Atlee
Feminine · “at the meadow”
Atlee is given to both — 722 girls and 1,404 boys since 1880. See Atlee as a boy nameSee other names given to both
Atlee is an English surname of the plainest kind — it records where a family lived, at the lea, the meadow or clearing at the edge of the village.
How old is the name Atlee?
Atlee first appears in US birth records in 1918 — 107 years ago. The typical Atlee is a kid of about 6 — this name's wave is very recent. About 700 people named Atlee are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Atlee most popular?
Atlee peaked in 2020, reaching #2277 nationally. Today it ranks #3780, 1,503 places below that high. See the whole 2020 chart.
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Where it comes from
From atte lee to Atlee
The story of Atlee
English surnames of place are the most literal the language produced: a man who lived by the meadow was John atte Lee, and after a few generations the phrase was his name. Atlee and Attlee are the same. The surname reached America with colonial settlement and appears in Pennsylvania records. Its use for girls is very recent and belongs with the -lee names of the last decade.
Meaning
at the meadow
From Middle English atte lee, at the clearing, built on Old English leah; the same construction gives Atwood, Atwater and Attwell, all of them recording a family's address.
How the name formed
- atte lee
- Atlee
Related forms: Attlee · Atwood
Pronouncing Atlee
AT-lee
Two syllables, first stressed. There is no variation.
Nicknames for Atlee
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1918
- Most girls named
- 202078 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #2277reached in 2020
- Change vs 2024
- +21.9%39 in 2025, from 32
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Atlee in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Attlee in English — spelling variant
- Atwood in English — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: Texas, Georgia, Missouri.
Atlees among us
people named Atlee are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 41,212 born in 2025 was named Atlee
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Yenifer test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Atlee's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Yenifer climbed just as high around 2000, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Yenifer's path sketches the road Atlee is walking now.
Atlee sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Atlee is headed
Atlee is easing off slowly — about 26% fewer babies a year by 2030 if the trend continues. Its history is short or jumpy, though, so read this as a sketch rather than a promise.
Low confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Atlee beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Atlee in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- A settled and completely transparent meaning.
- Read correctly on sight by every English speaker.
- Five letters and two syllables, quick to write.
- It is used for boys as well, so forms may guess wrong.
- A mid-century British prime minister carried the surname in its other spelling.
- Atlee, Attlee and Atley are all in use and none is dominant for girls.
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Feminine · #3780 in the U.S.
Frequently asked
- How many Atlees are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 700 people named Atlee are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Atlee in 2025?
- Atlee ranks #3780 among US girl names in 2025, with 39 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Atlee?
- About 1 in every 41,212 US girls born in 2025 was named Atlee — 39 in all.
- Will my child share the name Atlee with classmates?
- Atlee will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Atlee
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