Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Nathaiel

#19,259 most common boys' name of all time · #50,517 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1956–1985

Rank among boys
#19,259
Rank overall
#50,517 of 105,966
First appeared
1956
Years on the list
10 of 146
All-time
54
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1956 #3,934
Best rank
#3,934 1956
Girls Boys peak 6/yr
19601980

Nathaiel first appears in 1956. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
1985 — 5 5 #6,938
1983 — 6 6 #5,818
1980 — 5 5 #6,682
1979 — 6 6 #5,668
1978 — 5 5 #6,189
1975 — 5 5 #5,864
1964 — 5 5 #4,491
1961 — 6 6 #4,005
1960 — 5 5 #4,509
1956 — 6 6 #3,934