# Nathanial (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/nathanial/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 10,578 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 10,578 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 370, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 129 | 1,325 |
| 2012 | 96 | 1,624 |
| 2013 | 86 | 1,721 |
| 2014 | 62 | 2,197 |
| 2015 | 50 | 2,515 |
| 2016 | 51 | 2,506 |
| 2017 | 54 | 2,409 |
| 2018 | 35 | 3,283 |
| 2019 | 33 | 3,471 |
| 2020 | 30 | 3,626 |
| 2021 | 32 | 3,556 |
| 2022 | 20 | 4,969 |
| 2023 | 32 | 3,604 |
| 2024 | 30 | 3,759 |
| 2025 | 33 | 3,488 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 18 | 1,344 |
| 2011 | 14 | 1,600 |
| 2012 | 13 | 1,756 |
| 2013 | 8 | 2,403 |
| 2014 | 6 | 2,964 |
| 2015 | 6 | 3,004 |
| 2016 | 5 | 3,478 |
| 2017 | 9 | 2,324 |
| 2018 | 5 | 3,412 |
| 2019 | 7 | 2,728 |
| 2020 | 7 | 2,682 |
| 2021 | 4 | 3,990 |
| 2022 | 4 | 4,001 |
| 2023 | 5 | 3,523 |
| 2024 | 5 | 3,688 |

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.