Nathanel
- #10,695 for boys in 2025, 6 births
- Peak · boys
- 1929 · 13 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 885since 1917
Nathanel over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Nathanel has never cracked the top 2,000 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 | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #10,695 | 6 |
| 2024 | — | |
| 2023 | — | |
| 2022 | #10,863 | 6 |
| 2021 | — | |
| 2020 | #12,022 | 5 |
| 2019 | #9,756 | 7 |
| 2018 | #9,670 | 7 |
| 2017 | #7,095 | 11 |
| 2016 | #12,185 | 5 |
| 2015 | #7,491 | 10 |
| 2014 | #8,781 | 8 |
| 2013 | #8,118 | 9 |
| 2012 | #6,626 | 12 |
| 2011 | #5,200 | 17 |
| 2010 | #5,047 | 18 |
| 2009 | #4,160 | 24 |
| 2008 | #3,561 | 30 |
| 2007 | #4,640 | 20 |
| 2006 | #3,888 | 25 |
| 2005 | #4,464 | 19 |
| 2004 | #4,264 | 20 |
| 2003 | #3,280 | 28 |
| 2002 | #2,504 | 39 |
| 2001 | #3,721 | 22 |
| 2000 | #5,040 | 14 |
| 1999 | #4,162 | 17 |
| 1998 | #3,092 | 25 |
| 1997 | #3,738 | 18 |
| 1996 | #3,406 | 20 |
| 1995 | #5,124 | 11 |
| 1994 | #5,109 | 11 |
| 1993 | #3,819 | 16 |
| 1992 | #5,660 | 9 |
| 1991 | #5,942 | 8 |
| 1990 | #3,779 | 15 |
| 1989 | #4,271 | 12 |
| 1988 | #2,765 | 20 |
| 1987 | #2,942 | 17 |
| 1986 | #4,853 | 8 |
| 1985 | #3,401 | 13 |
| 1984 | #2,706 | 17 |
| 1983 | — | |
| 1982 | #3,108 | 14 |
| 1981 | #4,961 | 7 |
| 1980 | #4,495 | 8 |
| 1979 | #3,569 | 11 |
| 1978 | #4,157 | 8 |
| 1977 | #4,164 | 8 |
| 1976 | #4,012 | 8 |
| 1975 | #4,309 | 7 |
| 1974 | — | |
| 1973 | #5,101 | 5 |
| 1972 | — | |
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| 1962 | — | |
| 1961 | #3,652 | 6 |
| 1960 | — | |
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| 1957 | — | |
| 1956 | — | |
| 1955 | #3,886 | 5 |
| 1954 | #3,452 | 6 |
| 1953 | — | |
| 1952 | — | |
| 1951 | — | |
| 1950 | #3,681 | 5 |
| 1949 | — | |
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| 1945 | — | |
| 1944 | — | |
| 1943 | #2,964 | 7 |
| 1942 | #2,712 | 8 |
| 1941 | #3,133 | 6 |
| 1940 | — | |
| 1939 | #2,609 | 8 |
| 1938 | #3,175 | 6 |
| 1937 | — | |
| 1936 | #2,854 | 7 |
| 1935 | #2,719 | 8 |
| 1934 | #2,973 | 7 |
| 1933 | — | |
| 1932 | #2,313 | 11 |
| 1931 | #2,471 | 10 |
| 1930 | #3,289 | 7 |
| 1929 | #2,199 | 13 |
| 1928 | #3,697 | 6 |
| 1927 | #2,298 | 13 |
| 1926 | #4,201 | 5 |
| 1925 | #3,155 | 8 |
| 1924 | #2,641 | 11 |
| 1923 | #2,772 | 10 |
| 1922 | #2,486 | 12 |
| 1921 | — | |
| 1920 | #2,336 | 13 |
| 1919 | #3,736 | 6 |
| 1918 | — | |
| 1917 | #3,545 | 6 |
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| 1883 | — | |
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| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
First appearance
1917
The first year at least five boys were named Nathanel! It came in at #3,545, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1918, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Nathanel is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Nathanel in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Nathanel
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 1,327 spots since 2020 (#12,022 → #10,695)
- 3,204 spots since 2015 (#7,491 → #10,695)
Rise & fade · boys
12 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1917
- Peaked 1929 at #2,199 (13 births)
- Births halved by 1933, 4 yrs 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 49,782
- Highest: 1 in 49,782 boys born in 2002 were named Nathanel (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 284,679 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #2,199 in 1929, was only 1 in 82,740 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2000s
- 27.2% of all boys named Nathanel (241) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 12 | #3,545 (1917) | #3,641 |
| 1920s | 91 | #2,199 (1929) | #2,865 |
| 1930s | 64 | #2,313 (1932) | #2,800 |
| 1940s | 21 | #2,712 (1942) | #2,936 |
| 1950s | 16 | #3,452 (1954) | #3,673 |
| 1960s | 6 | #3,652 (1961) | #3,652 |
| 1970s | 47 | #3,569 (1979) | #4,219 |
| 1980s | 116 | #2,706 (1984) | #3,722 |
| 1990s | 150 | #3,092 (1998) | #4,383 |
| 2000s | 241 | #2,504 (2002) | #3,952 |
| 2010s | 104 | #5,047 (2010) | #7,997 |
| 2020s | 17 | #10,695 (2025) | #11,193 |
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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