Naethan — boys' name
88 babies named Naethan in U.S. Social Security records since 2001, with the highest year being 2003. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
59% of everyone ever named Naethan was born in this single decade.
8 babies were named Naethan in 2003 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Naethan
The Social Security Administration has registered 88 babies named Naethan between 2001 and 2016, spanning 16 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Naethan currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2016. The name reached its historical peak in 2003, when 8 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Naethan performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 52 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Naethan shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Naethan in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 88 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Naethan at a glance
Last recorded 2016Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Naethan popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2016–2001
- Peak year (2003)
- 8
- Annual births at peak — across 16 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2016.
88 total births across 16 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2003 with 8 births in a single year.
Naethan by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 52 births that decade — 59% of Naethan's all-time total
Naethan decade highlights
- Peak decade 52 births
- Runner-up 36 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Naethan's strongest decade
52 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 59% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 2001–2016 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.