Nathen
#3,949 for boys in 2025, 27 births
- Peak · boys
- 2004 · 236 births
- Debut · boys
- 8 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 6,146since 1902
Nathen over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Nathen has never cracked the top 700 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 | #3,949 | 27 |
| 2024 | #5,241 | 18 |
| 2023 | #4,742 | 21 |
| 2022 | #3,691 | 30 |
| 2021 | #4,118 | 25 |
| 2020 | #3,653 | 29 |
| 2019 | #2,851 | 43 |
| 2018 | #2,748 | 44 |
| 2017 | #2,532 | 50 |
| 2016 | #2,278 | 58 |
| 2015 | #1,826 | 81 |
| 2014 | #1,679 | 91 |
| 2013 | #1,376 | 122 |
| 2012 | #1,124 | 163 |
| 2011 | #1,118 | 163 |
| 2010 | #1,149 | 161 |
| 2009 | #958 | 210 |
| 2008 | #866 | 245 |
| 2007 | #889 | 226 |
| 2006 | #801 | 255 |
| 2005 | #778 | 253 |
| 2004 | #767 | 236 |
| 2003 | #888 | 190 |
| 2002 | #855 | 194 |
| 2001 | #829 | 196 |
| 2000 | #869 | 182 |
| 1999 | #873 | 173 |
| 1998 | #950 | 147 |
| 1997 | #1,027 | 124 |
| 1996 | #1,093 | 110 |
| 1995 | #1,043 | 114 |
| 1994 | #1,089 | 106 |
| 1993 | #1,179 | 90 |
| 1992 | #1,210 | 86 |
| 1991 | #1,008 | 114 |
| 1990 | #1,026 | 106 |
| 1989 | #1,045 | 98 |
| 1988 | #961 | 100 |
| 1987 | #1,016 | 87 |
| 1986 | #1,023 | 82 |
| 1985 | #1,011 | 81 |
| 1984 | #1,084 | 68 |
| 1983 | #1,040 | 72 |
| 1982 | #950 | 89 |
| 1981 | #1,002 | 82 |
| 1980 | #996 | 82 |
| 1979 | #1,221 | 56 |
| 1978 | #1,326 | 47 |
| 1977 | #1,198 | 54 |
| 1976 | #1,190 | 52 |
| 1975 | #1,407 | 39 |
| 1974 | #1,692 | 28 |
| 1973 | #1,548 | 31 |
| 1972 | #1,871 | 23 |
| 1971 | #2,052 | 20 |
| 1970 | #2,621 | 13 |
| 1969 | #2,549 | 12 |
| 1968 | #2,030 | 16 |
| 1967 | #2,611 | 10 |
| 1966 | #3,948 | 5 |
| 1965 | #2,780 | 9 |
| 1964 | #2,665 | 10 |
| 1963 | #2,673 | 10 |
| 1962 | #2,848 | 9 |
| 1961 | #2,538 | 11 |
| 1960 | #2,685 | 10 |
| 1959 | #2,295 | 13 |
| 1958 | #2,818 | 9 |
| 1957 | #2,631 | 10 |
| 1956 | #3,216 | 7 |
| 1955 | #3,505 | 6 |
| 1954 | #2,449 | 11 |
| 1953 | — | |
| 1952 | #2,875 | 8 |
| 1951 | #3,066 | 7 |
| 1950 | #2,207 | 12 |
| 1949 | #3,298 | 6 |
| 1948 | #3,668 | 5 |
| 1947 | #2,169 | 13 |
| 1946 | — | |
| 1945 | #2,393 | 9 |
| 1944 | — | |
| 1943 | #3,538 | 5 |
| 1942 | #3,212 | 6 |
| 1941 | — | |
| 1940 | #2,871 | 7 |
| 1939 | — | |
| 1938 | #2,479 | 9 |
| 1937 | #2,680 | 8 |
| 1936 | #2,854 | 7 |
| 1935 | #2,246 | 11 |
| 1934 | #2,121 | 12 |
| 1933 | #2,214 | 11 |
| 1932 | #2,638 | 9 |
| 1931 | — | |
| 1930 | #2,444 | 11 |
| 1929 | #2,980 | 8 |
| 1928 | #2,843 | 9 |
| 1927 | #3,451 | 7 |
| 1926 | #2,436 | 12 |
| 1925 | #4,197 | 5 |
| 1924 | #3,867 | 6 |
| 1923 | #2,614 | 11 |
| 1922 | #2,143 | 15 |
| 1921 | #2,502 | 12 |
| 1920 | #3,489 | 7 |
| 1919 | #4,168 | 5 |
| 1918 | #2,882 | 9 |
| 1917 | #3,217 | 7 |
| 1916 | #2,543 | 10 |
| 1915 | #2,621 | 9 |
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| 1910 | #1,589 | 5 |
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| 1902 | #862 | 8 |
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First appearance
1902
The first year at least five boys were named Nathen! It came in at #862, and was given to 8 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1903–1914, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Nathen is popular in 2005
- 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
- Iowa#428 · 1 in 2,736
- Oklahoma#469 · 1 in 2,945
- California#538 · 1 in 5,083
- Ohio#568 · 1 in 5,040
- Washington#584 · 1 in 4,340
Best ever in a state: #324 in Nebraska, 2000.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iowa | #428 | 6 | 1 in 2,736 |
| Oklahoma | #469 | 7 | 1 in 2,945 |
| California | #538 | 50 | 1 in 5,083 |
| Ohio | #568 | 13 | 1 in 5,040 |
| Washington | #584 | 8 | 1 in 4,340 |
| Massachusetts | #623 | 5 | 1 in 6,570 |
| Texas | #626 | 33 | 1 in 5,488 |
| Missouri | #679 | 6 | 1 in 5,672 |
| Maryland | #695 | 5 | 1 in 5,756 |
| Michigan | #695 | 9 | 1 in 6,081 |
| Louisiana | #702 | 5 | 1 in 4,824 |
| Illinois | #813 | 10 | 1 in 7,715 |
| Arizona | #824 | 5 | 1 in 8,491 |
| Florida | #867 | 12 | 1 in 8,250 |
| Georgia | #941 | 7 | 1 in 8,530 |
| New York | #966 | 11 | 1 in 9,843 |
| Pennsylvania | #1,049 | 5 | 1 in 12,757 |
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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.
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Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 1,292 spots since 2024 (#5,241 → #3,949)
- 296 spots since 2020 (#3,653 → #3,949)
- 2,123 spots since 2015 (#1,826 → #3,949)
- Biggest jump: 225 spots in 1980 (#1,221 → #996)
- Biggest drop: 191 spots in 2010 (#958 → #1,149)
Rise & fade · boys
102 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1902
- Peaked 2004 at #767 (236 births)
- Births halved by 2014, 10 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 16 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 16 yrs · run 1998–2009
Share of babies · boys
1 in 7,894
- Highest: 1 in 7,894 boys born in 2005 were named Nathen (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 63,262 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #767 in 2004, was only 1 in 8,411 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2000s
- 35.6% of all boys named Nathen (2,187) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 8 | #862 (1902) | #862 |
| 1910s | 45 | #1,589 (1910) | #2,837 |
| 1920s | 92 | #2,143 (1922) | #3,052 |
| 1930s | 78 | #2,121 (1934) | #2,460 |
| 1940s | 51 | #2,169 (1947) | #3,021 |
| 1950s | 83 | #2,207 (1950) | #2,785 |
| 1960s | 102 | #2,030 (1968) | #2,733 |
| 1970s | 363 | #1,190 (1976) | #1,613 |
| 1980s | 841 | #950 (1982) | #1,013 |
| 1990s | 1,170 | #873 (1999) | #1,050 |
| 2000s | 2,187 | #767 (2004) | #850 |
| 2010s | 976 | #1,118 (2011) | #1,868 |
| 2020s | 150 | #3,653 (2020) | #4,232 |
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.
Nathen in 2005
boys
#778
253 births · 1 in 7,894 boys
Top boys' names in 2005
More about 2005
boys
1,997,305 boys got a published name in 2005; 1 in 7,894 of them was named Nathen, which outranked 94.2% of the 13,370 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 10.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).