Nathanael
Last seen for girls in 2023 at #15,194 · #632 for boys in 2025, 442 births
Given to boys 99.9% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1998 · 600 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 22,227since 1915
Nathanael over time
Rank among boys' names. Nathanael 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 | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #632 | 442 | |
| 2024 | — | #674 | 407 | |
| 2023 | #15,194 | 5 | #719 | 369 |
| 2022 | — | #777 | 325 | |
| 2021 | — | #780 | 317 | |
| 2020 | — | #718 | 345 | |
| 2019 | — | #710 | 348 | |
| 2018 | — | #717 | 337 | |
| 2017 | — | #644 | 402 | |
| 2016 | — | #621 | 431 | |
| 2015 | — | #580 | 480 | |
| 2014 | — | #582 | 477 | |
| 2013 | — | #557 | 471 | |
| 2012 | — | #584 | 438 | |
| 2011 | — | #579 | 433 | |
| 2010 | — | #538 | 475 | |
| 2009 | — | #466 | 586 | |
| 2008 | — | #513 | 531 | |
| 2007 | — | #462 | 598 | |
| 2006 | — | #455 | 594 | |
| 2005 | — | #448 | 577 | |
| 2004 | — | #435 | 595 | |
| 2003 | — | #466 | 539 | |
| 2002 | — | #454 | 539 | |
| 2001 | — | #446 | 544 | |
| 2000 | — | #408 | 609 | |
| 1999 | — | #416 | 564 | |
| 1998 | — | #405 | 600 | |
| 1997 | — | #433 | 523 | |
| 1996 | — | #470 | 465 | |
| 1995 | — | #466 | 476 | |
| 1994 | — | #500 | 404 | |
| 1993 | — | #489 | 428 | |
| 1992 | — | #497 | 407 | |
| 1991 | — | #506 | 383 | |
| 1990 | — | #523 | 356 | |
| 1989 | — | #503 | 359 | |
| 1988 | — | #486 | 356 | |
| 1987 | #8,778 | 7 | #513 | 307 |
| 1986 | — | #433 | 394 | |
| 1985 | — | #457 | 352 | |
| 1984 | — | #447 | 350 | |
| 1983 | — | #439 | 356 | |
| 1982 | — | #437 | 369 | |
| 1981 | #10,411 | 5 | #462 | 323 |
| 1980 | — | #446 | 348 | |
| 1979 | — | #503 | 275 | |
| 1978 | — | #498 | 262 | |
| 1977 | — | #566 | 218 | |
| 1976 | — | #574 | 199 | |
| 1975 | — | #633 | 163 | |
| 1974 | — | #786 | 103 | |
| 1973 | — | #792 | 100 | |
| 1972 | — | #976 | 69 | |
| 1971 | — | #1,043 | 61 | |
| 1970 | — | #1,297 | 41 | |
| 1969 | — | #1,570 | 27 | |
| 1968 | — | #1,366 | 32 | |
| 1967 | — | #1,609 | 23 | |
| 1966 | — | #2,465 | 11 | |
| 1965 | — | #2,476 | 11 | |
| 1964 | — | #1,545 | 26 | |
| 1963 | — | #3,044 | 8 | |
| 1962 | — | #2,035 | 16 | |
| 1961 | — | #2,706 | 10 | |
| 1960 | — | #2,685 | 10 | |
| 1959 | — | #3,988 | 5 | |
| 1958 | — | #2,818 | 9 | |
| 1957 | — | #3,552 | 6 | |
| 1956 | — | #2,798 | 9 | |
| 1955 | — | #3,201 | 7 | |
| 1954 | — | #2,743 | 9 | |
| 1953 | — | #3,425 | 6 | |
| 1952 | — | #3,373 | 6 | |
| 1951 | — | #2,495 | 10 | |
| 1950 | — | #2,321 | 11 | |
| 1949 | — | #2,337 | 11 | |
| 1948 | — | #2,608 | 9 | |
| 1947 | — | #2,671 | 9 | |
| 1946 | — | #3,525 | 5 | |
| 1945 | — | #2,743 | 7 | |
| 1944 | — | #2,633 | 8 | |
| 1943 | — | #2,964 | 7 | |
| 1942 | — | — | ||
| 1941 | — | #2,872 | 7 | |
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| 1938 | — | #3,534 | 5 | |
| 1937 | — | — | ||
| 1936 | — | #3,147 | 6 | |
| 1935 | — | #2,719 | 8 | |
| 1934 | — | — | ||
| 1933 | — | #3,268 | 6 | |
| 1932 | — | #2,313 | 11 | |
| 1931 | — | #3,763 | 5 | |
| 1930 | — | #2,781 | 9 | |
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| 1927 | — | #3,780 | 6 | |
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| 1925 | — | #3,408 | 7 | |
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| 1923 | — | #4,239 | 5 | |
| 1922 | — | #4,307 | 5 | |
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| 1917 | — | #3,217 | 7 | |
| 1916 | — | #3,516 | 6 | |
| 1915 | — | #3,392 | 6 | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Nathanael! It came in at #3,392, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1918–1924, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Nathanael is popular in 1981
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Washington#207 · 1 in 1,765
- Oregon#210 · 1 in 1,825
- West Virginia#232 · 1 in 2,586
- Minnesota#262 · 1 in 3,649
- Indiana#275 · 1 in 3,085
Best ever in a state: #142 in Maine, 1997.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Washington | #207 | 18 | 1 in 1,765 |
| Oregon | #210 | 11 | 1 in 1,825 |
| West Virginia | #232 | 5 | 1 in 2,586 |
| Minnesota | #262 | 9 | 1 in 3,649 |
| Indiana | #275 | 13 | 1 in 3,085 |
| Kansas | #292 | 6 | 1 in 3,028 |
| Pennsylvania | #306 | 18 | 1 in 4,300 |
| Iowa | #307 | 5 | 1 in 4,364 |
| Ohio | #318 | 19 | 1 in 4,244 |
| Michigan | #333 | 15 | 1 in 4,374 |
| Colorado | #337 | 7 | 1 in 3,405 |
| North Carolina | #369 | 10 | 1 in 3,783 |
| Wisconsin | #369 | 6 | 1 in 5,773 |
| Tennessee | #403 | 6 | 1 in 5,396 |
| Missouri | #417 | 6 | 1 in 6,103 |
| Virginia | #436 | 6 | 1 in 5,761 |
| Arizona | #438 | 5 | 1 in 4,634 |
| New York | #443 | 22 | 1 in 5,161 |
| Illinois | #472 | 15 | 1 in 5,642 |
| Florida | #488 | 12 | 1 in 5,246 |
| Georgia | #547 | 6 | 1 in 6,710 |
| California | #567 | 26 | 1 in 7,726 |
| Texas | #593 | 19 | 1 in 7,249 |
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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.
See more about Nathanael
- 42 spots since 2024 (#674 → #632)
- 86 spots since 2020 (#718 → #632)
- 52 spots since 2015 (#580 → #632)
- Biggest jump: 184 spots in 1973 (#976 → #792)
- Biggest drop: 80 spots in 1987 (#433 → #513)
- Debuted 1915
- Peaked 1998 at #405 (600 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 54 yrs · run 1972–2025
- Highest: 1 in 3,186 boys born in 1998 were named Nathanael (0.03%)
- Latest: 1 in 3,864 boys born in 2025 (0.03%)
- 25.7% of all boys named Nathanael (5,712) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 19 | #3,217 (1917) | #3,375 |
| 1920s | 23 | #3,408 (1925) | #3,934 |
| 1930s | 50 | #2,313 (1932) | #3,075 |
| 1940s | 63 | #2,337 (1949) | #2,794 |
| 1950s | 78 | #2,321 (1950) | #3,071 |
| 1960s | 174 | #1,366 (1968) | #2,150 |
| 1970s | 1,491 | #498 (1978) | #767 |
| 1980s | 3,514 | #433 (1986) | #462 |
| 1990s | 4,606 | #405 (1998) | #471 |
| 2000s | 5,712 | #408 (2000) | #455 |
| 2010s | 4,292 | #538 (2010) | #611 |
| 2020s | 2,205 | #632 (2025) | #717 |
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.
Nathanael in 1981
Top girls' names in 1981
Top boys' names in 1981
More about 1981
girls
1,668,060 girls got a published name in 1981; 1 in 333,612 of them was named Nathanael, which outranked 14.6% of the 12,198 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Tied with 1,787 names at #10,411; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,791,177 boys got a published name in 1981; 1 in 5,545 of them was named Nathanael, which outranked 93.7% of the 7,289 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).