Atticus

What Atticus means

Means “the Attic, the Athenian, a cognomen”

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

Source: Wiktionary, “Atticus” (revision 93737503), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Atticus?

US: Rising: up from #347 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #543 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2021, when 1,310 boys got the name (#264 that year). First in the US records in 1881.

How common

• About 1 in 1,414 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 2,495 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 AK (3.96 per 1,000 boys), WV (2.6 per 1,000 boys), ID (2.09 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

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

US vs UK

Atticus is #281 in the US and #379 in England & Wales (2025).

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

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.3% of US babies named Atticus were boys.

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

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Attikus13 US
• Addicus5 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 Atticus

Boys

• Lucas#10Editor’s note Up from #16 in 2015 to #10 in 2025 in the US. About 1 in 170 US boys in the 2025 records
• Titus#358“honorable”^*
• Roman#42Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #102 in 2015, #42 in 2025
• Lucian#462Editor’s note Up from #633 in 2015 to #462 in 2025 in the US
• Cassius#582Editor’s note Up from #644 in 2015 to #582 in 2025 in the US
• Azariah#472“Yah Has Helped”^*

For a sister

• Lucy#24“light”^*
• Arabella#213Editor’s note Steady in the US: #194 in 2015 and #213 in 2025
• Clara#63“bright, shining, clear”^*
• Valentina#35Same root as Valentine, meaning “strong, healthy”^*
• Lucille#237Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1920, with 7,989 babies; 1,314 in 2025
• Luna#27“the moon”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under Latin, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Atticus’s. Rank is US 2025.