Nathanael — #674 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Nathanael

The Social Security Administration has registered 21,774 babies named Nathanael between 1915 and 2024, spanning 110 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Nathanael currently holds the #674 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2000, when 609 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Nathanael performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 5,711 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Nathanael shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 2,688 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Nathanael in 45 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Nathanael 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 21,774 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.