# Athanasia (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/athanasia/  
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 | girls |
| Origin | Greek |
| Meaning | “undying”, “immortal” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 565 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 565 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 13, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Latin Athanasia, from Ancient Greek Ἀθανασία (Athanasía), from Ancient Greek ἀθανασία (athanasía, “undying, immortal”). Probable doublet of Tansy.

## 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, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 16 | 7,480 |
| 2012 | 9 | 11,389 |
| 2013 | 7 | 13,344 |
| 2014 | 12 | 9,044 |
| 2015 | 8 | 11,975 |
| 2016 | 7 | 13,066 |
| 2017 | 14 | 7,893 |
| 2018 | 7 | 12,642 |
| 2019 | 9 | 10,581 |
| 2020 | 11 | 9,027 |
| 2021 | 15 | 7,298 |
| 2022 | 8 | 11,346 |
| 2023 | 8 | 11,309 |
| 2024 | 10 | 9,641 |
| 2025 | 8 | 11,061 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 3 | 5,876 |
| 2018 | 5 | 3,985 |
| 2025 | 5 | 4,201 |

## In other languages

- Greek: Αθανασία
- Latin: Athanasia
- Lithuanian: Atanaza
- Portuguese: Atanásia
- Spanish: Athanasia, Atanasia

## 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.