Nathanial
#3,450 for boys in 2025, 33 births
- Peak · boys
- 1998 · 369 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 10,578since 1880
Nathanial over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Nathanial has never cracked the top 500 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #3,450 | 33 |
| 2024 | #3,693 | 30 |
| 2023 | #3,566 | 32 |
| 2022 | #4,850 | 20 |
| 2021 | #3,497 | 32 |
| 2020 | #3,570 | 30 |
| 2019 | #3,426 | 33 |
| 2018 | #3,240 | 35 |
| 2017 | #2,388 | 54 |
| 2016 | #2,477 | 51 |
| 2015 | #2,486 | 50 |
| 2014 | #2,175 | 62 |
| 2013 | #1,709 | 86 |
| 2012 | #1,617 | 96 |
| 2011 | #1,319 | 129 |
| 2010 | #1,056 | 182 |
| 2009 | #1,014 | 193 |
| 2008 | #926 | 219 |
| 2007 | #808 | 264 |
| 2006 | #727 | 297 |
| 2005 | #713 | 286 |
| 2004 | #682 | 295 |
| 2003 | #627 | 327 |
| 2002 | #635 | 307 |
| 2001 | #638 | 292 |
| 2000 | #585 | 341 |
| 1999 | #545 | 371 |
| 1998 | #543 | 369 |
| 1997 | #560 | 340 |
| 1996 | #628 | 275 |
| 1995 | #581 | 311 |
| 1994 | #617 | 286 |
| 1993 | #639 | 262 |
| 1992 | #615 | 281 |
| 1991 | #629 | 260 |
| 1990 | #650 | 242 |
| 1989 | #678 | 216 |
| 1988 | #655 | 209 |
| 1987 | #672 | 185 |
| 1986 | #615 | 210 |
| 1985 | #593 | 217 |
| 1984 | #612 | 193 |
| 1983 | #637 | 180 |
| 1982 | #605 | 200 |
| 1981 | #637 | 178 |
| 1980 | #632 | 190 |
| 1979 | #640 | 177 |
| 1978 | #624 | 179 |
| 1977 | #762 | 124 |
| 1976 | #773 | 116 |
| 1975 | #875 | 90 |
| 1974 | #942 | 75 |
| 1973 | #1,238 | 44 |
| 1972 | #1,285 | 42 |
| 1971 | #1,309 | 41 |
| 1970 | #1,337 | 39 |
| 1969 | #1,526 | 28 |
| 1968 | #1,962 | 17 |
| 1967 | #2,030 | 15 |
| 1966 | #1,757 | 19 |
| 1965 | #1,669 | 22 |
| 1964 | #1,793 | 20 |
| 1963 | #2,200 | 14 |
| 1962 | #1,757 | 21 |
| 1961 | #2,242 | 14 |
| 1960 | #2,210 | 14 |
| 1959 | #2,200 | 14 |
| 1958 | #2,642 | 10 |
| 1957 | #3,024 | 8 |
| 1956 | #2,361 | 12 |
| 1955 | #2,048 | 15 |
| 1954 | #2,743 | 9 |
| 1953 | #3,425 | 6 |
| 1952 | #2,073 | 14 |
| 1951 | #2,135 | 13 |
| 1950 | #1,746 | 18 |
| 1949 | #2,123 | 13 |
| 1948 | #2,326 | 11 |
| 1947 | #1,733 | 19 |
| 1946 | #2,919 | 7 |
| 1945 | #2,743 | 7 |
| 1944 | #2,862 | 7 |
| 1943 | #1,986 | 14 |
| 1942 | #2,712 | 8 |
| 1941 | #2,491 | 9 |
| 1940 | #1,627 | 18 |
| 1939 | #2,288 | 10 |
| 1938 | #1,741 | 16 |
| 1937 | #1,481 | 21 |
| 1936 | #2,062 | 12 |
| 1935 | #1,708 | 17 |
| 1934 | #1,932 | 14 |
| 1933 | #1,586 | 19 |
| 1932 | #1,848 | 16 |
| 1931 | #2,207 | 12 |
| 1930 | #1,693 | 19 |
| 1929 | #2,980 | 8 |
| 1928 | #2,048 | 15 |
| 1927 | #1,603 | 23 |
| 1926 | #1,605 | 22 |
| 1925 | #1,870 | 18 |
| 1924 | #2,347 | 13 |
| 1923 | #3,175 | 8 |
| 1922 | #1,952 | 17 |
| 1921 | #1,703 | 21 |
| 1920 | #1,966 | 17 |
| 1919 | #1,811 | 18 |
| 1918 | #1,404 | 26 |
| 1917 | #1,755 | 18 |
| 1916 | #1,698 | 18 |
| 1915 | #2,184 | 12 |
| 1914 | #1,300 | 21 |
| 1913 | #2,273 | 7 |
| 1912 | #2,045 | 7 |
| 1911 | #1,387 | 7 |
| 1910 | — | |
| 1909 | #1,277 | 6 |
| 1908 | #877 | 10 |
| 1907 | — | |
| 1906 | — | |
| 1905 | #1,091 | 6 |
| 1904 | — | |
| 1903 | — | |
| 1902 | — | |
| 1901 | — | |
| 1900 | — | |
| 1899 | — | |
| 1898 | — | |
| 1897 | #1,057 | 5 |
| 1896 | — | |
| 1895 | — | |
| 1894 | — | |
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| 1891 | — | |
| 1890 | — | |
| 1889 | — | |
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| 1886 | — | |
| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | #909 | 5 |
First appearance
1880
In the first year the SSA published name data, Nathanial was already there! It came in at #909, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1880–1904, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
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Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 243 spots since 2024 (#3,693 → #3,450)
- 120 spots since 2020 (#3,570 → #3,450)
- 964 spots since 2015 (#2,486 → #3,450)
- Biggest jump: 296 spots in 1974 (#1,238 → #942)
- Biggest drop: 400 spots in 1909 (#877 → #1,277)
Rise & fade · boys
118 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1998 at #543 (369 births)
- Births halved by 2010, 12 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 37 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 37 yrs · run 1974–2008
Share of babies · boys
1 in 5,176
- Highest: 1 in 5,176 boys born in 1999 were named Nathanial (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 51,760 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #543 in 1998, was only 1 in 5,180 (0.02%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1990s
- 28.3% of all boys named Nathanial (2,997) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 5 | #909 (1880) | #909 |
| 1890s | 5 | #1,057 (1897) | #1,057 |
| 1900s | 22 | #877 (1908) | #1,082 |
| 1910s | 134 | #1,300 (1914) | #1,762 |
| 1920s | 162 | #1,603 (1927) | #2,125 |
| 1930s | 156 | #1,481 (1937) | #1,855 |
| 1940s | 113 | #1,627 (1940) | #2,352 |
| 1950s | 119 | #1,746 (1950) | #2,440 |
| 1960s | 184 | #1,526 (1969) | #1,915 |
| 1970s | 927 | #624 (1978) | #979 |
| 1980s | 1,978 | #593 (1985) | #634 |
| 1990s | 2,997 | #543 (1998) | #601 |
| 2000s | 2,821 | #585 (2000) | #736 |
| 2010s | 778 | #1,056 (2010) | #2,189 |
| 2020s | 177 | #3,450 (2025) | #3,771 |
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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