NameTides

Nathanael

Nathanael was the #632 boys' name in the US in 2025 (442 babies), and #856 in England & Wales and #510 in Canada.

Nathanael as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Nathanael as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies 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.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020CanadaUSEngland & Wales
Nathanael as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies 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.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#632 (442)#856 (37)———#510 (58)
2024#674 (407)#924 (34)#619 (4)—#785 (3)#507 (57)
2023#719 (369)#857 (37)—#395 (3)#770 (3)#553 (49)
2022#777 (325)#825 (38)——#657 (4)#648 (41)
2021#780 (317)#1,055 (27)—#433 (3)#755 (3)#635 (43)
2020#718 (345)#898 (32)#599 (4)—#741 (3)#619 (41)
2019#710 (348)#731 (45)———#542 (51)
2018#717 (337)#665 (52)———#551 (49)
2017#644 (402)#673 (52)———#651 (39)
2016#621 (431)#698 (49)—#421 (3)—#558 (49)
2015#580 (480)#601 (61)——#699 (3)#452 (64)
2014#582 (477)#670 (50)#680 (3)——#515 (54)
2013#557 (471)#500 (75)#590 (4)——#466 (61)
2012#584 (438)#542 (67)——#548 (5)#462 (60)
2011#579 (433)#638 (52)#648 (3)——#545 (48)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1998 at #405.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1915.

How common is it?

about 1 in 3,900 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

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

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 3,900uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 7,400uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 2,700uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Nathanael is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 3,500 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 3,300 to 1 in 3,700.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Nathanael by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #576WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #586MNIllinois: #1,023ILMichigan: #999MINew York: #620NYMassachusetts: #438MAOregon: #474ORNevada: #362NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: #257SDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: #844INOhio: #855OHPennsylvania: #1,004PANew Jersey: #523NJConnecticut: #498CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #494CAUtah: #561UTColorado: #626CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #597MOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #473VAMaryland: #475MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #634AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: #873NCSouth Carolina: #743SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: #765ALGeorgia: #428GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #539TXFlorida: #478FL
Nathanael (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
Quebec2025#21625
Ontario2024#63618

Nathanael (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
NathanaelCanadaBoys#51058
NathanaelEngland & WalesBoys#85637
NathanaelIrelandBoys—too few
NathanaelNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
NathanaelScotlandBoys—too few
NathanaelUSGirls—too few
NathanaelUSBoys#632442