Recorded 2001–2017 Boys' name Peak 2005 48 births

Nethanel — boys' name

48 babies named Nethanel in U.S. Social Security records since 2001, with the highest year being 2005. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

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2000s
Peak decade

75% of everyone ever named Nethanel was born in this single decade.

2005
Single peak year

8 babies were named Nethanel in 2005 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Nethanel

The Social Security Administration has registered 48 babies named Nethanel between 2001 and 2017, spanning 17 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Nethanel currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2017. The name reached its historical peak in 2005, when 8 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Nethanel performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 36 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Nethanel shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Nethanel 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 48 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.

Nethanel at a glance

Last recorded 2017

Total births

48

Since 2001

17 years of records

Peak year

2005

8 births that year

Strongest decade: 2000s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2017

Active since

2001

Recorded for 17 years

Last year on file: 2017

Nethanel popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2017–2001

Last recorded 2017
Peak year (2005)
8
Annual births at peak — across 17 years of records
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Nethanel by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2000s
Peak decade
2000s
36 births that decade — 75% of Nethanel's all-time total
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Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Nethanel?
48 babies have been named Nethanel since 2001. It was last recorded in 2017. The peak year was 2005 with 8 births.
When was Nethanel most popular?
Nethanel was most popular in the 2000s decade with 36 total births. The single peak year was 2005.
How long has the name Nethanel been used?
Nethanel has been recorded in Social Security data since 2001, spanning 17 years of data through 2017.
What names are similar to Nethanel?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Netanel, Nethaniel, Nethan, Nettie, and 3 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

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, 2001–2017 (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.