Given name
Atticus
“a man from Athens”
Atticus is used as a given name. One Latin interpretation is “a man from Athens.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Latin interpretation is “a man from Athens.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Latin.
How it developed
From Latin Atticus (“the Attic, the Athenian, a cognomen”), from Ancient Greek Ἀττῐκός.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1881. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Atticus through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 18,443
- 18,322 boys · 121 girls
- Most popular year
- 2021
- 1,321 babies
- 2025
- 1,217
- #281 for boys · #10,207 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +21%
- Rising
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 1,208 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 281 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 21.1% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. It also appeared in 9 birth records for girls in 2025. In 2025, Texas had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (124). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 10,453 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.
Atticus’s family of names
In English usage, Atticus shares an earlier linguistic root with ATTIC. Atticus has a related form in Atickus. Atticus has a related form in Aticus.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Atticus has relatives in 5 languages. Lines run from its Latin roots to each of them.
4 related names in 5 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 5
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 4
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Atticus
- Atticus ShafferAmerican actor (born 1998)
- Atticus RossEnglish musician, composer and record producerborn 1968
- Atticus MitchellCanadian actorborn 1993
Characters named Atticus: Atticus Finch (To Kill a Mockingbird).
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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