Nathan — #62 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Nathan

The Social Security Administration has registered 582,484 babies named Nathan between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Nathan currently holds the #62 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2004, when 14,633 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Nathan performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 134,854 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Nathan shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 74,568 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Nathan in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Nathan 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 582,484 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.