Athea

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Athea: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Athea: Recorded since 1999, it reached #1,569 in 2021, and it stood at #2,115 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
15times a registrar ranked it
26years from first to last
#1569highest recorded position
4groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Girls

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1999–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1999	#3225
2000	#3912
2008	#3397
2012	#5876
2014	#5691
2015	#2705
2016	#2547
2017	#4063
2018	#3518
2019	#2869
2020	#2300
2021	#1569
2022	#1849
2023	#2504
2024	#2115

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 15 of the 26 years from 1999 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1999–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1999
First recorded at #3225 among girls in England and Wales in 1999 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded1999–2024
Highest recorded position: #1569 among girls in England and Wales, in 2021 (recorded 1999–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #2115 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Athea by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Athea in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	4	1 of 10	4
2000s	9	2 of 10	5
2010s	44	7 of 10	6
2020sbusiest	68	5 of 10	14

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 14 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Athea appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1999 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1569 in England and Wales in 2021.

Athea's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#2115	13	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#2504	10	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#1849	15	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#1569	19	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#2300	11	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#2869	8	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#3518	6	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#4063	5	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#2547	10	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#2705	9	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#5691	3	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#5876	3	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#3397	6	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#3912	3	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#3225	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 1999 and 2024, ranked in 15 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #1,569, first reached in 2021.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 19 births, registered in England and Wales in 2021.

Its record falls into 4 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 7 years.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
11 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years10 to 19 unbroken years →
4separate stretches the record falls into4 separate stretches →
7 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period4 to 9 years missing →
#2,115position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
19births registered in its largest year, 2021Under 25 births →

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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Atharva · #829, 20y
Athena · #93, 30y
Athina · #1557, 28y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Alizay · #1569, 17y
Janaya · #1569, 20y
Khawlah · #1569, 17y
Aaiza · #1568, 19y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Rishan · #1568, 23y
Anila · #1571, 19y
Fareeha · #1571, 26y
Kalisha · #1571, 21y

Athea and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Athea without appearing here.

Athea moved ahead of

Hayden Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2504 and #2346 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #2115 and #5891.
Geraldine Compare
In 2015 they stood at #5691 and #4684 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #2547 and #5785.
Kari Compare
In 2015 they stood at #5876 and #4838 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #2547 and #5785.
Cheryl Compare
In 2019 they stood at #2869 and #2286 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #2300 and #5493.

Moved ahead of Athea

Blake Compare
In 2011 they stood at #3225 and #3900 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #5876 and #1893.
Rory Compare
In 2021 they stood at #1569 and #2201 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2022 that had become #1849 and #1452.
Noah Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2504 and #3218 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #2115 and #1743.
Arlo Compare
In 2021 they stood at #1569 and #1785 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2022 that had become #1849 and #1849.

Moved the opposite way to Athea

Hayden Compare
Between 2000 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Athea went from #3912 to #2115 while Hayden went from #3912 to #5891.
Carol Compare
Between 1999 and 2021 in England and Wales · Girls, Athea went from #3225 to #1569 while Carol went from #1805 to #3519.
Karin Compare
Between 1999 and 2021 in England and Wales · Girls, Athea went from #3225 to #1569 while Karin went from #1557 to #3192.
Tyler Compare
Between 1999 and 2021 in England and Wales · Girls, Athea went from #3225 to #1569 while Tyler went from #237 to #5581.

Moved the same way as Athea

Dylan Compare
Between 2000 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Athea went from #3912 to #2115 and Dylan from #3912 to #1743.
Marilyn Compare
Between 2000 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Athea went from #3912 to #2115 and Marilyn from #3247 to #1541.
Eabha Compare
Between 2012 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Athea went from #5876 to #2115 and Eabha from #2338 to #1262.
Francis Compare
Between 2012 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Athea went from #5876 to #2115 and Francis from #4838 to #2574.

What's not yet available

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1999 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1569 in England and Wales in 2021. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Athea

Athea at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Athea by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Athea appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

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A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Athea and the names beside it

Athea moved ahead of

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Athea at a glance

Athea by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Athea appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Athea and the names beside it

Athea moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Athea

Moved the opposite way to Athea

Moved the same way as Athea