girl's name

Athina

  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 6
  • Popularity Rare
  • Births on record 1,468

Athina is a girl's name. In 2025 it was given to 23 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

  • Peaked in 1989, when 48 babies were given the name.
  • Its usage has held steady over the past decade.
  • Today about 1 in 144,155 babies in the United States is given this name.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1958.

Athina over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1950s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.

186
'50 '60 '70 '80 '90 '00 '10 '20
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Births named Athina by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1950s 5
1960s 16
1970s 114
1980s 154
1990s 165
2000s 186
2010s 161
2020s (to 2025) 101

How popular is Athina?

In 2025, Athina was given to 23 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

Where Athina is used

England & Wales #2,594 11 in 2025
France #3,308 10 in 2025
Canada #3,312 6 in 2021
United States #5,537 23 in 2025

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Athina

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Athina also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Athina over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Athina

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Athina — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Athina

How popular is the name Athina?

In 2025, Athina was given to 23 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

Is Athina a girl's or a boy's name?

Athina is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Athina most popular?

Athina peaked in 1989, when 48 babies were given the name. Its usage has held steady over the past decade.

Is Athina a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Athina currently ranks #2,594 in the United States. Its usage has held steady over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.