NameTides

Nathaniel

Nathaniel was the #140 boys' name in the US in 2025 (2,565 babies), and #149 in England & Wales and #102 in Canada.

Nathaniel as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
  • VIC
Nathaniel 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.01.252.53.75518801900192019401960198020002020CanadaUSEngland & WalesNorthern IrelandIrelandScotland
Nathaniel 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.01.252.53.7551880192019602000
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#140 (2,565)#149 (361)#269 (14)#212 (9)#223 (21)#102 (296)——
2024#144 (2,520)#144 (370)#191 (22)#278 (6)#220 (21)#115 (266)——
2023#143 (2,533)#174 (294)#182 (25)#312 (5)#235 (19)#123 (256)——
2022#138 (2,706)#149 (361)#209 (20)#234 (8)#231 (21)#117 (275)——
2021#133 (2,834)#157 (346)#258 (17)#326 (5)#239 (20)#113 (313)——
2020#125 (2,930)#148 (373)#278 (14)#392 (3)#219 (22)#100 (320)——
2019#122 (3,097)#137 (411)#225 (20)#197 (11)#268 (17)#99 (346)#96 (96)—
2018#116 (3,391)#131 (440)#202 (23)#283 (6)#269 (17)#105 (345)#96 (92)—
2017#112 (3,541)#145 (400)#186 (29)#202 (10)#317 (13)#101 (359)#92 (98)—
2016#103 (3,887)#129 (476)#234 (20)#216 (9)#298 (15)#92 (400)#90 (105)#70 (88)
2015#96 (4,234)#124 (517)#224 (21)#222 (9)#280 (16)#85 (432)#89 (108)#86 (74)
2014#94 (4,317)#129 (482)#242 (19)#213 (10)#325 (13)#99 (407)#98 (101)#97 (66)
2013#91 (4,538)#127 (469)#227 (20)#208 (10)#296 (15)#92 (427)#80 (129)#76 (88)
2012#84 (4,795)#118 (536)#229 (20)#231 (8)#310 (14)#80 (479)——
2011#84 (4,980)#119 (535)#211 (22)#204 (10)#245 (21)#78 (473)——

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2002 at #62.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.

How common is it?

about 1 in 670 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 2. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 670common
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 750common
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 1,400uncommon
Northern IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 920common
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 1,100uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 540common

Next year

On its recent trend, Nathaniel is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 700 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 660 to 1 in 740.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Nathaniel by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: #234MEWisconsin: #200WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: #145NHWashington: #176WAIdaho: #282IDMontana: #127MTNorth Dakota: #120NDMinnesota: #275MNIllinois: #154ILMichigan: #301MINew York: #136NYMassachusetts: #126MAOregon: #181ORNevada: #155NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: #257SDIowa: #310IAIndiana: #154INOhio: #187OHPennsylvania: #143PANew Jersey: #113NJConnecticut: #126CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #81CAUtah: #288UTColorado: #178CONebraska: #210NEMissouri: #264MOKentucky: #161KYWest Virginia: #299WVVirginia: #129VAMaryland: #93MDDelaware: #203DEArizona: #138AZNew Mexico: #128NMKansas: #265KSArkansas: #208ARTennessee: #156TNNorth Carolina: #118NCSouth Carolina: #114SCDistrict of Columbia: #66DCOklahoma: #211OKLouisiana: #198LAMississippi: #312MSAlabama: #195ALGeorgia: #162GAHawaii: #146HITexas: #118TXFlorida: #134FL
Nathaniel (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#89135
Quebec2025#16834

Nathaniel (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
NathanielCanadaGirls—too few
NathanielCanadaBoys#102296
NathanielEngland & WalesBoys#149361
NathanielIrelandBoys#22321
NathanielNorthern IrelandBoys#2129
NathanielNSWBoys—too few
NathanielScotlandBoys#26914
NathanielUSGirls—too few
NathanielUSBoys#1402,565
NathanielVICBoys—too few