NameTides

Nathan

Nathan was the #63 boys' name in the US in 2025 (4,975 babies), and #99 in England & Wales and #17 in Canada.

Nathan as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
  • VIC
Nathan as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.0510152018801900192019401960198020002020CanadaScotlandIrelandUSNorthern IrelandEngland & Wales
Nathan as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.051015201880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales and Victoria publish their top 100 only, so they appear in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaNSWVIC
2025#63 (4,975)#99 (528)#56 (77)#138 (17)#71 (82)#17 (895)——
2024#62 (5,029)#88 (597)#62 (80)#118 (18)#70 (83)#13 (988)—#100 (78)
2023#59 (5,073)#102 (512)#60 (84)#98 (25)#61 (100)#14 (1,012)——
2022#57 (5,544)#105 (524)#48 (101)#85 (31)#59 (108)#13 (1,068)—#100 (71)
2021#59 (5,432)#99 (595)#59 (90)#120 (22)#62 (109)#14 (1,238)——
2020#55 (5,702)#111 (525)#61 (84)#89 (32)#57 (110)#13 (1,223)—#89 (82)
2019#55 (6,090)#104 (616)#45 (114)#101 (27)#61 (107)#13 (1,243)—#86 (92)
2018#48 (6,850)#102 (633)#42 (135)#83 (35)#49 (150)#12 (1,277)#84 (109)#71 (86)
2017#45 (7,442)#88 (779)#29 (178)#77 (40)#34 (187)#9 (1,467)—#84 (79)
2016#43 (8,000)#77 (872)#26 (206)#68 (47)#39 (192)#9 (1,569)#92 (104)#63 (101)
2015#38 (8,600)#64 (997)#29 (198)#51 (59)#32 (231)#7 (1,763)#81 (120)#67 (88)
2014#38 (8,997)#62 (1,055)#26 (226)#37 (79)#29 (255)#7 (1,774)#73 (140)#64 (93)
2013#31 (9,721)#55 (1,131)#27 (225)#38 (68)#31 (236)#5 (1,961)#62 (161)#54 (127)
2012#29 (10,431)#56 (1,212)#34 (219)#33 (84)#26 (295)#4 (2,048)#64 (161)#55 (125)
2011#28 (10,523)#54 (1,319)#28 (253)#38 (76)#29 (282)#4 (2,128)#59 (159)#40 (143)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2004 at #20.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.

How common is it?

about 1 in 340 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet about 3. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 340common
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 510common
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 260common
Northern IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 490common
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 290common
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 180very common

Next year

On its recent trend, Nathan is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 350 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 340 to 1 in 370.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Nathan by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: #151MEWisconsin: #112WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: #80NHWashington: #55WAIdaho: #89IDMontana: #109MTNorth Dakota: #226NDMinnesota: #102MNIllinois: #69ILMichigan: #140MINew York: #48NYMassachusetts: #46MAOregon: #128ORNevada: #58NVWyoming: #72WYSouth Dakota: #77SDIowa: #119IAIndiana: #96INOhio: #109OHPennsylvania: #67PANew Jersey: #35NJConnecticut: #42CTRhode Island: #97RICalifornia: #40CAUtah: #119UTColorado: #88CONebraska: #93NEMissouri: #137MOKentucky: #85KYWest Virginia: #227WVVirginia: #56VAMaryland: #30MDDelaware: #48DEArizona: #79AZNew Mexico: #99NMKansas: #151KSArkansas: #75ARTennessee: #95TNNorth Carolina: #72NCSouth Carolina: #54SCDistrict of Columbia: #139DCOklahoma: #73OKLouisiana: #115LAMississippi: #165MSAlabama: #107ALGeorgia: #88GAHawaii: #126HITexas: #44TXFlorida: #43FL
Nathan (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#16386
Quebec2025#17313

Nathan (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
NathanCanadaGirls—too few
NathanCanadaBoys#17895
NathanEngland & WalesBoys#99528
NathanIrelandBoys#7182
NathanNorthern IrelandBoys#13817
NathanNSWBoys—too few
NathanScotlandBoys#5677
NathanUSGirls#14,9425
NathanUSBoys#634,975
NathanVICBoys—too few