Boys' name · since 1880
Nat
Nat has 2,162 recorded births since 1880 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1915 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #3,143 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 2,162
- born since 1880
- 1910s
- peak decade
Nat sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 2,162 recorded since 1880.
Nat has 2,162 recorded births among boys since 1880, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1910s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1880 to 2023.
- #3,143 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 2,162 born since 1880
- 1910s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Nat ranks #3,143 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 2,162 born since 1880, peaking in the 1910s.
- #3,143 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 2,162
- born since 1880
- 1910s
- peak decade
Nat's 2,162 recorded births place it above 93.08% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
8 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by New York.
Nat's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Nat's full recorded timeline at 1933, 43% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 57% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1904, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1915 peak of 61 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Nat popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1880–2023
- Peak year (1915)
- 61
- Annual births at peak, across 144 years of records
Nat by decade
1910s is the heaviest window (444 births, 21% of the file).
1910s was Nat's strongest decade.
444 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 21% of all-time use.
Nat births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s 108
1880s
108 births
- 1890s 125
1890s
125 births
- 1900s 117
1900s
117 births
- 1910s
1910s
444 births
- 1920s
1920s
353 births
- 1930s
1930s
241 births
- 1940s
1940s
220 births
- 1950s
1950s
216 births
- 1960s
1960s
183 births
- 1970s 94
1970s
94 births
- 1980s 34
1980s
34 births
- 1990s 17
1990s
17 births
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
- 2020s 5
2020s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1910s at 444 births (21% of all-time use).
How Nat compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Nat's total volume
Nat by state
Where Nat concentrates geographically, total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 389 | 18.0% |
| #2 | Texas | | 41 | 1.9% |
| #3 | North Carolina | | 12 | 0.6% |
| #4 | California | | 10 | 0.5% |
| #5 | Louisiana | | 10 | 0.5% |
| #6 | Tennessee | | 10 | 0.5% |
| #7 | Kentucky | | 6 | 0.3% |
| #8 | Virginia | | 5 | 0.2% |
389 of 2,162 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 8 reporting states.
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- Nat's decade-level peak was the 1910s (444 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- New York records the most Nats (389 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Nat: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1915)
Similar record span (~143 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, 1880–2023 (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 Nat 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.