Atreus

What Atreus means

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

Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 2008, with 5 babies Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Atreus?

US: Rising: up from #12086 in 2015. England & Wales: New in the last 10 years.

Biggest US share so far: 2023, when 674 boys got the name (#457 that year). First in the US records in 2008.

How common

• About 1 in 3,389 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 6,973 baby boys in England and Wales 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 AZ (0.83 per 1,000 boys), OR (0.8 per 1,000 boys), NE (0.79 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

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

US vs UK

Atreus is #582 in the US and #822 in England & Wales (2025).

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

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Atreus 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

• Atraeus5 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 Atreus

Boys

• Lorenzo#117Editor’s note Up from #216 in 2015 to #117 in 2025 in the US. About 1 in 560 US boys in the 2025 records
• Sonny#298Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #822 in 2015, #298 in 2025
• Baker#217From a surname for “a baker, or owner of a communal oven”^*
• Theodore#4Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #99 in 2015, #4 in 2025
• Leon#138“lion”^*
• Beau#60Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #203 in 2015, #60 in 2025

For a sister

• Ruth#173Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1920, with 26,102 babies; 1,781 in 2025
• Wrenley#158Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #158 vs #1,454 in 2025
• Rosie#283Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #775 in 2015, #283 in 2025
• Margot#102Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #592 in 2015, #102 in 2025
• Kehlani#148Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #148 vs #894 in 2025
• Oaklynn#153Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #153 vs #4,867 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 Atreus’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.