Atlas
Atlas is a well-established choice, ranked #151 in 2025. With 355 babies named Atlas in 2025, meeting another Atlas at school is a real possibility.
About the Name Atlas
Atlas has seen a notable decline in recent years, dropping 2046 places in five years. It was most popular in 2020 at #366 — parents choosing it today are making a deliberately counter-trend decision. The name has been recorded in UK data since 2011.
Atlas is fairly common in the UK, so your child is very likely to be the only Atlas in their class.
In the US it ranks even higher at #101, where it enjoys a particularly strong following.
⭐ Famous People Named Atlas
- Mariam Atlas — Mariam Semyonovna Atlas (Russian: Мариам Семёновна Атлас) was a Soviet and Russian economist, full Ph.D.
- Charles Atlas — Charles Atlas was an Italian-born American bodybuilder best remembered as the developer of a bodybuilding method and its associated exercise program which spawned a landmark advertising campaign featuring his name and likeness; it has been described as one of…
- James Atlas — James Robert Atlas was an American writer, biographer, editor, and publisher.
Biographical summaries are shortened from Wikipedia and are used under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence; those summaries remain available under that same licence.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about the name Atlas
🏫 Who else is in the room?
In a typical UK class of 28, highlighted children share the name Atlas
Almost certainly the only Atlas in the class
UK Popularity (2011–2025)
Rank and birth count · ONS official data
US Popularity (2020–2025)
Rank · SSA official data
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Famous People Named Atlas
Notable people who share this name, from history to the present day. See full list on Wikipedia