Nathan

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Primarily a boy's name · 100% boys

Origin: English

Meaning

Nathan is a masculine given name. It is derived from the Hebrew verb ื ึธืชึธืŸโ€Ž meaning gave.

From Wikipedia

Nathan first appears in the data in 1943 and has been recorded in 62 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 2011 with 208 babies (rank #77 that year). It was not in the 2017 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Nathan

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Nathan yields these three numbers โ€” a playful read on the name's character.

3,751
Total babies (all years)
62
Years in the data
208
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time โ€” Boys

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
19431#14
19441#37
19451#169
19501#22
19561#864
19571#904
19581#955
19601#1,008
19612#861
19622#910
19632#921
19642#910
19654#770
19664#804
196710#583
19684#843
19698#671
19709#656
197116#513
19728#699
197316#482
19749#648
197511#581
197614#513
197720#431
197822#408
197919#459
198020#460
198116#518
198224#426
198322#435
198422#454
198526#421
198650#283
198744#328
198844#333
198951#304
199055#295
199156#298
199279#225
199363#271
199481#228
199587#212
199688#211
199775#236
199898#200
1999107#187
2000133#160
2001125#168
2002116#172
2003135#150
2004115#161
2005173#108
2006158#111
2007172#98
2008191#92
2009194#95
2010169#98
2011208#77
2012156#97
2013205#75
2014203#77