Nathanal — boys' name

What the Data Says About Nathanal

The Social Security Administration has registered 209 babies named Nathanal between 1924 and 2012, spanning 89 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Nathanal currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2012. The name reached its historical peak in 2005, when 15 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Nathanal performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 110 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Nathanal shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Nathanal in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Nathanal 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 209 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.