Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Atlantis isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1977. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Atlantis through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 625
- 80 boys · 545 girls
- Most popular year
- 2001
- 38 babies
- 2025
- 21
- #6,877 for girls · #12,212 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +34%
- Rising
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 16 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 6,877 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 11.3% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. It also appeared in 5 birth records for boys in 2025. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 485 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Atlantis’s family of names
The ring: spellings.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Appears in
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