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.
75% of everyone ever named Nethanel was born in this single decade.
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 2017Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Nethanel popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2017–2001
- Peak year (2005)
- 8
- Annual births at peak — across 17 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2017.
48 total births across 17 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2005 with 8 births in a single year.
Nethanel by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 36 births that decade — 75% of Nethanel's all-time total
Nethanel decade highlights
- Peak decade 36 births
- Runner-up 12 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Nethanel's strongest decade
36 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 75% 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, 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.