Athina
A feminine name of Greek origin meaning "from Athens".
Name Census estimates that about 845 living Americans carry the first name Athina. The name is used almost exclusively for girls. The average person named Athina today is around 28 years old, and the year with the single highest number of Athina births was 1989 (48 babies).
This page is the full Name Census profile for Athina. Below you will find a gender breakdown showing how the name splits between male and female registrations, a year-by-year popularity chart stretching back to 1880, decade-level totals, the top US states for this name, its meaning and etymology, and a set of frequently asked questions with data-backed answers.
For a British comparison, Name Census UK has a UK baby-name profile for Athina with official rankings and popularity over time.
People living today
845
~ 1 in 405,626 Americans
Peak year
1989
48 babies that year
Average age
28
years old
2024 SSA rank
#7,261
Tracked since 1958
Census
Athina in the 2020 Census
The 2020 Census recorded 1,061 people with the first name Athina, which placed it at #11,902 in the published first-name tables. This is a snapshot of people who already had the name at the time of the Census.
The SSA sections elsewhere on this page answer a different question: how often parents gave the name to babies over time. The "people living today" figure on this page is different again: it is a current estimate built from SSA birth records and age-based survival rates, so the two numbers are not expected to match exactly.
2020 Census rank
#11,902
National first-name rank
People counted
1.1K
1,061 in the published race/origin table
Per 100,000
0.4
People with this name in 2020
Largest reported group
White
63.2% of people with this name
Demographics
Ancestry and ethnicity for Athina
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Athina is White at 63.2%. The next largest groups are Hispanic (20.1%) and Black (6.2%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself.
The bar chart below shows how people with the first name Athina described their own race and ethnicity on the 2020 Census form. The Census Bureau groups responses into six broad categories: White, Black or African American, Hispanic or Latino, Asian and Pacific Islander, American Indian and Alaska Native, and Two or More Races. When a category has too few respondents for a given name, the Bureau suppresses the figure to protect individual privacy, which is why some names show fewer than six slices.
Percentages are shown so the breakdown is easy to read across every published category. Because the 2020 Census first-name file also includes raw headcounts for each group, Name Census can show those alongside the percentages in the legend and hover tooltip.
Keep in mind that these are self-reported numbers. A first name does not determine a person's race or ethnicity, and the distribution you see here reflects the specific population who happened to carry the name Athina at the time of the 2020 Census, not any inherent property of the name itself.
- White63.2% · 671
- Hispanic or Latino20.1% · 213
- Black or African American6.2% · 66
- Asian and Pacific Islander4.6% · 49
- Two or more races4.5% · 48
- American Indian and Alaska Native1.3% · 14
Popularity
Athina: popularity over time
The SSA tracks Athina from the 1950s through to the 2020s, spanning 8 decades of birth certificate data. The biggest single decade for the name was the 2000s, with 186 total registrations. Although the numbers have come down from the 2000s peak, Athina remains solidly in use and shows no sign of disappearing from maternity wards.
Babies born per year
Decades
Athina by decade
The table below breaks the full SSA timeline into ten-year windows. Each row shows how many male and female babies were given the name Athina during that decade, along with a combined total. This is useful for spotting eras where the name surged or retreated.
Geography
Where Athinas live
The SSA's state-level files cover 4 states and territories. California, New York, Illinois recorded the most babies named Athina, while Texas, Illinois, New York recorded the fewest. The average across all reporting states is about 26 registrations each.
Origin
Meaning and history of Athina
The name Athina is derived from the ancient Greek name Athena, the goddess of wisdom, courage, inspiration, civilization, law, justice, mathematics, strength, war strategy, and the arts. The name Athena is believed to have been constructed from the compound word ἀ-θεν-αι (a-then-ai), meaning "the unwavering one". The name is also associated with the city of Athens, the center of ancient Greek civilization and the birthplace of democracy.
The earliest known mention of the name Athena can be found in the Iliad, the ancient Greek epic poem attributed to Homer, which dates back to the 8th century BC. In the poem, Athena is portrayed as a fierce warrior goddess who aids the Greek heroes during the Trojan War. She is also depicted as a patron of the city of Athens, where the famous Parthenon temple was dedicated to her.
One of the earliest recorded individuals with the name Athina was Athina, an Athenian woman who lived in the 4th century BC. She was known for her role in the Eleusinian Mysteries, a sacred religious ceremony in ancient Greece.
In the 1st century AD, Athina Scholastica was a renowned Greek philosopher and mathematician from Alexandria, Egypt. She is believed to have been one of the first women to contribute significantly to the field of mathematics.
During the Byzantine era, Athina Komnene (1083-1148) was a prominent historian and princess of the Komnenos dynasty. She is best known for her work "The Alexiad", a historical account of the reign of her father, Emperor Alexios I Komnenos.
In the Renaissance period, Athina Sinopoulo (1436-1510) was a Greek scholar and philologist who played a significant role in the revival of classical Greek literature and the spread of humanism in Europe.
More recently, Athina Onassis (1930-1988), the daughter of the Greek shipping magnate Aristotle Onassis, was a prominent figure in the international jet-set society and a successful businesswoman in her own right.
Throughout history, the name Athina has been associated with wisdom, strength, and cultural significance, reflecting the legacy of the ancient Greek goddess Athena and the city of Athens.
People
Athina + last name combinations
How many people share a full name with Athina as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Related
Other names starting with A
Other first names starting with A with a similar number of bearers.
FAQ
Athina: questions and answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Athina?
Name Census puts the figure at roughly 845 living Americans. We arrive at this by taking every SSA birth registration for Athina going back to 1880 and adjusting each cohort for expected survival using CDC actuarial life tables. The result is an age-weighted living-bearer count, not a raw birth total. That works out to about 1 in 405,626 US residents.
Is Athina a common name?
We classify Athina as "Very Rare". It ranks above 89% of all first names in the SSA dataset by living bearers. Across the full history of the data, 878 babies have been registered with this name.
When was Athina most popular?
The single biggest year for Athina was 1989, when 48 babies received the name. The fact that the average living Athina is about 28 years old gives you a rough sense of which era contributed the most bearers who are still alive today.
How common was Athina in the 2020 Census?
The published 2020 Census first-name tables recorded 1,061 people with the name Athina, or 0.35 per 100,000 residents. That placed it at #11,902 in the national Census ranking for first names.
Why is the Census count different from the living estimate?
Because they measure different things. The Census figure is a count of people who had the name Athina in 2020. The living estimate aims to answer a current question instead: how many people with the name are alive today, based on SSA birth records and age-based survival rates. Since one number is a 2020 snapshot and the other is a present-day estimate, they are not expected to be identical.
What does the Census say about the gender split for Athina?
In the 2020 Census sex table, Athina appears almost entirely female. Of the 1,066 people counted with this name, 99.8% were female and only a very small share were male. The Census view is a snapshot of people living with the name in 2020, while the SSA section above tracks births across time.
What does the Census say about the background of people named Athina?
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Athina is White at 63.2%. The next largest groups are Hispanic (20.1%) and Black (6.2%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself. The percentages in the chart above come from self-reported race and Hispanic-origin responses in the 2020 Census.
Which group reports the name Athina most often in the Census?
White is the largest reported group for people named Athina in the 2020 Census, accounting for 63.2% (671 people in the published table).
Why can the Census sex total and race total differ slightly?
The Census Bureau published separate 2020 tables for sex and for race/Hispanic origin, and the released figures can differ slightly because of privacy protection in the public files. That is why this page treats the gender section and the race/origin section as two related snapshots instead of forcing them into one identical total.
Does every first name have Census demographic data?
No. The public Census first-name release only includes names that met the Bureau's publication rules, so many rarer names in the SSA files have no Census demographic snapshot. When that happens, the SSA trend, gender history, and state sections still appear, but the 2020 Census demographic sections are omitted.
What does the SSA popularity chart show?
The chart tracks births, not the number of people alive with the name today. Each point shows how many babies were given the name Athina in that year. That makes it useful for spotting when the name rose, peaked, or faded.
Is Athina a female name?
Yes, 100.0% of people registered as Athina in the SSA data are female. You can see the full per-sex comparison in the gender distribution section above, which includes the latest year rank, birth count, and peak year for each sex.
Is Athina still being used today?
Yes. The SSA still recorded Athina in 2024, and the page above shows its latest-year rank where available. A name can be well past its peak and still remain in steady use, especially if it built up a large population over earlier decades.
Why can a name have a lot of living bearers even if it is not trendy now?
Because living-bearer counts and current baby-name popularity measure different things. A name like Athina can build up a very large population over many decades, even if fewer parents are choosing it now than they did at its peak.
Where does this data come from?
First-name figures come from the Social Security Administration's national baby name files, which cover every name on a birth certificate from 1880 to 2024. Living-bearer estimates layer in CDC actuarial life tables broken out by sex to account for mortality. The population baseline (342,754,338) is the Census Bureau's latest national estimate. You can read the full calculation on our methodology page.
How many people share the name Athina?
Find out how many people have the name Athina on our sister site HowManyOfMe.org — a quick modern estimate with the living-bearer count front and centre.