Nathaniel
Last seen for girls in 2022 at #13,592 · #140 for boys in 2025, 2,565 births
Given to boys 99.6% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1998 · 6,427 births
- Debut · boys
- 60 births
- In top 100 · boys
- 38 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 287,103since 1880
Nathaniel over time
Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #140 | 2,565 | |
| 2024 | — | #144 | 2,520 | |
| 2023 | — | #143 | 2,533 | |
| 2022 | #13,592 | 6 | #138 | 2,706 |
| 2021 | — | #133 | 2,834 | |
| 2020 | #13,453 | 6 | #125 | 2,930 |
| 2019 | — | #122 | 3,097 | |
| 2018 | — | #116 | 3,391 | |
| 2017 | — | #112 | 3,541 | |
| 2016 | #14,331 | 6 | #103 | 3,887 |
| 2015 | — | #96 | 4,234 | |
| 2014 | — | #94 | 4,317 | |
| 2013 | #14,582 | 6 | #91 | 4,538 |
| 2012 | — | #84 | 4,795 | |
| 2011 | #8,614 | 13 | #84 | 4,980 |
| 2010 | #14,959 | 6 | #81 | 5,110 |
| 2009 | #11,459 | 9 | #75 | 5,426 |
| 2008 | #12,579 | 8 | #77 | 5,858 |
| 2007 | #11,630 | 9 | #82 | 6,067 |
| 2006 | #12,420 | 8 | #69 | 6,627 |
| 2005 | #13,010 | 7 | #67 | 6,689 |
| 2004 | #3,989 | 35 | #68 | 6,675 |
| 2003 | #15,784 | 5 | #63 | 6,666 |
| 2002 | #6,698 | 16 | #62 | 6,813 |
| 2001 | #6,322 | 17 | #61 | 6,646 |
| 2000 | #7,158 | 14 | #61 | 6,797 |
| 1999 | #7,716 | 12 | #62 | 6,467 |
| 1998 | #9,260 | 9 | #60 | 6,427 |
| 1997 | #12,070 | 6 | #65 | 5,775 |
| 1996 | #10,567 | 7 | #69 | 5,420 |
| 1995 | #6,641 | 13 | #73 | 5,203 |
| 1994 | #8,122 | 10 | #78 | 5,029 |
| 1993 | #8,719 | 9 | #75 | 4,854 |
| 1992 | #6,652 | 13 | #79 | 4,687 |
| 1991 | #9,336 | 8 | #84 | 4,367 |
| 1990 | #5,286 | 17 | #86 | 4,348 |
| 1989 | #5,545 | 15 | #84 | 4,121 |
| 1988 | #4,015 | 22 | #81 | 4,054 |
| 1987 | #3,031 | 31 | #78 | 4,050 |
| 1986 | #2,620 | 37 | #78 | 4,032 |
| 1985 | #3,419 | 25 | #77 | 4,004 |
| 1984 | #3,233 | 26 | #80 | 3,600 |
| 1983 | #2,853 | 30 | #79 | 3,641 |
| 1982 | #2,704 | 34 | #74 | 3,939 |
| 1981 | #3,253 | 26 | #80 | 3,719 |
| 1980 | #3,069 | 28 | #86 | 3,492 |
| 1979 | #3,147 | 26 | #95 | 3,040 |
| 1978 | #3,512 | 21 | #94 | 2,925 |
| 1977 | #3,366 | 22 | #107 | 2,500 |
| 1976 | #6,611 | 8 | #114 | 2,209 |
| 1975 | #2,565 | 30 | #131 | 1,957 |
| 1974 | #4,720 | 12 | #153 | 1,609 |
| 1973 | #3,122 | 21 | #169 | 1,391 |
| 1972 | #4,523 | 12 | #192 | 1,208 |
| 1971 | #3,943 | 15 | #200 | 1,210 |
| 1970 | #4,761 | 11 | #218 | 1,136 |
| 1969 | #3,318 | 17 | #231 | 991 |
| 1968 | #4,222 | 11 | #235 | 921 |
| 1967 | #4,300 | 10 | #226 | 976 |
| 1966 | #3,558 | 13 | #235 | 903 |
| 1965 | #3,549 | 13 | #223 | 1,071 |
| 1964 | #5,008 | 8 | #236 | 1,023 |
| 1963 | #5,891 | 6 | #233 | 1,026 |
| 1962 | #4,865 | 8 | #234 | 1,085 |
| 1961 | #4,239 | 10 | #244 | 1,049 |
| 1960 | #4,773 | 8 | #239 | 1,146 |
| 1959 | #3,827 | 11 | #235 | 1,159 |
| 1958 | #3,085 | 15 | #235 | 1,102 |
| 1957 | #2,823 | 17 | #213 | 1,262 |
| 1956 | #3,696 | 11 | #205 | 1,309 |
| 1955 | #3,225 | 13 | #195 | 1,334 |
| 1954 | #3,490 | 11 | #203 | 1,228 |
| 1953 | #3,269 | 12 | #193 | 1,267 |
| 1952 | #3,040 | 13 | #188 | 1,258 |
| 1951 | #3,106 | 12 | #187 | 1,247 |
| 1950 | #2,909 | 13 | #182 | 1,223 |
| 1949 | #3,892 | 8 | #179 | 1,192 |
| 1948 | #3,137 | 11 | #180 | 1,159 |
| 1947 | #4,764 | 6 | #187 | 1,100 |
| 1946 | #3,217 | 10 | #186 | 977 |
| 1945 | — | #181 | 853 | |
| 1944 | #3,139 | 9 | #183 | 864 |
| 1943 | #4,196 | 6 | #191 | 839 |
| 1942 | #4,622 | 5 | #188 | 843 |
| 1941 | #4,420 | 5 | #182 | 829 |
| 1940 | #2,572 | 11 | #176 | 833 |
| 1939 | #4,250 | 5 | #183 | 770 |
| 1938 | — | #186 | 749 | |
| 1937 | #4,255 | 5 | #186 | 703 |
| 1936 | #3,103 | 8 | #179 | 738 |
| 1935 | #3,431 | 7 | #180 | 747 |
| 1934 | #3,159 | 8 | #174 | 782 |
| 1933 | #3,109 | 8 | #178 | 728 |
| 1932 | #3,274 | 8 | #176 | 781 |
| 1931 | #4,331 | 5 | #199 | 659 |
| 1930 | #3,658 | 7 | #185 | 754 |
| 1929 | #3,682 | 7 | #184 | 760 |
| 1928 | #2,623 | 12 | #193 | 728 |
| 1927 | #3,053 | 10 | #187 | 769 |
| 1926 | #4,306 | 6 | #176 | 821 |
| 1925 | #3,116 | 10 | #178 | 810 |
| 1924 | #3,665 | 8 | #179 | 800 |
| 1923 | — | #193 | 721 | |
| 1922 | — | #175 | 800 | |
| 1921 | — | #187 | 748 | |
| 1920 | — | #166 | 837 | |
| 1919 | #3,817 | 7 | #174 | 748 |
| 1918 | — | #193 | 661 | |
| 1917 | #4,083 | 6 | #189 | 640 |
| 1916 | — | #193 | 590 | |
| 1915 | #4,274 | 5 | #197 | 554 |
| 1914 | — | #185 | 470 | |
| 1913 | — | #201 | 337 | |
| 1912 | — | #163 | 356 | |
| 1911 | — | #161 | 207 | |
| 1910 | — | #139 | 232 | |
| 1909 | — | #172 | 143 | |
| 1908 | — | #159 | 150 | |
| 1907 | — | #174 | 124 | |
| 1906 | — | #177 | 101 | |
| 1905 | — | #167 | 117 | |
| 1904 | — | #174 | 105 | |
| 1903 | — | #165 | 105 | |
| 1902 | — | #189 | 88 | |
| 1901 | — | #163 | 92 | |
| 1900 | — | #176 | 118 | |
| 1899 | — | #189 | 72 | |
| 1898 | — | #175 | 90 | |
| 1897 | — | #272 | 43 | |
| 1896 | — | #206 | 73 | |
| 1895 | — | #199 | 72 | |
| 1894 | — | #192 | 77 | |
| 1893 | — | #224 | 58 | |
| 1892 | — | #196 | 78 | |
| 1891 | — | #237 | 46 | |
| 1890 | — | #178 | 75 | |
| 1889 | — | #233 | 48 | |
| 1888 | — | #221 | 63 | |
| 1887 | — | #203 | 57 | |
| 1886 | — | #220 | 59 | |
| 1885 | — | #220 | 54 | |
| 1884 | — | #221 | 56 | |
| 1883 | — | #221 | 49 | |
| 1882 | — | #217 | 57 | |
| 1881 | — | #220 | 48 | |
| 1880 | — | #200 | 60 | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Nathaniel was already there! It came in at #200, and was given to 60 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1897, when fewer than 44 boys a year got the name.
See more about Nathaniel
- 4 spots since 2024 (#144 → #140)
- 15 spots since 2020 (#125 → #140)
- 44 spots since 2015 (#96 → #140)
- Biggest jump: 97 spots in 1898 (#272 → #175)
- Biggest drop: 66 spots in 1897 (#206 → #272)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1998 at #60 (6,427 births)
- Births halved by 2019, 21 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 38 yrs · run 1978–2015
- Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
- Highest: 1 in 285 boys born in 2002 were named Nathaniel (0.35%)
- Latest: 1 in 666 boys born in 2025 (0.15%)
- Its best rank, #60 in 1998, was only 1 in 297 (0.34%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 22.4% of all boys named Nathaniel (64,264) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 551 | #200 (1880) | #218 |
| 1890s | 684 | #175 (1898) | #207 |
| 1900s | 1,143 | #159 (1908) | #172 |
| 1910s | 4,795 | #139 (1910) | #180 |
| 1920s | 7,794 | #166 (1920) | #182 |
| 1930s | 7,411 | #174 (1934) | #183 |
| 1940s | 9,489 | #176 (1940) | #183 |
| 1950s | 12,389 | #182 (1950) | #204 |
| 1960s | 10,191 | #223 (1965) | #234 |
| 1970s | 19,185 | #94 (1978) | #147 |
| 1980s | 38,652 | #74 (1982) | #80 |
| 1990s | 52,577 | #60 (1998) | #73 |
| 2000s | 64,264 | #61 (2000) | #69 |
| 2010s | 41,890 | #81 (2010) | #98 |
| 2020s | 16,088 | #125 (2020) | #137 |
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.
Nathaniel in 1972
Top girls' names in 1972
Top boys' names in 1972
More about 1972
girls
1,521,244 girls got a published name in 1972; 1 in 126,770 of them was named Nathaniel, which outranked 53.2% of the 9,666 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #4,300Yetta13
- #4,300Zakia13
- #4,300Zonia13
- #4,523Nathaniel12
- #4,523Adell12
- #4,523Afi12
- #4,523Akilah12
- #4,793Adonica11
- #4,793Aixa11
- #4,793Alayna11
Tied with 269 names at #4,523; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,621,608 boys got a published name in 1972; 1 in 1,342 of them was named Nathaniel, which outranked 96.7% of the 5,751 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 26.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.