Athaliah

“Biblical queen of Judah — glossed 'whom God afflicts' or 'Yah is exalted'” — Hebrew (biblical) origin

Girl's name · #2217 in the US (2025) · Trending

Athaliah is moving up the charts. First recorded in 1999, it stood at #2217 in 2025 — its strongest showing yet; about 420 girls have been named Athaliah along the way. Together with its spelling variant Athalia (#2103), Athaliah would rank around #1295 with about 170 births last year — the newborns split about 52/48 between Athalia and Athaliah.

Around the world: about 1 in 15,000 girls in Canada (2024).

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 3 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Athaliahs

Athaliah Molokomme — Attorney General of Botswana, gender activist, former high judge, human rights lawyer and author

In stories & tradition

Athaliah — Second Book of Kings · Second Book of Chronicles

Similar names: Athalia · Zyrielle · Atarah · Tali · Maeven · Adaia

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