Nathanel was the #10,695 boys' name in the US in 2025 (6 babies).
Nathanel as a boy’s name
US
England & Wales
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list.Official rank; #1 at the top. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.Show the numbers
Year
US
England & Wales
2025
#10,695 (6)
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2022
#10,863 (6)
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2020
#12,022 (5)
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2019
#9,756 (7)
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2018
#9,670 (7)
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2017
#7,095 (11)
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2016
#12,185 (5)
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2015
#7,491 (10)
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2014
#8,781 (8)
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2013
#8,118 (9)
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2012
#6,626 (12)
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2011
#5,200 (17)
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2010
#5,047 (18)
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2009
#4,160 (24)
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2008
#3,561 (30)
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The tide so far
Peaked in the US in 2002 at #2,504.
Rising over the last five years.
First recorded in the US in 1917.
How common is it?
about 1 in 250,000 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.