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One Of The Bible's Prophets And One Of David's Son. Common Nicknames: Nat Or Nate .
Appears on famous Sophie's Choice and A few good men.
Nathan Name Popularity
Boys vs Girls
99.69%
Male
0.31%
Female
Nathan is predominantly a boys name, with 0.31% of Nathans being girls, and 99.69% being boys.
In the United States there have been a total of 566821 males named Nathan, and 1754 females given the name
Popularity of Nathan by state:
This chart shows the maximum percentage of babys named Nathan in each state. Lighter colors indicate higher percentages and popularity, while lower colors indicate less popularity.
Lighter = More Popular
Darker = Less Popular
Blank States = Few to None
Nathan: Baby name popularity graph, 1880-2024
The below graph, labeled 'Percentage named Nathan' is a graph showing the overall ranking of the boys name Nathan in the USA from 1880-2024. 1 being the highest and most popular, 40337 being the lowest and least used. Through these years over 40337 unique total names have been given to boys living in the United States so far. Nathan's average ranking is 611.68, with it's highest ever rank being #. Nathan has reach the top 10 most popular boys name 2 times, and has reached the top hundred names 51 times.
Nathan has been used in the United States ever since 1880, with over 568575 boys given the name in the past 200 years. Nathan gained the most popularity as a baby name in 1976, when it's usage went up by 121.35%. During this year, 8617 babies were named Nathan, which was 0.2896% of the baby boys born in the USA that year. The most the names popularity ever grew to was 0.386%, in this year alone more than 15000 boys were named Nathan.
Popular 'N' Names for Boys
Boys names starting with 'N'
Listed below are the 20 most commonly used baby names begining with N. These boys names are ordered by their overall popularity of recently named babies in the United states. Also listed is their their rank compared to other 'N' names, their over all rank among all boy names, the total number of baby boys expected to be given this name in 2024, and the total percentage of boys given this name.
| Name | 'N-Name' Rank | Overall Rank | Total Named | Percentage named |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Noah | 1. | 2. | 19015 | 0.526% |
| Nathan | 2. | 58. | 7933 | 0.219% |
| Nicholas | 3. | 96. | 5716 | 0.158% |
| Nolan | 4. | 99. | 5615 | 0.155% |
| Nathaniel | 5. | 171. | 3850 | 0.106% |
| Nicolas | 6. | 341. | 2065 | 0.057% |
| Nash | 7. | 535. | 1254 | 0.035% |
| Nehemiah | 8. | 712. | 918 | 0.025% |
| Noel | 9. | 766. | 844 | 0.023% |
| Nasir | 10. | 928. | 668 | 0.018% |
| Nikolai | 11. | 961. | 637 | 0.018% |
| Nico | 12. | 1006. | 603 | 0.017% |
| Nixon | 13. | 1063. | 566 | 0.016% |
| Nikolas | 14. | 1170. | 494 | 0.014% |
| Niko | 15. | 1280. | 434 | 0.012% |
| Nelson | 16. | 1303. | 426 | 0.012% |
| Nathanael | 17. | 1312. | 423 | 0.012% |
| Neil | 18. | 1315. | 422 | 0.012% |
| Noe | 19. | 1363. | 397 | 0.011% |
| Nickolas | 20. | 1722. | 294 | 0.008% |
