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.

Nathanel

#5,165 most common boys' name of all time · #12,827 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1917–2025

Rank among boys
#5,165
Rank overall
#12,827 of 105,966
First appeared
1917
Years on the list
74 of 146
All-time
885
Since 2016
47
Peak year
2002 #2,517
Best rank
#2,310 1929
Girls Boys peak 39/yr
192019401960198020002020

Nathanel first appears in 1917. 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
2025 6 6 #10,817
2022 6 6 #11,008
2020 5 5 #12,193
2019 7 7 #9,878
2018 7 7 #9,781
2017 11 11 #7,159
2016 5 5 #12,365
2015 10 10 #7,577
2014 8 8 #8,892
2013 9 9 #8,207
2012 12 12 #6,680
2011 17 17 #5,245
2010 18 18 #5,079
2009 24 24 #4,182
2008 30 30 #3,576
2007 20 20 #4,665
2006 25 25 #3,910
2005 19 19 #4,501
2004 20 20 #4,295
2003 28 28 #3,297
2002 39 39 #2,517
2001 22 22 #3,750
2000 14 14 #5,084
1999 17 17 #4,209
1998 25 25 #3,112
1997 18 18 #3,767
1996 20 20 #3,438
1995 11 11 #5,201
1994 11 11 #5,177
1993 16 16 #3,864
1992 9 9 #5,745
1991 8 8 #6,049
1990 15 15 #3,831
1989 12 12 #4,340
1988 20 20 #2,792
1987 17 17 #2,982
1986 8 8 #4,986
1985 13 13 #3,463
1984 17 17 #2,751
1982 14 14 #3,184
1981 7 7 #5,113
1980 8 8 #4,617
1979 11 11 #3,654
1978 8 8 #4,284
1977 8 8 #4,285
1976 8 8 #4,144
1975 7 7 #4,463
1973 5 5 #5,341
1961 6 6 #3,863
1955 5 5 #4,172
1954 6 6 #3,678
1950 5 5 #3,969
1943 7 7 #3,180
1942 8 8 #2,915
1941 6 6 #3,416
1939 8 8 #2,802
1938 6 6 #3,458
1936 7 7 #3,098
1935 8 8 #2,924
1934 7 7 #3,220
1932 11 11 #2,455
1931 10 10 #2,635
1930 7 7 #3,521
1929 13 13 #2,310
1928 6 6 #4,028
1927 13 13 #2,403
1926 5 5 #4,599
1925 8 8 #3,373
1924 11 11 #2,811
1923 10 10 #2,939
1922 12 12 #2,628
1920 13 13 #2,458
1919 6 6 #4,079
1917 6 6 #3,954