Boys' name · since 1990
Natanel
Natanel has 256 recorded births since 1990 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2015 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #11,521 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,585 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 256
- born since 1990
- 2000s
- peak decade
Natanel currently ranks #12585 among boys' names in America, with 256 babies recorded since 1990.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Natanel has been recorded 256 times among boys since 1990, currently ranked #12585 nationally and more common than 10% of boys, 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 1990 to 2025.
- #11,521 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #12,585 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 256 born since 1990
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Natanel ranks #11,521 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,585 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 256 born since 1990, peaking in the 2000s.
- #11,521 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,585 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 256
- born since 1990
- 2000s
- peak decade
Natanel's 256 recorded births place it above 74.65% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by New York.
How Natanel compares
256 42nd percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Natanel's all-time total is 31% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Natanel | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 256 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 18 | 34 | 22,252 |
Natanel's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Natanel splits its recorded history at 2010: 50% of all births land in the more recent half, 50% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1990 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2015 peak of 18 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Natanel popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1990–2025
- Peak year (2015)
- 18
- Annual births at peak, across 36 years of records
Natanel by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (92 births, 36% of the file).
2000s was Natanel's strongest decade.
92 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 36% of all-time use.
Natanel births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
37 births
- 2000s
2000s
92 births
- 2010s
2010s
87 births
- 2020s
2020s
40 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 92 births (36% of all-time use).
Natanel by state
Where Natanel concentrates geographically, total births since 1990
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 60 | 23.4% |
| #2 | California | | 5 | 2.0% |
60 of 256 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
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What to do with Natanel's data
- Natanel's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (92 total births) through the 2020s (40) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- New York records the most Natanels (60 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 Natanel: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2015)
Similar record span (~35 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, 1990–2025 (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 Natanel 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.