Atom
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- AT-um
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #3,378 for boys
Atom is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “indivisible”. In 2025 it ranked 3,378th for boys in the US (34 babies).
What does Atom mean?
English: English word, from Greek atomos 'uncuttable'
“indivisible”
Is Atom a girl's or a boy's name?
Atom is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 34 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Atom in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,378th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 34 about 1 in 50,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 37% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 34 boys in the US were named Atom, making it the 3,378th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,545th. Its busiest year was 2017, with 68 boys. It first appears in the records in 1970.
Half of all the boys named Atom in the US since 1880 were born between 2009 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Atom in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 34 | #3,378 |
| 2024 | 38 | #3,159 |
| 2023 | 34 | #3,414 |
| 2022 | 57 | #2,437 |
| 2021 | 36 | #3,240 |
| 2020 | 50 | #2,545 |
| 2019 | 56 | #2,393 |
| 2018 | 61 | #2,229 |
| 2017 | 68 | #2,049 |
| 2016 | 58 | #2,278 |
| 2015 | 49 | #2,527 |
| 2014 | 49 | #2,514 |
| 2013 | 58 | #2,224 |
| 2012 | 52 | #2,414 |
| 2011 | 34 | #3,234 |
| 2010 | 30 | #3,530 |
| 2009 | 32 | #3,397 |
| 2008 | 28 | #3,741 |
| 2007 | 18 | #4,994 |
| 2006 | 19 | #4,671 |
| 2005 | 11 | #6,628 |
| 2004 | 15 | #5,241 |
| 2003 | 9 | #7,238 |
| 2002 | 9 | #7,048 |
| 2001 | 13 | #5,383 |
| 2000 | 11 | #5,913 |
| 1999 | 10 | #6,036 |
| 1998 | 5 | #9,623 |
| 1997 | 8 | #6,612 |
| 1996 | 13 | #4,606 |
| 1995 | 6 | #7,785 |
| 1994 | 5 | #8,794 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 5 | #8,426 |
| 1991 | 5 | #8,228 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 12 | #4,265 |
| 1988 | 5 | #7,264 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 10 | #4,047 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 5 | #6,234 |
| 1982 | 10 | #3,964 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 6 | #5,353 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 5 | #5,843 |
| 1976 | 7 | #4,416 |
| 1975 | 5 | #5,462 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 6 | #4,228 |
Names like Atom
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Om, Obi, Ayomide, Kobe, Omari, Kwame, Tatum, Tadeo, Denim, Azure, Onyx, Wisdom
More English names
Lily, Evelyn, Hudson, Ivy, Harper, Grace, Violet, Willow, Daisy, Poppy, Riley, Oakley, Mason, Cooper, Ruby, Hallie
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, “Atom: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/atom, updated 20 October 2026.