Nathaneal
- Last seen for boys in 2023 at #8,255
- Peak · boys
- 1982 · 27 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 908since 1972
Nathaneal over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Nathaneal has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
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| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | — | |
| 2023 | #8,255 | 9 |
| 2022 | #10,863 | 6 |
| 2021 | — | |
| 2020 | #10,605 | 6 |
| 2019 | — | |
| 2018 | #10,760 | 6 |
| 2017 | #9,696 | 7 |
| 2016 | — | |
| 2015 | #7,066 | 11 |
| 2014 | #5,066 | 18 |
| 2013 | #8,118 | 9 |
| 2012 | #5,720 | 15 |
| 2011 | #4,983 | 18 |
| 2010 | #4,517 | 21 |
| 2009 | #4,429 | 22 |
| 2008 | #3,486 | 31 |
| 2007 | #3,313 | 33 |
| 2006 | #3,024 | 36 |
| 2005 | #3,022 | 34 |
| 2004 | #3,217 | 30 |
| 2003 | #2,780 | 35 |
| 2002 | #2,632 | 36 |
| 2001 | #2,931 | 31 |
| 2000 | #2,922 | 30 |
| 1999 | #2,300 | 39 |
| 1998 | #2,926 | 27 |
| 1997 | #2,823 | 27 |
| 1996 | #2,679 | 28 |
| 1995 | #2,847 | 25 |
| 1994 | #3,030 | 23 |
| 1993 | #3,042 | 22 |
| 1992 | #4,114 | 14 |
| 1991 | #3,462 | 17 |
| 1990 | #3,607 | 16 |
| 1989 | #5,165 | 9 |
| 1988 | #2,765 | 20 |
| 1987 | #3,201 | 15 |
| 1986 | #3,440 | 13 |
| 1985 | #3,216 | 14 |
| 1984 | #2,956 | 15 |
| 1983 | #3,230 | 13 |
| 1982 | #1,999 | 27 |
| 1981 | #2,270 | 22 |
| 1980 | #3,256 | 13 |
| 1979 | #2,669 | 17 |
| 1978 | #5,059 | 6 |
| 1977 | #3,386 | 11 |
| 1976 | #3,095 | 12 |
| 1975 | #3,659 | 9 |
| 1974 | #5,227 | 5 |
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| 1972 | #4,986 | 5 |
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First appearance
1972
The first year at least five boys were named Nathaneal! It came in at #4,986, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1972–1974, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Nathaneal is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Nathaneal in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
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Momentum · boys
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2023
Rise & fade · boys
10 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1972
- Peaked 1982 at #1,999 (27 births)
- Births halved by 1983, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 49,235
- Highest: 1 in 49,235 boys born in 1999 were named Nathaneal (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 190,064 boys born in 2023 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #1,999 in 1982, was only 1 in 67,202 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2000s
- 35.0% of all boys named Nathaneal (318) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 65 | #2,669 (1979) | #4,012 |
| 1980s | 161 | #1,999 (1982) | #3,150 |
| 1990s | 238 | #2,300 (1999) | #3,083 |
| 2000s | 318 | #2,632 (2002) | #3,176 |
| 2010s | 105 | #4,517 (2010) | #6,991 |
| 2020s | 21 | #8,255 (2023) | #9,908 |
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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