Atlee
- Gender
- Unisex
- Say it
- AT-lee
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #3,779 for girls
Unisex
Atlee is a name of English origin, meaning “at the meadow or clearing”. In 2025 it ranked 3,779th for girls in the US (39 babies).
What does Atlee mean?
English: English surname from Middle English atte lee 'at the clearing'
“at the meadow or clearing”
Clement Attlee, whose surname has a double t, led the UK government that created the NHS.
Is Atlee a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Atlee has been given to both girls and boys. In 2025, it was given to 39 girls and 33 boys in the US.
How popular is Atlee in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,779among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 39about 1 in 41,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 37% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 39 girls in the US were named Atlee, making it the 3,779th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,277th. Its busiest year was 2020, with 78 girls. It first appears in the records in 1918. 33 boys were also named Atlee in 2025 (3,449th for boys).
Half of all the girls named Atlee in the US since 1880 were born between 2014 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 125 girls in the US were given Atlee or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,443, up from #3,779 for this spelling alone.
In 2009, 31% of the babies named Atlee in the US were girls. By 2025 it was 54%, with more girls than boys since 2016.
Atlee in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 39 | #3,779 |
| 2024 | 32 | #4,386 |
| 2023 | 53 | #3,091 |
| 2022 | 63 | #2,720 |
| 2021 | 65 | #2,638 |
| 2020 | 78 | #2,277 |
| 2019 | 75 | #2,376 |
| 2018 | 44 | #3,496 |
| 2017 | 32 | #4,383 |
| 2016 | 27 | #4,989 |
| 2015 | 27 | #4,979 |
| 2014 | 22 | #5,795 |
| 2013 | 30 | #4,643 |
| 2012 | 29 | #4,834 |
| 2011 | 27 | #5,061 |
| 2010 | 9 | #11,240 |
| 2009 | 11 | #9,971 |
| 2008 | 10 | #10,802 |
| 2007 | 13 | #9,003 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 5 | #16,092 |
| 2003 | 7 | #12,401 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 7 | #11,132 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 5 | #11,792 |
| 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 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 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 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 5 | #5,097 |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 7 | #3,867 |
Names like Atlee
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Journee Adley Harlow Marlowe Oakley Ellie Miller Collins Harper Leighton Everly Scottie
Other spellings of Atlee
Names related to Atlee
More English names
Lily Evelyn Hudson Ivy Grace Violet Willow Daisy Poppy Riley Mason Cooper Ruby Hallie Hazel Carter
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, “Atlee: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/atlee, updated 20 October 2026.