# Atticus (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/atticus/  
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 | Latin |
| Meaning | “the attic”, “the athenian”, “a cognomen” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 18,443 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 18,322 / 121 (1% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 1,384, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Latin Atticus (“the Attic, the Athenian, a cognomen”), from Ancient Greek Ἀττῐκός (Attĭkós). Doublet of Attic.

## 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 | 7 | 13,542 |
| 2012 | 9 | 11,390 |
| 2013 | 9 | 11,131 |
| 2014 | 9 | 11,088 |
| 2015 | 5 | 16,765 |
| 2017 | 17 | 6,845 |
| 2018 | 8 | 11,541 |
| 2020 | 9 | 10,355 |
| 2021 | 11 | 9,046 |
| 2022 | 9 | 10,496 |
| 2023 | 12 | 8,546 |
| 2024 | 7 | 12,326 |
| 2025 | 9 | 10,207 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 577 | 466 |
| 2012 | 711 | 409 |
| 2013 | 738 | 404 |
| 2014 | 855 | 369 |
| 2015 | 980 | 347 |
| 2016 | 919 | 362 |
| 2017 | 959 | 350 |
| 2018 | 1,030 | 323 |
| 2019 | 1,096 | 309 |
| 2020 | 1,119 | 299 |
| 2021 | 1,310 | 264 |
| 2022 | 1,271 | 272 |
| 2023 | 1,187 | 284 |
| 2024 | 1,227 | 276 |
| 2025 | 1,208 | 281 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 29 | 958 |
| 2012 | 42 | 765 |
| 2013 | 44 | 730 |
| 2014 | 51 | 659 |
| 2015 | 70 | 543 |
| 2016 | 56 | 631 |
| 2017 | 93 | 451 |
| 2018 | 86 | 471 |
| 2019 | 83 | 481 |
| 2020 | 91 | 443 |
| 2021 | 118 | 378 |
| 2022 | 120 | 353 |
| 2023 | 107 | 380 |
| 2024 | 149 | 298 |
| 2025 | 109 | 379 |

## In other languages

- Catalan: Àtic
- Italian: Attico
- Portuguese: Ático
- Spanish: Ático

## People named Atticus

- Atticus Shaffer, American actor (born 1998)
- Atticus Ross, English musician, composer and record producer
- Atticus Mitchell, Canadian actor

## 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.