Nathanael
- Last seen for girls in 2023 at #15,194
- #632 for boys in 2025, 442 births
- Given to boys 99.9% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 1998 · 600 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 22,227since 1915
Nathanael over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Nathanael has never cracked the top 400 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #632 | 442 | |
| 2024 | — | #674 | 407 | |
| 2023 | #15,194 | 5 | #719 | 369 |
| 2022 | — | #777 | 325 | |
| 2021 | — | #780 | 317 | |
| 2020 | — | #718 | 345 | |
| 2019 | — | #710 | 348 | |
| 2018 | — | #717 | 337 | |
| 2017 | — | #644 | 402 | |
| 2016 | — | #621 | 431 | |
| 2015 | — | #580 | 480 | |
| 2014 | — | #582 | 477 | |
| 2013 | — | #557 | 471 | |
| 2012 | — | #584 | 438 | |
| 2011 | — | #579 | 433 | |
| 2010 | — | #538 | 475 | |
| 2009 | — | #466 | 586 | |
| 2008 | — | #513 | 531 | |
| 2007 | — | #462 | 598 | |
| 2006 | — | #455 | 594 | |
| 2005 | — | #448 | 577 | |
| 2004 | — | #435 | 595 | |
| 2003 | — | #466 | 539 | |
| 2002 | — | #454 | 539 | |
| 2001 | — | #446 | 544 | |
| 2000 | — | #408 | 609 | |
| 1999 | — | #416 | 564 | |
| 1998 | — | #405 | 600 | |
| 1997 | — | #433 | 523 | |
| 1996 | — | #470 | 465 | |
| 1995 | — | #466 | 476 | |
| 1994 | — | #500 | 404 | |
| 1993 | — | #489 | 428 | |
| 1992 | — | #497 | 407 | |
| 1991 | — | #506 | 383 | |
| 1990 | — | #523 | 356 | |
| 1989 | — | #503 | 359 | |
| 1988 | — | #486 | 356 | |
| 1987 | #8,778 | 7 | #513 | 307 |
| 1986 | — | #433 | 394 | |
| 1985 | — | #457 | 352 | |
| 1984 | — | #447 | 350 | |
| 1983 | — | #439 | 356 | |
| 1982 | — | #437 | 369 | |
| 1981 | #10,411 | 5 | #462 | 323 |
| 1980 | — | #446 | 348 | |
| 1979 | — | #503 | 275 | |
| 1978 | — | #498 | 262 | |
| 1977 | — | #566 | 218 | |
| 1976 | — | #574 | 199 | |
| 1975 | — | #633 | 163 | |
| 1974 | — | #786 | 103 | |
| 1973 | — | #792 | 100 | |
| 1972 | — | #976 | 69 | |
| 1971 | — | #1,043 | 61 | |
| 1970 | — | #1,297 | 41 | |
| 1969 | — | #1,570 | 27 | |
| 1968 | — | #1,366 | 32 | |
| 1967 | — | #1,609 | 23 | |
| 1966 | — | #2,465 | 11 | |
| 1965 | — | #2,476 | 11 | |
| 1964 | — | #1,545 | 26 | |
| 1963 | — | #3,044 | 8 | |
| 1962 | — | #2,035 | 16 | |
| 1961 | — | #2,706 | 10 | |
| 1960 | — | #2,685 | 10 | |
| 1959 | — | #3,988 | 5 | |
| 1958 | — | #2,818 | 9 | |
| 1957 | — | #3,552 | 6 | |
| 1956 | — | #2,798 | 9 | |
| 1955 | — | #3,201 | 7 | |
| 1954 | — | #2,743 | 9 | |
| 1953 | — | #3,425 | 6 | |
| 1952 | — | #3,373 | 6 | |
| 1951 | — | #2,495 | 10 | |
| 1950 | — | #2,321 | 11 | |
| 1949 | — | #2,337 | 11 | |
| 1948 | — | #2,608 | 9 | |
| 1947 | — | #2,671 | 9 | |
| 1946 | — | #3,525 | 5 | |
| 1945 | — | #2,743 | 7 | |
| 1944 | — | #2,633 | 8 | |
| 1943 | — | #2,964 | 7 | |
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| 1941 | — | #2,872 | 7 | |
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| 1938 | — | #3,534 | 5 | |
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| 1936 | — | #3,147 | 6 | |
| 1935 | — | #2,719 | 8 | |
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| 1933 | — | #3,268 | 6 | |
| 1932 | — | #2,313 | 11 | |
| 1931 | — | #3,763 | 5 | |
| 1930 | — | #2,781 | 9 | |
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| 1927 | — | #3,780 | 6 | |
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| 1925 | — | #3,408 | 7 | |
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| 1923 | — | #4,239 | 5 | |
| 1922 | — | #4,307 | 5 | |
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| 1917 | — | #3,217 | 7 | |
| 1916 | — | #3,516 | 6 | |
| 1915 | — | #3,392 | 6 | |
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First appearance
1915
The first year at least five boys were named Nathanael! It came in at #3,392, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1918–1924, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Nathanael is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · boys
- South Dakota#257 · 1 in 769
- Nevada#362 · 1 in 1,412
- Georgia#428 · 1 in 1,932
- Massachusetts#438 · 1 in 2,456
- Virginia#473 · 1 in 2,328
Best ever in a state: #142 in Maine, 1997.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Dakota | #257 | 5 | 1 in 769 |
| Nevada | #362 | 8 | 1 in 1,412 |
| Georgia | #428 | 26 | 1 in 1,932 |
| Massachusetts | #438 | 11 | 1 in 2,456 |
| Virginia | #473 | 16 | 1 in 2,328 |
| Oregon | #474 | 7 | 1 in 2,151 |
| Maryland | #475 | 10 | 1 in 2,290 |
| Florida | #478 | 38 | 1 in 2,514 |
| California | #494 | 64 | 1 in 2,742 |
| Connecticut | #498 | 5 | 1 in 2,641 |
| New Jersey | #523 | 14 | 1 in 2,840 |
| Texas | #539 | 60 | 1 in 2,918 |
| Utah | #561 | 7 | 1 in 2,809 |
| Washington | #576 | 12 | 1 in 2,733 |
| Minnesota | #586 | 8 | 1 in 3,062 |
| Missouri | #597 | 9 | 1 in 3,090 |
| New York | #620 | 24 | 1 in 3,518 |
| Colorado | #626 | 8 | 1 in 3,356 |
| Arizona | #634 | 10 | 1 in 3,272 |
| South Carolina | #743 | 5 | 1 in 4,240 |
| Alabama | #765 | 5 | 1 in 4,304 |
| Indiana | #844 | 6 | 1 in 5,277 |
| Ohio | #855 | 9 | 1 in 5,837 |
| North Carolina | #873 | 9 | 1 in 5,719 |
| Michigan | #999 | 6 | 1 in 6,699 |
| Pennsylvania | #1,004 | 7 | 1 in 7,466 |
| Illinois | #1,023 | 7 | 1 in 7,079 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Nathanael
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 86 spots since 2020 (#718 → #632)
- 52 spots since 2015 (#580 → #632)
- Biggest jump: 184 spots in 1973
- Biggest drop: 80 spots in 1987
Rise & fade · boys
83 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1915
- Peaked 1998 at #405 (600 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 54 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 54 yrs · run 1972–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 3,186
- Highest: 1 in 3,186 boys born in 1998 were named Nathanael (0.03%)
- Latest: 1 in 3,864 boys born in 2025 (0.03%)
Era · boys
The 2000s
- 25.7% of all boys named Nathanael (5,712) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 19 | #3,217 (1917) | #3,375 |
| 1920s | 23 | #3,408 (1925) | #3,934 |
| 1930s | 50 | #2,313 (1932) | #3,075 |
| 1940s | 63 | #2,337 (1949) | #2,794 |
| 1950s | 78 | #2,321 (1950) | #3,071 |
| 1960s | 174 | #1,366 (1968) | #2,150 |
| 1970s | 1,491 | #498 (1978) | #767 |
| 1980s | 3,514 | #433 (1986) | #462 |
| 1990s | 4,606 | #405 (1998) | #471 |
| 2000s | 5,712 | #408 (2000) | #455 |
| 2010s | 4,292 | #538 (2010) | #611 |
| 2020s | 2,205 | #632 (2025) | #717 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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