Boys' name · since 1999
Jathaniel
57 babies named Jathaniel in U.S. Social Security records since 1999, with the highest year being 2011. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #21,245 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 57
- born since 1999
- 2000s
- peak decade
Jathaniel sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 57 recorded since 1999.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jathaniel has been recorded 57 times among boys since 1999, though it is not among the currently most-used boys names, with its heaviest use in the 2000s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1999 to 2020.
- #21,245 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 57 born since 1999
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jathaniel ranks #21,245 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 57 born since 1999, peaking in the 2000s.
- #21,245 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 57
- born since 1999
- 2000s
- peak decade
Jathaniel's 57 recorded births place it above 53.13% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Jathaniel's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Jathaniel's full recorded timeline at 2008, 60% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 40% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1999, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2011 peak of 8 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Jathaniel popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1999–2020
- Peak year (2011)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 22 years of records
Jathaniel by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (25 births, 44% of the file).
2000s was Jathaniel's strongest decade.
25 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 44% of all-time use.
Jathaniel births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
- 2000s
2000s
25 births
- 2010s
2010s
21 births
- 2020s 6
2020s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 25 births (44% of all-time use).
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- Jathaniel's decade-level peak was the 2000s (25 total births); usage has since declined to 6 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Jathaniel: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2011)
Similar record span (~21 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1999–2020 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Jathaniel draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.