Boys' name · since 1930
Nathaneil
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.
- #8,650 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 429
- born since 1930
- 2000s
- peak decade
Nathaneil is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 429 have been recorded since 1930.
Nathaneil has 429 recorded births among boys since 1930, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1930 to 2014.
- #8,650 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 429 born since 1930
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Nathaneil ranks #8,650 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 429 born since 1930, peaking in the 2000s.
- #8,650 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 429
- born since 1930
- 2000s
- peak decade
Nathaneil's 429 recorded births place it above 80.97% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Nathaneil's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Nathaneil's SSA record in two at 1989 and the more recent half accounts for 56% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 44%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1949, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2003 peak of 13, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Nathaneil popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1930–2014
- Peak year (2003)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 85 years of records
Nathaneil by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (109 births, 25% of the file).
2000s was Nathaneil's strongest decade.
109 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 25% of all-time use.
Nathaneil births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1930s 6
1930s
6 births
- 1940s 19
1940s
19 births
- 1950s 38
1950s
38 births
- 1960s 10
1960s
10 births
- 1970s
1970s
45 births
- 1980s
1980s
78 births
- 1990s
1990s
92 births
- 2000s
2000s
109 births
- 2010s 32
2010s
32 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 109 births (25% of all-time use).
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- Nathaneil's decade-level peak was the 2000s (109 total births); usage has since declined to 32 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Nathaneil: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2003)
Similar record span (~84 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1930–2014 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Nathaneil draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.