Athéna

Meaning and origin of Athéna

Popularity of Athéna in France since 1986

• It peaked in 2025.
• Over recent years, Athéna has been rising fast (+18.9% a year).
• In schools of 200 children born in those years, you would find one Athéna every 7.6 schools, all spellings combined.

Athéna in English-speaking countries

Athéna ranks 77^th in Ontario (Canada), 86^th in British Columbia (Canada) and 92^nd in United States, against 166^th in France.

• New ZealandDIA · 2023-25

  101^st girls’ name114 babies in 3 years1 girl in 368+0.1% a year

• British Columbia (Canada)BC Vital Statistics · 2021-23

  86^th girls’ name104 babies in 3 years1 girl in 382−3.2% a year

• Ontario (Canada)ServiceOntario · 2022-24

  77^th girls’ name357 babies in 3 years1 girl in 433+3% a year

• England and WalesONS · 2023-25

  96^th girls’ name1,460 babies in 3 years1 girl in 526+17.1% a year

• United StatesSSA · 2023-25

  92^nd girls’ name8,272 babies in 3 years1 girl in 584+1.7% a year

• ScotlandNRS · 2023-25

  234^th girls’ name47 babies in 3 years1 girl in 1,157

• Northern IrelandNISRA · 2023-25

  299^th girls’ name15 babies in 3 years1 girl in 1,501

• IrelandCSO · 2023-25

  473^rd girls’ name22 babies in 3 years1 girl in 2,948

Official figures from each country, over their latest three published years. The spellings Athéna, Athena and Athèna are counted together; other spellings are counted apart.

Same sound, other spellings

• Athena155
• Athèna5
• Atena10
• Aténa5

Births 2023–2025. At school they sound the same: this total tells you whether your child is likely to share the name.

Names similar to Athéna

• Ariane
• Elina
• Mélina
• Maïa
• Apolline
• Océane
• Thalia
• Héléna
• Sophia
• Selena
• Alyssa
• Léonore

See also

• →French names of Greek origin