Atif comes from the Arabic / Urdu tradition, meaning Compassionate, caring, noble, sympathetic, merciful..
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How popular is Atif?
1981peak year
Today, Atif is rarely chosen — ranked well outside the top 1,000 (around #8445), with only about 9 babies given the name per year. But it wasn't always this way. At its peak in 1981, 18 babies were given the name (ranked #2576 nationally). Its strongest stretch was the 1980s. Atif has been trending upward in recent years. In all, around 487 babies have been registered as Atif since 1880.
Year-by-year registrations1880–2024 · U.S. Social Security data
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