Nathaniel

Primarily a boy's name · 100% boys

Nathaniel 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 2002 with 6,813 babies (rank #62 that year). In 2024 it was given to 2,511 boys (rank #144). The name has been declining over the last five years.
285,643
Total babies (all years)
145
Years in the data
6,813
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
188060#205
188148#221
188257#219
188349#224
188456#225
188554#224
188659#221
188757#204
188863#222
188948#236
189075#178
189146#238
189278#197
189358#224
189477#192
189572#201
189673#207
189743#276
189890#176
189972#190
1900118#179
190192#165
190288#189
1903105#165
1904105#174
1905117#168
1906101#179
1907124#175
1908150#160
1909143#172
1910232#139
1911207#161
1912356#164
1913337#201
1914470#185
1915554#197
1916590#194
1917640#189
1918661#193
1919748#175
1920837#166
1921748#187
1922800#175
1923721#193
1924800#180
1925810#178
1926821#176
1927769#187
1928728#194
1929760#184
1930754#185
1931659#199
1932781#176
1933728#178
1934782#174
1935747#180
1936738#179
1937703#187
1938749#186
1939770#183
1940833#176
1941829#182
1942843#188
1943839#191
1944864#184
1945853#181
1946977#187
19471,100#187
19481,159#180
19491,193#179
19501,222#182
19511,247#187
19521,258#189
19531,268#193
19541,229#203
19551,330#196
19561,311#205
19571,261#213
19581,104#235
19591,158#235
19601,145#239
19611,049#244
19621,085#234
19631,025#233
19641,023#237
19651,071#223
1966903#235
1967978#226
1968922#235
1969991#231
19701,136#218
19711,210#200
19721,208#192
19731,391#169
19741,609#153
19751,957#131
19762,210#114
19772,499#107
19782,925#94
19793,040#95
19803,492#86
19813,719#80
19823,938#75
19833,641#79
19843,602#80
19854,003#77
19864,031#78
19874,050#78
19884,054#82
19894,120#84
19904,348#86
19914,367#84
19924,687#79
19934,854#75
19945,029#78
19955,203#73
19965,420#69
19975,775#65
19986,427#60
19996,466#62
20006,797#61
20016,645#61
20026,813#62
20036,666#63
20046,675#68
20056,689#67
20066,626#69
20076,066#82
20085,856#77
20095,426#75
20105,109#81
20114,978#84
20124,794#84
20134,537#91
20144,317#94
20154,233#97
20163,884#103
20173,540#112
20183,389#116
20193,094#122
20202,926#125
20212,825#133
20222,700#138
20232,526#143
20242,511#144