Athan is a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #5763 for boy births in the United States, given to 48 babies. Athan first appears in the data in 1917 and reached its peak in 2012 (123 births). The chart below shows how the name has risen and fallen over time.
| Year | U.S. births | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 48 | #5,763 |
| 2024 | 61 | #4,956 |
| 2023 | 73 | #4,368 |
| 2022 | 63 | #4,839 |
| 2021 | 62 | #4,856 |
| 2020 | 59 | #4,929 |
| 2019 | 68 | #4,544 |
| 2018 | 62 | #4,834 |
| 2017 | 83 | #3,990 |
| 2016 | 90 | #3,819 |
| 2015 | 90 | #3,789 |
| 2014 | 101 | #3,483 |
| 2013 | 105 | #3,386 |
| 2012 | 123 | #3,026 |
| 2011 | 109 | #3,290 |
| 2010 | 104 | #3,425 |
| 2009 | 104 | #3,500 |
| 2008 | 95 | #3,701 |
| 2007 | 77 | #4,252 |
| 2006 | 83 | #3,939 |
| 2005 | 55 | #5,013 |
| 2004 | 46 | #5,542 |
| 2003 | 39 | #6,038 |
| 2002 | 32 | #6,712 |
| 2001 | 28 | #7,297 |
| 2000 | 38 | #5,812 |
| 1999 | 20 | #8,671 |
| 1998 | 8 | #16,030 |
| 1997 | 13 | #11,108 |
| 1996 | 8 | #15,205 |
| 1995 | 9 | #13,887 |
| 1994 | 6 | #18,272 |
| 1993 | 5 | #20,674 |
| 1992 | 6 | #17,959 |
| 1990 | 5 | #19,758 |
| 1989 | 11 | #10,856 |
| 1988 | 6 | #15,665 |
| 1987 | 12 | #9,202 |
| 1986 | 11 | #9,518 |
| 1985 | 13 | #8,315 |
| 1983 | 8 | #11,073 |
| 1982 | 9 | #10,490 |
| 1981 | 12 | #8,512 |
| 1980 | 10 | #9,585 |
| 1979 | 5 | #15,240 |
| 1978 | 5 | #14,525 |
| 1977 | 8 | #10,411 |
| 1976 | 6 | #12,285 |
| 1974 | 7 | #10,377 |
| 1973 | 8 | #9,226 |
| 1972 | 8 | #9,039 |
| 1967 | 7 | #8,217 |
| 1966 | 5 | #9,986 |
| 1962 | 6 | #8,951 |
| 1961 | 6 | #8,952 |
| 1959 | 5 | #9,721 |
| 1957 | 5 | #9,543 |
| 1948 | 5 | #8,572 |
| 1946 | 6 | #7,277 |
| 1924 | 6 | #8,171 |
| 1917 | 5 | #8,682 |