Boys' name · since 1988
Netanel
Netanel has 456 recorded births since 1988 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2015 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #8,329 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #4,776 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 456
- born since 1988
- 2010s
- peak decade
456 babies have been named Netanel since 1988, making it today's #4776 boys' name.
Netanel has 456 recorded births among boys since 1988, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #4776 as of the latest data, more common than 66% of boys, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1988 to 2025.
- #8,329 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #4,776 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 456 born since 1988
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Netanel ranks #8,329 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #4,776 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 456 born since 1988, peaking in the 2010s.
- #8,329 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #4,776 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 456
- born since 1988
- 2010s
- peak decade
Netanel's 456 recorded births place it above 81.68% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 3 jurisdictions, led by New York.
How Netanel compares
456 Top 46% higher than 54% of 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Netanel's all-time total is 24% above the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Netanel | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 456 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 24 | 34 | 22,252 |
Netanel's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Netanel splits its recorded history at 2009: 62% of all births land in the more recent half, 38% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1990 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2015 peak of 24 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Netanel popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1988–2025
- Peak year (2015)
- 24
- Annual births at peak, across 38 years of records
Netanel by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (167 births, 37% of the file).
2010s was Netanel's strongest decade.
167 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 37% of all-time use.
Netanel births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 6
1980s
6 births
- 1990s 54
1990s
54 births
- 2000s
2000s
136 births
- 2010s
2010s
167 births
- 2020s
2020s
93 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 167 births (37% of all-time use).
Netanel by state
Where Netanel concentrates geographically, total births since 1988
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 158 | 34.6% |
| #2 | California | | 5 | 1.1% |
| #3 | New Jersey | | 5 | 1.1% |
158 of 456 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 3 reporting states.
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- Netanel's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (167 total births) through the 2020s (93) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- New York records the most Netanels (158 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Netanel: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2015)
Similar record span (~37 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, 1988–2025 (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 Netanel 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.