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.

Nathan

#58 most common boys' name of all time · #106 across all names · >99% male / <1% female · used 1880–2025

Rank among boys
#58
Rank overall
#106 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
589,271
Since 2016
60,186
Peak year
2004 #20
Best rank
#20 2004
Girls Boys peak 14,696/yr
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Nathan is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 5 4,975 4,980 #63
2024 8 5,029 5,037 #62
2023 — 5,073 5,073 #59
2022 6 5,544 5,550 #57
2021 6 5,432 5,438 #59
2020 — 5,702 5,702 #55
2019 — 6,090 6,090 #55
2018 10 6,850 6,860 #48
2017 8 7,442 7,450 #45
2016 6 8,000 8,006 #43
2015 9 8,600 8,609 #38
2014 9 8,997 9,006 #38
2013 9 9,721 9,730 #31
2012 16 10,431 10,447 #29
2011 11 10,523 10,534 #28
2010 9 11,380 11,389 #27
2009 17 12,135 12,152 #25
2008 14 13,262 13,276 #21
2007 18 13,605 13,623 #24
2006 22 14,278 14,300 #23
2005 32 14,365 14,397 #20
2004 62 14,634 14,696 #20
2003 26 13,667 13,693 #26
2002 29 13,224 13,253 #28
2001 18 12,647 12,665 #31
2000 15 13,040 13,055 #30
1999 19 12,538 12,557 #32
1998 9 11,586 11,595 #34
1997 15 10,442 10,457 #34
1996 24 10,287 10,311 #37
1995 19 10,306 10,325 #39
1994 34 10,386 10,420 #40
1993 27 10,199 10,226 #41
1992 20 10,154 10,174 #44
1991 28 10,500 10,528 #42
1990 25 10,934 10,959 #44
1989 43 10,904 10,947 #43
1988 44 10,154 10,198 #44
1987 62 9,910 9,972 #45
1986 63 9,996 10,059 #43
1985 89 10,653 10,742 #40
1984 73 10,614 10,687 #38
1983 86 10,557 10,643 #40
1982 69 10,805 10,874 #36
1981 69 11,256 11,325 #36
1980 75 11,138 11,213 #36
1979 63 10,719 10,782 #37
1978 58 9,890 9,948 #36
1977 46 9,886 9,932 #36
1976 44 8,611 8,655 #39
1975 37 7,069 7,106 #45
1974 28 5,844 5,872 #52
1973 24 4,734 4,758 #63
1972 25 3,512 3,537 #79
1971 18 3,047 3,065 #104
1970 12 2,545 2,557 #130
1969 12 1,908 1,920 #154
1968 13 1,654 1,667 #163
1967 7 1,432 1,439 #180
1966 — 1,422 1,422 #179
1965 8 1,417 1,425 #181
1964 — 1,500 1,500 #188
1963 5 1,540 1,545 #194
1962 — 1,532 1,532 #198
1961 8 1,489 1,497 #199
1960 7 1,630 1,637 #190
1959 9 1,378 1,387 #207
1958 11 1,237 1,248 #214
1957 5 1,225 1,230 #215
1956 — 1,099 1,099 #222
1955 6 950 956 #232
1954 — 959 959 #225
1953 — 806 806 #237
1952 — 851 851 #229
1951 — 870 870 #222
1950 — 751 751 #243
1949 — 660 660 #251
1948 — 620 620 #263
1947 — 617 617 #273
1946 — 557 557 #271
1945 — 488 488 #267
1944 — 507 507 #262
1943 5 581 586 #244
1942 — 523 523 #253
1941 — 527 527 #243
1940 — 497 497 #243
1939 7 468 475 #246
1938 — 515 515 #232
1937 — 434 434 #258
1936 — 464 464 #243
1935 — 468 468 #248
1934 — 469 469 #245
1933 — 413 413 #259
1932 — 486 486 #243
1931 7 442 449 #258
1930 6 540 546 #234
1929 9 513 522 #239
1928 — 548 548 #235
1927 7 636 643 #210
1926 — 669 669 #206
1925 5 615 620 #219
1924 — 680 680 #204
1923 — 739 739 #187
1922 5 749 754 #185
1921 7 751 758 #186
1920 — 815 815 #172
1919 — 849 849 #156
1918 — 945 945 #150
1917 6 881 887 #148
1916 — 904 904 #143
1915 6 916 922 #139
1914 — 848 848 #124
1913 — 615 615 #127
1912 — 581 581 #120
1911 — 348 348 #108
1910 — 245 245 #135
1909 — 209 209 #130
1908 — 178 178 #137
1907 — 176 176 #136
1906 — 148 148 #140
1905 — 168 168 #131
1904 — 131 131 #148
1903 — 146 146 #128
1902 — 143 143 #136
1901 — 131 131 #127
1900 — 186 186 #126
1899 — 112 112 #141
1898 — 99 99 #167
1897 — 139 139 #119
1896 — 110 110 #151
1895 — 119 119 #136
1894 — 127 127 #126
1893 — 114 114 #132
1892 — 144 144 #118
1891 — 106 106 #130
1890 — 110 110 #130
1889 — 121 121 #116
1888 — 129 129 #124
1887 — 106 106 #124
1886 — 136 136 #115
1885 — 103 103 #132
1884 — 100 100 #140
1883 — 93 93 #132
1882 — 113 113 #124
1881 — 91 91 #136
1880 — 114 114 #115