Nathaneal — boys' name

What the Data Says About Nathaneal

The Social Security Administration has registered 908 babies named Nathaneal between 1972 and 2023, spanning 52 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Nathaneal currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 1999, when 39 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Nathaneal performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 318 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Nathaneal shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 32 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Nathaneal in 4 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Nathaneal 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 908 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.