Atlas

What Atlas means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Atlas yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #487 in 2015, #75 in 2025 Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Atlas?

US: Rising: up from #487 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #1236 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2025, when 4,413 boys got the name (#75 that year). First in the US records in 1883.

How common

• About 1 in 387 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 766 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 854 baby boys in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in HI (10.62 per 1,000 boys), AK (7.48 per 1,000 boys), WV (7.47 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed boys born in each state.

US vs UK

Atlas is #75 in the US and #151 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (boys). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 96.8% of US babies named Atlas were boys.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

How to say it

IPA from Wiktionary.

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Atlus40 US
• Atlys18 US
• Atlis7 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Atlas

Boys

• Arlo#148Editor’s note More popular in England & Wales than the US: #15 vs #148 in 2025
• Maverick#49Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #184 in 2015, #49 in 2025
• Otto#277“wealth, riches”^*
• August#81“month of August”^*
• Adriel#84“flock of God”^*
• Ezra#20Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #93 in 2015, #20 in 2025. Short and simple: 4 letters

For a sister

• Nova#46“new”^*
• Ophelia#264possibly “help, aid, succour”^*
• Ember#154Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #366 in 2015, #154 in 2025
• Ariella#174Form of Ariel, meaning “lion of God”^*
• Wren#231Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #703 in 2015, #231 in 2025
• Magnolia#124Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #634 in 2015, #124 in 2025

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Atlas’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.