Nathanyel

Peak · boys
2002 · 21 births
Debut · boys
8 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
245
since 1997

Nathanyel over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Nathanyel has never cracked the top 3,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank1990200020102020peak #3,909, 2002boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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2017#12,2465
2016#10,7446
2015#8,7448
2014#9,6427
2013#12,1365
2012#6,30613
2011#7,50210
2010#5,47816
2009#6,80212
2008#4,71420
2007#5,43416
2006#7,42710
2005#7,6409
2004#4,26420
2003#5,27114
2002#3,90921
2001#4,12119
2000#5,58812
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1998#6,8438
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First appearance
1997

The first year at least five boys were named Nathanyel! It came in at #6,618, and was given to 8 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 2017–2025, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Nathanyel is popular in 2025

No state had 5 or more boys named Nathanyel in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.

See more about Nathanyel
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2017
Rise & fade · boys
5 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1997
  • Peaked 2002 at #3,909 (21 births)
  • Births halved by 2005, 3 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 92,453
  • Highest: 1 in 92,453 boys born in 2002 were named Nathanyel (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 370,191 boys born in 2017 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 2000s
  • 62.4% of all boys named Nathanyel (153) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1990s22#6,618 (1997)#7,388
2000s153#3,909 (2002)#5,517
2010s70#5,478 (2010)#9,100

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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