Nat
Last seen for boys in 2023 at #12,239
- Peak · boys
- 1881 · 14 births
- Debut · boys
- 14 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 2,162since 1880
Nat over time
Rank among boys' names. Nat has never cracked the top 400 here.
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 | — | |
| 2024 | — | |
| 2023 | #12,239 | 5 |
| 2022 | — | |
| 2021 | — | |
| 2020 | — | |
| 2019 | — | |
| 2018 | — | |
| 2017 | — | |
| 2016 | — | |
| 2015 | — | |
| 2014 | — | |
| 2013 | — | |
| 2012 | — | |
| 2011 | — | |
| 2010 | — | |
| 2009 | — | |
| 2008 | — | |
| 2007 | — | |
| 2006 | — | |
| 2005 | — | |
| 2004 | — | |
| 2003 | — | |
| 2002 | #10,667 | 5 |
| 2001 | — | |
| 2000 | — | |
| 1999 | — | |
| 1998 | — | |
| 1997 | — | |
| 1996 | #7,971 | 6 |
| 1995 | — | |
| 1994 | — | |
| 1993 | — | |
| 1992 | #8,435 | 5 |
| 1991 | #7,271 | 6 |
| 1990 | — | |
| 1989 | — | |
| 1988 | — | |
| 1987 | #6,951 | 5 |
| 1986 | — | |
| 1985 | — | |
| 1984 | #4,552 | 8 |
| 1983 | — | |
| 1982 | #4,234 | 9 |
| 1981 | #5,468 | 6 |
| 1980 | #5,525 | 6 |
| 1979 | #3,810 | 10 |
| 1978 | — | |
| 1977 | — | |
| 1976 | #4,418 | 7 |
| 1975 | — | |
| 1974 | #2,799 | 13 |
| 1973 | #2,124 | 19 |
| 1972 | #3,622 | 8 |
| 1971 | #2,052 | 20 |
| 1970 | #2,213 | 17 |
| 1969 | #2,308 | 14 |
| 1968 | #2,109 | 15 |
| 1967 | #2,760 | 9 |
| 1966 | #2,043 | 15 |
| 1965 | #1,918 | 17 |
| 1964 | #1,545 | 26 |
| 1963 | #1,744 | 21 |
| 1962 | #2,279 | 13 |
| 1961 | #1,686 | 23 |
| 1960 | #1,463 | 30 |
| 1959 | #1,337 | 34 |
| 1958 | #1,593 | 24 |
| 1957 | #1,487 | 28 |
| 1956 | #1,945 | 17 |
| 1955 | #1,646 | 22 |
| 1954 | #1,956 | 16 |
| 1953 | #1,551 | 24 |
| 1952 | #1,804 | 18 |
| 1951 | #1,972 | 15 |
| 1950 | #1,746 | 18 |
| 1949 | #1,667 | 20 |
| 1948 | #1,559 | 22 |
| 1947 | #1,394 | 28 |
| 1946 | #1,601 | 20 |
| 1945 | #1,633 | 17 |
| 1944 | #1,400 | 23 |
| 1943 | #1,529 | 21 |
| 1942 | #1,421 | 24 |
| 1941 | #1,372 | 24 |
| 1940 | #1,471 | 21 |
| 1939 | #1,425 | 22 |
| 1938 | #1,439 | 22 |
| 1937 | #1,344 | 25 |
| 1936 | #1,505 | 20 |
| 1935 | #1,494 | 21 |
| 1934 | #1,357 | 25 |
| 1933 | #1,498 | 21 |
| 1932 | #1,286 | 28 |
| 1931 | #1,361 | 26 |
| 1930 | #1,283 | 31 |
| 1929 | #1,195 | 34 |
| 1928 | #1,611 | 22 |
| 1927 | #1,198 | 36 |
| 1926 | #1,278 | 32 |
| 1925 | #1,360 | 29 |
| 1924 | #1,169 | 38 |
| 1923 | #1,213 | 35 |
| 1922 | #1,058 | 44 |
| 1921 | #1,122 | 40 |
| 1920 | #1,073 | 43 |
| 1919 | #927 | 52 |
| 1918 | #966 | 48 |
| 1917 | #855 | 56 |
| 1916 | #883 | 51 |
| 1915 | #767 | 61 |
| 1914 | #819 | 42 |
| 1913 | #789 | 36 |
| 1912 | #574 | 49 |
| 1911 | #562 | 29 |
| 1910 | #654 | 20 |
| 1909 | #679 | 16 |
| 1908 | #657 | 16 |
| 1907 | #778 | 12 |
| 1906 | #709 | 12 |
| 1905 | #1,091 | 6 |
| 1904 | #1,205 | 5 |
| 1903 | #595 | 14 |
| 1902 | #933 | 7 |
| 1901 | #637 | 11 |
| 1900 | #578 | 18 |
| 1899 | #481 | 16 |
| 1898 | #543 | 15 |
| 1897 | #787 | 8 |
| 1896 | #982 | 6 |
| 1895 | #640 | 11 |
| 1894 | #464 | 18 |
| 1893 | #705 | 9 |
| 1892 | #497 | 16 |
| 1891 | #524 | 12 |
| 1890 | #511 | 14 |
| 1889 | #722 | 8 |
| 1888 | #580 | 12 |
| 1887 | #679 | 8 |
| 1886 | #647 | 9 |
| 1885 | #480 | 15 |
| 1884 | #701 | 8 |
| 1883 | #497 | 13 |
| 1882 | #754 | 7 |
| 1881 | #460 | 14 |
| 1880 | #482 | 14 |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Nat was already there! It came in at #482, and was given to 14 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1975, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
See more about Nat
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2023
- Biggest jump: 382 spots in 1906 (#1,091 → #709)
- Biggest drop: 610 spots in 1904 (#595 → #1,205)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1881 at #460 (14 births)
- Births halved by 1882, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 38 yrs · run 1880–1903
- Highest: 1 in 6,432 boys born in 1894 were named Nat (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 342,115 boys born in 2023 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #460 in 1881, was only 1 in 7,195 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 20.5% of all boys named Nat (444) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 108 | #460 (1881) | #600 |
| 1890s | 125 | #464 (1894) | #613 |
| 1900s | 117 | #578 (1900) | #786 |
| 1910s | 444 | #562 (1911) | #780 |
| 1920s | 353 | #1,058 (1922) | #1,228 |
| 1930s | 241 | #1,283 (1930) | #1,399 |
| 1940s | 220 | #1,372 (1941) | #1,505 |
| 1950s | 216 | #1,337 (1959) | #1,704 |
| 1960s | 183 | #1,463 (1960) | #1,986 |
| 1970s | 94 | #2,052 (1971) | #3,005 |
| 1980s | 34 | #4,234 (1982) | #5,346 |
| 1990s | 17 | #7,271 (1991) | #7,892 |
| 2000s | 5 | #10,667 (2002) | #10,667 |
| 2010s | 0 | — | — |
| 2020s | 5 | #12,239 (2023) | #12,239 |
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.
Nat in 1888
Top boys' names in 1888
More about 1888
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120,852 boys got a published name in 1888; 1 in 10,071 of them was named Nat, which outranked 50.7% of the 1,177 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 39.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).