How Many People Are Named Nat?
people named Nat are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 597,525 people in the US has this name
Based on 2,162 babies named Nat in Social Security records from 1880 to 2023, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
๐๐ Very Rare
Peak Year
61 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
๐ Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Short form of NATHAN, NATHANIEL, NATALIE, or other names beginning with Nat.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
โง Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Nat in the records were boys.
๐ฅ Age Distribution
The average person named Nat alive today is about 64 years old, and 67% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 56 and 75 in 2025.
๐ Popularity Over Time
Nat first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1915, to 61 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2023.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2023
๐ Rank History
Nat has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #475, in 1894.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #475 (1894) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #822 in the 1910s |
๐ State-Wise Distribution
People named Nat alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Nat were born in New York than in any other state: about 46 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Nat was given about 8.5 times as often in New York.
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