Boys' name · since 1915
Nathinel
Since 1915, U.S. Social Security records show 45 babies named Nathinel, peaking in 1941. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #22,944 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 45
- born since 1915
- 1910s
- peak decade
Nathinel sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 45 recorded since 1915.
Nathinel has 45 recorded births among boys since 1915, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1910s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1915 to 1941.
- #22,944 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 45 born since 1915
- 1910s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Nathinel ranks #22,944 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 45 born since 1915, peaking in the 1910s.
- #22,944 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 45
- born since 1915
- 1910s
- peak decade
Nathinel's 45 recorded births place it above 49.44% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Nathinel's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Nathinel's full recorded timeline at 1923, 53% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 47% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1915, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1941 peak of 8 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Nathinel popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1915–1941
- Peak year (1941)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 27 years of records
Nathinel by decade
1910s is the heaviest window (16 births, 36% of the file).
1910s was Nathinel's strongest decade.
16 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 36% of all-time use.
Nathinel births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s
1910s
16 births
- 1920s
1920s
16 births
- 1930s 5
1930s
5 births
- 1940s
1940s
8 births
What this shows Peak: 1910s at 16 births (36% of all-time use).
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- Nathinel's usage has stayed within range of its 1910s decade-level peak (16 total births) through the 1940s (8) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Nathinel: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1941)
Similar record span (~26 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, 1915–1941 (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 Nathinel 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.