Nathan

Primarily a boy's name · 100% boys

Nathan first appears in the U.S. data in 1880 and has been recorded in 145 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 2004 with 14,633 babies (rank #20 that year). In 2024 it was given to 5,010 boys (rank #62). The name has been declining over the last five years.
584,253
Total babies (all years)
145
Years in the data
14,633
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Boys

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
1880114#115
188191#136
1882113#124
188393#132
1884100#141
1885103#132
1886136#115
1887106#125
1888129#124
1889121#117
1890110#130
1891106#131
1892144#118
1893114#132
1894127#126
1895119#136
1896110#152
1897139#119
189899#167
1899112#141
1900186#126
1901131#128
1902143#136
1903146#128
1904131#148
1905168#131
1906148#139
1907176#136
1908178#137
1909209#130
1910245#135
1911348#109
1912581#120
1913615#127
1914848#124
1915916#139
1916904#143
1917881#148
1918945#150
1919849#156
1920815#172
1921751#186
1922749#185
1923739#187
1924680#204
1925615#219
1926669#206
1927636#210
1928548#235
1929513#239
1930540#234
1931442#258
1932486#243
1933413#259
1934469#245
1935468#248
1936464#243
1937434#258
1938516#232
1939467#247
1940497#243
1941527#243
1942523#253
1943581#244
1944507#262
1945488#267
1946557#271
1947617#273
1948620#263
1949660#251
1950752#243
1951870#222
1952851#229
1953806#237
1954959#225
1955950#232
19561,099#223
19571,225#215
19581,237#214
19591,378#207
19601,628#190
19611,491#199
19621,532#198
19631,541#194
19641,499#189
19651,418#182
19661,423#179
19671,432#180
19681,655#163
19691,908#154
19702,546#130
19713,048#104
19723,514#79
19734,735#63
19745,846#52
19757,069#45
19768,609#39
19779,888#36
19789,892#36
197910,721#37
198011,140#36
198111,258#36
198210,806#36
198310,558#40
198410,613#38
198510,652#40
19869,996#43
19879,910#45
198810,154#44
198910,907#43
199010,936#44
199110,498#42
199210,150#44
199310,197#41
199410,381#40
199510,306#39
199610,285#37
199710,443#34
199811,586#34
199912,537#32
200013,039#30
200112,647#31
200213,225#28
200313,667#26
200414,633#20
200514,364#20
200614,278#23
200713,604#24
200813,262#21
200912,135#25
201011,378#27
201110,522#28
201210,431#29
20139,721#31
20148,995#38
20158,599#38
20168,000#43
20177,441#45
20186,850#48
20196,087#55
20205,700#55
20215,431#59
20225,539#57
20235,066#59
20245,010#62