Athanasios
2025 SSA
About Athanasios
A bold choice outside its its native Greece where it would feel familiar. Athanasius is the spelling Americans are more familiar with — St. Athanasius of Alexandria is considered one of the founders of Eastern Orthodox Christianity.
Pronounced ath-uh-NAY-shus.
As of October 2026, Athanasios ranked #4557 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #1330 in 1973.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #4,882 | 19 | 9.9 |
| 2015 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | #4,336 | 23 | 12.1 |
| 2017 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | #4,253 | 24 | 13.7 |
| 2022 | #4,314 | 24 | 13.7 |
| 2023 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | #4,429 | 23 | 13.3 |
| 2025 | #4,557 | 22 | 12.9 |
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Athanasios on lists
Famous Athanasioss
- Athanasios Diakos
Greek Revolutionary hero
- Athanasios "Thanasis" Klaras aka Ares or Aris Velouchiotis
Greek resistance leader during WWII
- Athanasios "Thanasis" Antetokounmpo
Greek basketball player
- Athanasios "Thanasis" Papakonstantinou
Greek singer,songwriter
- Athanasios "Tom" Asimakopulos
Canadian economist
- Athanasios Papoulis
Greek,American engineer
- Athanasios Polychronopoulos
Greek,American poker player
- Athanasios Orphanides
Cypriot economist
- Athanasios Psalidas
Greek author and scholar
Athanasios in pop culture
- Revd. Athanasius Rook
character in Thackeray's short story Captain Rook (from Character Sketches, 1841); father of the titular crook and blackguard, Captain Tom Rook