# Athanasios (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/athanasios/  
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 | Greek |
| Meaning | “a-”, “un-”, “non-”, “dying”, “-y: forming adjectives” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 1,284 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 1,284 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 103, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Greek Αθανάσιος (Athanásios) and Ancient Greek Ἀθανάσιος (Athanásios), from α- (a-, “a-, un-, non-”) + θάνατος (thánatos, “dying”) + -ιος (-ios, “-y: forming adjectives”). Doublet of Athanasius and Afanasy.

## 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 | 23 | 4,234 |
| 2012 | 20 | 4,702 |
| 2013 | 25 | 3,977 |
| 2014 | 19 | 4,883 |
| 2015 | 18 | 5,079 |
| 2016 | 23 | 4,338 |
| 2017 | 11 | 7,144 |
| 2018 | 15 | 5,798 |
| 2019 | 14 | 6,133 |
| 2020 | 10 | 7,564 |
| 2021 | 24 | 4,254 |
| 2022 | 24 | 4,316 |
| 2023 | 16 | 5,684 |
| 2024 | 23 | 4,450 |
| 2025 | 22 | 4,557 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 4 | 3,865 |
| 2012 | 3 | 4,805 |
| 2013 | 4 | 3,822 |
| 2014 | 4 | 3,895 |
| 2015 | 3 | 4,747 |
| 2016 | 3 | 4,810 |
| 2017 | 4 | 3,996 |
| 2018 | 6 | 3,011 |
| 2019 | 6 | 3,013 |
| 2020 | 13 | 1,723 |
| 2021 | 15 | 1,595 |
| 2022 | 11 | 2,018 |
| 2023 | 5 | 3,523 |
| 2024 | 5 | 3,688 |
| 2025 | 6 | 3,256 |

## People named Athanasios

- Athanasios III of Constantinople, Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople
- Athanasios IV de Constantinople, Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople

## 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.