Nathaniel

Boy · recorded 1880–2025

  • #140in 2025
  • 1 in 665boys in 2025
  • −32%last ten years
  • 2.9×in District of Columbia

Most popular in 2002. Quieter now: down 32% in ten years.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1880

01,7553,50918801916195319892025

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 146 recorded years as a table
Nathaniel, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
1880543
1881476
1882501
1883468
1884489
1885501
1886533
1887562
1888521
1889434
1890676
1891455
1892639
1893516
1894665
1895613
1896611
1897381
1898734
1899678
1900784
1901864
1902717
1903881
1904820
1905884
1906759
1907845
1908972
1909872
19101,195
1911916
1912828
1913657
1914718
1915653
1916663
1917692
1918652
1919763
1920786
1921679
1922735
1923658
1924706
1925726
1926739
1927682
1928657
1929707
1930687
1931634
1932748
1933734
1934757
1935717
1936712
1937659
1938675
1939696
1940719
1941675
1942610
1943588
1944634
1945634
1946602
1947601
1948661
1949672
1950683
1951662
1952647
1953642
1954602
1955648
1956619
1957585
1958519
1959543
1960537
1961494
1962524
1963505
1964513
1965576
1966506
1967560
1968530
1969554
1970611
1971684
1972745
1973892
19741,023
19751,253
19761,408
19771,521
19781,782
19791,766
19801,957
19812,076
19822,171
19832,031
19841,995
19852,166
19862,190
19872,169
19882,118
19892,060
19902,117
19912,162
19922,347
19932,475
19942,603
19952,733
19962,861
19973,063
19983,363
19993,368
20003,461
20013,421
20023,509
20033,375
20043,363
20053,349
20063,224
20072,923
20082,871
20092,735
20102,663
20112,622
20122,528
20132,399
20142,247
20152,209
20162,048
20171,913
20181,867
20191,726
20201,697
20211,620
20221,550
20231,481
20241,463
20251,502

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Compared with the country as a whole, pooled over 2023–2025.

  1. District of Columbia 2.9×
  2. New Mexico 2.1×
  3. Connecticut 1.9×
  4. California 1.6×
  5. New Hampshire 1.5×

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025
2,565
Rank in 2025
#140
How rare
1 in 665 boys
Since 1880
287,103

Most popular in 2002, at 3,509 per million boys born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has fallen by 32% per million boys born.

Top 5 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
StateTimes the national rateBirths pooled
District of Columbia2.9×36
New Mexico2.1×59
Connecticut1.9×112
California1.6×1,249
New Hampshire1.5×29

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.