# Athan (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/athan/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | “my nathan”, “mine athan” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 2,173 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 2,173 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 58, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Perhaps from Nathan, via rebracketing of "my Nathan" as "mine Athan"; compare Ned, derived from Ed via rebracketing in the opposite direction.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 109 | 1,485 |
| 2012 | 123 | 1,367 |
| 2013 | 105 | 1,529 |
| 2014 | 101 | 1,565 |
| 2015 | 90 | 1,718 |
| 2016 | 90 | 1,724 |
| 2017 | 83 | 1,809 |
| 2018 | 62 | 2,212 |
| 2019 | 68 | 2,111 |
| 2020 | 59 | 2,295 |
| 2021 | 62 | 2,255 |
| 2022 | 63 | 2,271 |
| 2023 | 73 | 2,050 |
| 2024 | 61 | 2,315 |
| 2025 | 48 | 2,678 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 4 | 2,857 |
| 2006 | 3 | 4,052 |
| 2007 | 3 | 4,333 |
| 2008 | 3 | 4,432 |
| 2010 | 4 | 3,865 |
| 2011 | 3 | 4,647 |
| 2012 | 6 | 3,039 |
| 2014 | 5 | 3,362 |
| 2015 | 3 | 4,747 |
| 2016 | 3 | 4,810 |
| 2018 | 5 | 3,412 |
| 2019 | 3 | 4,702 |
| 2023 | 4 | 4,107 |
| 2024 | 4 | 4,270 |
| 2025 | 5 | 3,684 |

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.