Attila
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- AT-ti-la
- Origin
- Germanic
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,747 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #6,799 for boys
Attila is a boys' name of Germanic origin, meaning “little father”. In 2025 it ranked 3,747th for boys in the UK (5 babies) and 6,799th for boys in the US (12 babies).
What does Attila mean?
Germanic: 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.
Is Attila a girl's or a boy's name?
Attila is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the UK and 12 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Attila in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,747th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5 about 1 in 60,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 4% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 5 boys in the UK were named Attila, making it the 3,747th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,025th. Its busiest year was 2015, with 22 boys.
2025 had fewer boys named Attila than any year since 2020.
Half of all the boys named Attila in the UK since 1996 were born between 2012 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 3,656th in England and Wales.
Attila in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #3,747 |
| 2024 | 6 | #3,335 |
| 2023 | 15 | #1,715 |
| 2022 | 9 | #2,457 |
| 2021 | 14 | #1,791 |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,025 |
| 2019 | 10 | #2,231 |
| 2018 | 11 | #2,088 |
| 2017 | 6 | #3,191 |
| 2016 | 9 | #2,468 |
| 2015 | 22 | #1,268 |
| 2014 | 9 | #2,378 |
| 2013 | 6 | #3,096 |
| 2012 | 13 | #1,850 |
| 2011 | 5 | #3,446 |
| 2010 | 9 | #2,306 |
| 2009 | 3 | #4,691 |
| 2008 | 6 | #2,906 |
| 2007 | 1 | #5,736 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 5 | #2,691 |
How popular is Attila in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 6,799th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 12 about 1 in 140,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 12 boys in the US were named Attila, making it the 6,799th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,616th. Its busiest year was 2009, with 18 boys. It first appears in the records in 1958.
Half of all the boys named Attila in the US since 1880 were born between 1970 and 2011, the years shaded on the chart below.
Attila in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #6,799 |
| 2024 | 12 | #6,827 |
| 2023 | 15 | #5,922 |
| 2022 | 15 | #5,870 |
| 2021 | 8 | #8,820 |
| 2020 | 12 | #6,616 |
| 2019 | 5 | #12,138 |
| 2018 | 13 | #6,341 |
| 2017 | 12 | #6,681 |
| 2016 | 9 | #8,141 |
| 2015 | 7 | #9,562 |
| 2014 | 18 | #5,062 |
| 2013 | 10 | #7,532 |
| 2012 | 15 | #5,714 |
| 2011 | 9 | #8,072 |
| 2010 | 9 | #8,133 |
| 2009 | 18 | #5,100 |
| 2008 | 9 | #8,319 |
| 2007 | 14 | #5,898 |
| 2006 | 7 | #9,579 |
| 2005 | 10 | #7,089 |
| 2004 | 15 | #5,241 |
| 2003 | 11 | #6,251 |
| 2002 | 13 | #5,388 |
| 2001 | 15 | #4,884 |
| 2000 | 7 | #8,202 |
| 1999 | 5 | #9,905 |
| 1998 | 8 | #6,837 |
| 1997 | 8 | #6,612 |
| 1996 | 5 | #9,008 |
| 1995 | 12 | #4,785 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 9 | #5,764 |
| 1992 | 9 | #5,652 |
| 1991 | 8 | #5,934 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 7 | #6,222 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 10 | #4,047 |
| 1984 | 5 | #6,311 |
| 1983 | 5 | #6,234 |
| 1982 | 8 | #4,591 |
| 1981 | 6 | #5,466 |
| 1980 | 7 | #4,938 |
| 1979 | 9 | #4,066 |
| 1978 | 6 | #5,056 |
| 1977 | 10 | #3,604 |
| 1976 | 11 | #3,262 |
| 1975 | 13 | #2,900 |
| 1974 | 9 | #3,556 |
| 1973 | 5 | #5,099 |
| 1972 | 9 | #3,342 |
| 1971 | 12 | #2,811 |
| 1970 | 11 | #2,890 |
| 1969 | 16 | #2,129 |
| 1968 | 16 | #2,029 |
| 1967 | 10 | #2,610 |
| 1966 | 11 | #2,464 |
| 1965 | 12 | #2,364 |
| 1964 | 16 | #2,039 |
| 1963 | 16 | #2,043 |
| 1962 | 12 | #2,363 |
| 1961 | 11 | #2,536 |
| 1960 | 14 | #2,209 |
| 1959 | 14 | #2,199 |
| 1958 | 10 | #2,640 |
Names like Attila
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Mustafa, Muhammad, Musa, Abdullah, Luca, Ibrahim, Ezra, Ali, Tobias, Albie, Elijah, Hugo
Names related to Attila
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, “Attila: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/attila, updated 20 October 2026.