Nathanjames — boys' name
13 babies named Nathanjames in U.S. Social Security records since 2009, with the highest year being 2009. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
62% of everyone ever named Nathanjames was born in this single decade.
8 babies were named Nathanjames in 2009 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Nathanjames
The Social Security Administration has registered 13 babies named Nathanjames between 2009 and 2016, spanning 8 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Nathanjames currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2016. The name reached its historical peak in 2009, when 8 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Nathanjames performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 8 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Nathanjames shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Nathanjames 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 13 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.
Nathanjames at a glance
Last recorded 2016Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Nathanjames popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2016–2009
- Peak year (2009)
- 8
- Annual births at peak — across 8 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2016.
13 total births across 8 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2009 with 8 births in a single year.
Nathanjames by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 8 births that decade — 62% of Nathanjames's all-time total
Nathanjames decade highlights
- Peak decade 8 births
- Runner-up 5 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Nathanjames's strongest decade
8 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 62% 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, 2009–2016 (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.