# Athena (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/athena/  
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 | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /əˈθiːnə/, 3 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Athene |
| US babies named this | 53,118 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 53,118 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 4,433, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Middle English Athena, from Latin Athēna, from Ancient Greek Ἀθηνᾶ (Athēnâ). Doublet of Athina.

## 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 | 1,013 | 312 |
| 2012 | 1,310 | 246 |
| 2013 | 1,462 | 220 |
| 2014 | 1,692 | 195 |
| 2015 | 2,054 | 157 |
| 2016 | 2,178 | 142 |
| 2017 | 2,381 | 127 |
| 2018 | 2,605 | 117 |
| 2019 | 2,726 | 104 |
| 2020 | 2,518 | 107 |
| 2021 | 2,717 | 98 |
| 2022 | 3,029 | 78 |
| 2023 | 3,001 | 76 |
| 2024 | 2,794 | 90 |
| 2025 | 2,477 | 109 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 81 | 520 |
| 2012 | 102 | 443 |
| 2013 | 96 | 437 |
| 2014 | 135 | 339 |
| 2015 | 139 | 340 |
| 2016 | 186 | 268 |
| 2017 | 205 | 245 |
| 2018 | 210 | 239 |
| 2019 | 242 | 204 |
| 2020 | 270 | 184 |
| 2021 | 277 | 185 |
| 2022 | 415 | 124 |
| 2023 | 461 | 104 |
| 2024 | 480 | 96 |
| 2025 | 519 | 90 |

## In other languages

- Arabic: آثِين
- Armenian: Աթենաս
- Bulgarian: Атина
- Catalan: Atena
- Chinese: 雅典娜
- Czech: Athéna
- Danish: Athene, Pallas Athene, Pallas
- Dutch: Athene
- Esperanto: Atena
- Estonian: Athena
- Finnish: Athene
- French: Athéna
- Georgian: ათენა
- German: Athene
- Greek: Αθηνά
- Hindi: अथीना
- Hungarian: Athéna, Athéné
- Indonesian: Athena
- Irish: Aitéiné
- Italian: Atena

## People named Athena

- Athena of Monpezat, Danish former princess; daughter of Prince Joachim and Princess Marie of Denmark
- Athena Karkanis, Canadian television actress
- Athina Onassis Roussel, French-Greek heiress

## 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.