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Natanael

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Natanael is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 154 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.

Rank in 2024
outside the top 1,000
Births in 2024
1540.01% of boys
Peak year
2020176 births
Best rank
never in the top 1,000
Since 1962
2,393people given the name
Babies named Natanael, by year of birthboys
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The story in the numbers

2,393 boys have been named Natanael in the United States since 1962, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2020, with 176 births.

This is a comeback. After an early peak the name fell to a fraction of its former share, and it has been climbing again for the past decade.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 2011, and the 2020s alone account for 29%.

By decade

Decadeboys named Natanael
1960s5
1970s29
1980s138
1990s364
2000s576
2010s579
2020s702

In 2020, its biggest year

Natanael was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 2020 were Liam, Noah, Oliver, Elijah and William. See all of 2020.

Names that rose and fell with Natanael

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

Other spellings in the data

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.