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Nathaniel Creative • Sociable • Prudent
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Less Popular Than Nathan. Most Common Nickname: Nate..
Name of one of the Bible's apostles. Author Nathaniel Hawthorne and General Nathanael Greene are also famous bearers .
Nathaniel Name Popularity
Boys vs Girls
99.58%
Male
0.42%
Female
Nathaniel is predominantly a boys name, with 0.42% of Nathaniels being girls, and 99.58% being boys.
In the United States there have been a total of 276177 males named Nathaniel, and 1172 females given the name
Popularity of Nathaniel by state:
This chart shows the maximum percentage of babys named Nathaniel 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
Nathaniel: Baby name popularity graph, 1880-2025
The below graph, labeled 'Percentage named Nathaniel' is a graph showing the overall ranking of the boys name Nathaniel in the USA from 1880-2025. 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. Nathaniel's average ranking is 727, with it's highest ever rank being #. Nathaniel has reach the top 10 most popular boys name 2 times, and has reached the top hundred names 45 times.
Nathaniel has been used in the United States ever since 1880, with over 277349 boys given the name in the past 200 years. Nathaniel gained the most popularity as a baby name in 1998, when it's usage went up by 109.73%. During this year, 6427 babies were named Nathaniel, which was 0.1761% of the baby boys born in the USA that year. The most the names popularity ever grew to was 0.183%, in this year alone more than 7000 boys were named Nathaniel.
Popular 'N' Names for Boys
| 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% |