981 | 7 | #4,959 |
| 1980 | 9 | #4,133 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 6 | #5,056 |
| 1977 | 5 | #5,843 |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 5 | #5,462 |
| 1974 | 6 | #4,632 |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 10 | #3,144 |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 8 | #2,984 |
| 1966 | 5 | #3,946 |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 8 | #3,049 |
| 1963 | 6 | #3,645 |
| 1962 | 7 | #3,303 |
| 1961 | 9 | #2,898 |
| 1960 | 7 | #3,335 |
| 1959 | 7 | #3,289 |
| 1958 | 9 | #2,816 |
| 1957 | 6 | #3,550 |
| 1956 | 6 | #3,533 |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 8 | #2,940 |
| 1953 | 6 | #3,423 |
| 1952 | 10 | #2,512 |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 6 | #3,328 |
| 1949 | 13 | #2,122 |
| 1948 | 12 | #2,217 |
| 1947 | 9 | #2,670 |
| 1946 | 11 | #2,270 |
| 1945 | 7 | #2,742 |
| 1944 | 7 | #2,861 |
| 1943 | 11 | #2,276 |
| 1942 | 6 | #3,211 |
| 1941 | 8 | #2,655 |
| 1940 | 6 | #3,130 |
| 1939 | 6 | #3,112 |
| 1938 | 9 | #2,479 |
| 1937 | 12 | #2,088 |
| 1936 | 9 | #2,451 |
| 1935 | 10 | #2,396 |
| 1934 | 9 | #2,563 |
| 1933 | 10 | #2,367 |
| 1932 | 6 | #3,360 |
| 1931 | 6 | #3,389 |
| 1930 | 18 | #1,753 |
| 1929 | 8 | #2,978 |
| 1928 | 12 | #2,387 |
| 1927 | 14 | #2,193 |
| 1926 | 9 | #2,902 |
| 1925 | 14 | #2,192 |
| 1924 | 15 | #2,132 |
| 1923 | 15 | #2,122 |
| 1922 | 21 | #1,695 |
| 1921 | 18 | #1,903 |
| 1920 | 15 | #2,130 |
| 1919 | 16 | #1,972 |
| 1918 | 19 | #1,766 |
| 1917 | 14 | #2,090 |
| 1916 | 17 | #1,770 |
| 1915 | 9 | #2,620 |
| 1914 | 13 | #1,771 |
| 1913 | 10 | #1,802 |
| 1912 | 0 | – |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 8 | #1,192 |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 6 | #1,063 |
| 1903 | 6 | #1,009 |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 6 | #884 |
| 1889 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 0 | – |
| 1887 | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 0 | – |
| 1885 | 0 | – |
| 1884 | 0 | – |
| 1883 | 5 | #891 |
Names like Atlas
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Archer, Asher, Albie, Theo, Arlo, Enzo, Axel, Oakley, Hudson, Jax, Nico, Remy
Other spellings of Atlas
More Greek names
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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, “Atlas: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/atlas, updated 20 October 2026.