Given name & surname
Ata
“good”
Ata is a feminine given name from Ancient Greek, meaning “good.” It is used in Turkish, Cebuano, Faroese, and Puyuma.
Meaning & origin
How it developed
In Faroese usage, Ata developed from Ἀγαθή.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1979. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Ata through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 316
- 316 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2018
- 18 babies
- 2025
- 10
- #7,727 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −26%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 10 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 7,727 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 26.5% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 18 in 2018. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 594 as a first name in 2020; 575 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Ata’s family of names
In Faroese usage, Ata developed from the Ancient Greek form Ἀγαθή. In Faroese usage, Ata has a conventional equivalent in the English form Agatha. In Greek usage, Ata as a surname is a transliteration of Άτα.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 6
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Ata
- Ata Bey al-AyyubiOttoman civil servant (1877-1951)
- Ata KandóDutch photographer (1913-2017)
- Ataa JaberPalestinian—Arab-Israeli association footballerborn 1994
- Ata DemirerTurkish actor and comedian (born 1972)
- Ata YamraliAfghan footballerborn 1982
- Ata TeaotaiGilbertese politicianborn 2000
- Ata Abu RashtaPalestinian Islamic jurist, scholar and writerborn 1943
- Ata NahaiIranian writerborn 1960
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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