How Many People Are Named Nathan?
people named Nathan are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 633 people in the US has this name
Based on 589,271 babies named Nathan in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
โญโญ Common
Peak Year
14,696 births
Trend
Declining (last 10 years)
๐ Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From the Hebrew name ื ึธืชึธื (Natan) meaning "he gave". In the Old Testament this is the name of a prophet during the reign of King David. He chastised David for his adultery with Bathsheba and for the death of Uriah the Hittite. Later he championed Solomon as David's successor. This was also the name of a son of David and Bathsheba.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
โง Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Nathan (99.7%) were boys.
๐ฅ Age Distribution
The average person named Nathan alive today is about 29 years old, and 55% are under 30. Half of them were between 17 and 40 in 2025.
๐ Popularity Over Time
Nathan first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 2004, to 14,696 babies. In 2025, 4,980 babies got the name. Over the last ten years, the number each year has been falling.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
๐ Rank History
Nathan never made the top 10 boys' names. Its best rank was #20, in 2004 to 2005, and it was in the top 100 for 54 years, 1972 to 2025. In 2025 it ranked #63.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #63 |
| Best rank | #20 (2004 to 2005) |
| Years in the top 100 | 54 (1972 to 2025) |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #26 in the 2000s |
๐ State-Wise Distribution
People named Nathan alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Nathan were born in California than in any other state: about 72,610 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Nathan was given about 1.6 times as often in Maine, New Hampshire and Utah.
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