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Am surprised by Atlas, not particularly attractive and not a very interesting character comparitivly. Some are quite attractive though, and people seem to be in a desperate search for what they call unique names - a word whose definition is clearly misunderstood. Orion has been used forever, it was the name of Mark Twain's brother nearly 200 years ago, and there was an Olympic skater called Apollo a generation ago, and some like Penelope or Jason were always lurking, especially among certain ethnicities. Personally know a 20 something Athena of Greek extraction, and a small boy whose mn is Odin whose dad is Norwegian. Guessing these are 'safe' yet 'edgy' names, made safer by a growing pop culture familiarity.

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While I would be surprised to see an up tick in names like Demeter and Clytemnestra, not surprised by Juno or Freya. Personally have names like Circe and Calypso well down on my go list.