Nathaneil — boys' name
429 babies named Nathaneil in U.S. Social Security records since 1930, with the highest year being 2003. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
25% of everyone ever named Nathaneil was born in this single decade.
13 babies were named Nathaneil in 2003 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Nathaneil
The Social Security Administration has registered 429 babies named Nathaneil between 1930 and 2014, spanning 85 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Nathaneil currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2014. The name reached its historical peak in 2003, when 13 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Nathaneil performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 109 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Nathaneil shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Nathaneil 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 429 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.
Nathaneil at a glance
Last recorded 2014Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Nathaneil popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2014–1930
- Peak year (2003)
- 13
- Annual births at peak — across 85 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2014.
429 total births across 85 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2003 with 13 births in a single year.
Nathaneil by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 109 births that decade — 25% of Nathaneil's all-time total
Nathaneil decade highlights
- Peak decade 109 births
- Runner-up 92 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Nathaneil's strongest decade
109 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 25% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1930–2014 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.