Atticus
Boy · AT-i-kus · Latin
Atticus is a boys' name of Latin origin, meaning “of Attica, Athenian”. In 2025 it ranked 416th for boys in the UK (109 babies) and 281st for boys in the US (1,208 babies).
What does Atticus mean?
Latin
“of Attica, Athenian”
Atticus Finch is the principled lawyer in Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird.
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Is Atticus a girl's or a boy's name?
Atticus is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 109 boys in the UK and 9 girls and 1,208 boys in the US.
How popular is Atticus in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #416among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 109about 1 in 2,800 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 39% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 109 boys in the UK were named Atticus, making it the 416th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 473rd. Its busiest year was 2024, with 154 boys.
Half of all the boys named Atticus in the UK since 1996 were born between 2015 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 379th in England and Wales.
Atticus in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 109 | #416 |
| 2024 | 154 | #323 |
| 2023 | 109 | #415 |
| 2022 | 123 | #385 |
| 2021 | 120 | #408 |
| 2020 | 93 | #473 |
| 2019 | 84 | #521 |
| 2018 | 91 | #490 |
| 2017 | 96 | #480 |
| 2016 | 58 | #677 |
| 2015 | 74 | #573 |
| 2014 | 51 | #708 |
| 2013 | 46 | #768 |
| 2012 | 44 | #801 |
| 2011 | 30 | #1,014 |
| 2010 | 30 | #1,019 |
| 2009 | 20 | #1,290 |
| 2008 | 14 | #1,599 |
| 2007 | 12 | #1,760 |
| 2006 | 8 | #2,193 |
| 2005 | 13 | #1,522 |
| 2004 | 12 | #1,494 |
| 2003 | 10 | #1,608 |
| 2002 | 4 | #2,751 |
| 2001 | 4 | #2,714 |
| 2000 | 3 | #3,146 |
| 1999 | 5 | #2,184 |
| 1998 | 4 | #2,531 |
How popular is Atticus in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #281among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 1,208about 1 in 1,400 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 12% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 1,208 boys in the US were named Atticus, making it the 281st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 299th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 1,310 boys. It first appears in the records in 1881. 9 girls were also named Atticus in 2025 (10,104th for girls).
Half of all the boys named Atticus in the US since 1880 were born between 2013 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Atticus in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,208 | #281 |
| 2024 | 1,227 | #276 |
| 2023 | 1,187 | #284 |
| 2022 | 1,271 | #272 |
| 2021 | 1,310 | #264 |
| 2020 | 1,119 | #299 |
| 2019 | 1,096 | #309 |
| 2018 | 1,030 | #323 |
| 2017 | 959 | #350 |
| 2016 | 919 | #362 |
| 2015 | 980 | #347 |
| 2014 | 855 | #369 |
| 2013 | 738 | #404 |
| 2012 | 711 | #409 |
| 2011 | 577 | #466 |
| 2010 | 451 | #560 |
| 2009 | 422 | #608 |
| 2008 | 348 | #688 |
| 2007 | 346 | #685 |
| 2006 | 270 | #769 |
| 2005 | 245 | #791 |
| 2004 | 181 | #933 |
| 2003 | 125 | #1,186 |
| 2002 | 106 | #1,278 |
| 2001 | 87 | #1,425 |
| 2000 | 86 | #1,425 |
| 1999 | 60 | #1,717 |
| 1998 | 63 | #1,639 |
| 1997 | 41 | #2,123 |
| 1996 | 34 | #2,327 |
| 1995 | 42 | #1,983 |
| 1994 | 30 | #2,497 |
| 1993 | 21 | #3,135 |
| 1992 | 24 | #2,828 |
| 1991 | 19 | #3,218 |
| 1990 | 22 | #2,859 |
| 1989 | 13 | #4,011 |
| 1988 | 8 | #5,194 |
| 1987 | 10 | #4,233 |
| 1986 | 10 | #4,126 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 6 | #5,557 |
| 1983 | 11 | #3,629 |
| 1982 | 5 | #6,383 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 5 | #5,584 |
| 1975 | 7 | #4,307 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 5 | #5,099 |
| 1972 | 5 | #4,983 |
| 1971 | 10 | #3,144 |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 7 | #3,594 |
| 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 | – |
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| 1954 | 0 | – |
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| 1952 | 0 | – |
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| 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 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 0 | – |
| 1915 | 0 | – |
| 1914 | 0 | – |
| 1913 | 0 | – |
| 1912 | 5 | #2,543 |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
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| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 0 | – |
| 1887 | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 0 | – |
| 1885 | 0 | – |
| 1884 | 0 | – |
| 1883 | 0 | – |
| 1882 | 0 | – |
| 1881 | 5 | #865 |
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