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
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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |