How Many People Are Named Nathanael?
people named Nathanael are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 15,931 people in the US has this name
Based on 22,244 babies named Nathanael in Social Security records from 1915 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
609 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
French form of NATHANAEL.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Nathanael in English. Counting Nathanael and these spellings together, about 270,133 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Nathanael (99.9%) were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Nathanael alive today is about 24 years old, and 66% are under 30. Half of them were between 13 and 34 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Nathanael first appears in the records in 1915 and was given most often in 2000, to 609 babies. In 2025, 442 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1915 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Nathanael has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #406, in 1998. In 2025 it ranked #632.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #632 |
| Best rank | #406 (1998) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #451 in the 2000s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Nathanael alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Nathanael were born in California than in any other state: about 2,676 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Nathanael was given 1.8 times as often in Oregon, 1.6 times in Washington and 1.5 times in Indiana.
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