Atari
Atari may refer to the following peopleGiven nameAtari Bigby, American football playerSurnameAhmed Atari, Qatari swimmer Gali Atari, Israeli singer and actress, sister of Yona and Shosh Kousuke Atari, Japanese singer Shosh Atari (1949–2008), Israeli radio personality, sister of Gali and Yona Yona Atari (1933–2019), Israeli singer and actress, sister of Shosh and Gali
Meaning & Origin of Atari
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Atari may refer to the following peopleGiven nameAtari Bigby, American football playerSurnameAhmed Atari, Qatari swimmer Gali Atari, Israeli singer and actress, sister of Yona and Shosh Kousuke Atari, Japanese singer Shosh Atari (1949–2008), Israeli radio personality, sister of Gali and Yona Yona Atari (1933–2019), Israeli singer and actress, sister of Shosh and Gali
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The Story of Atari
As a girl name
Atari first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a girl name in 1980, with 12 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1980: 12 births, good for #5,544 nationwide. About 52% of every Atari on record arrived during the 1980s, its defining decade. Atari last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 58 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1980s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
Atari first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a boy name in 1979, with 10 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1982: 16 births, good for #2,830 nationwide. About 49% of every Atari on record arrived during the 1980s, its defining decade. Atari last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 90 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1970s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
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About the name Atari
Atari is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1979 and has accumulated 90 births in the dataset. Atari's peak popularity came in 1982 when it ranked #2,830. Use the chart and map above to compare Atari's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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