Nathan
For 2025 the count puts Nathan at #63 nationwide, neither climbing nor fading. Its record runs from 1880 through a 2004 peak, 587,497 children in all.
What Nathan carries
Nathan · Hebrew
“gift”
Source: Charlotte M. Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), see our sources.
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Five printables for Nathan, drawn in your browser at print size the moment you ask: a name print for the wall, a nursery sign, a tracing sheet, a shortlist sheet, and twelve sibling names with the reason for each. Letter size, 300 dpi, in the site’s own hand.
- Name print Meaning, origin and the popularity curve on one sheet, ready for a frame.
- Nursery sign The name big and bright, for a door, a shelf or the top of a dresser.
- Tracing sheet The name in dotted letters, with room to go over it again and again.
- Shortlist sheet A page for weighing names side by side: initials, nicknames, how it sounds with yours.
- Sibling names sheet Twelve names that go with this one, each with the reason, from the sibling matcher.
Name print
Meaning, origin and the popularity curve on one sheet, ready for a frame.
Nursery sign
The name big and bright, for a door, a shelf or the top of a dresser.
Tracing sheet
The name in dotted letters, with room to go over it again and again.
Shortlist sheet
A page for weighing names side by side: initials, nicknames, how it sounds with yours.
Sibling names sheet
Twelve names that go with this one, each with the reason, from the sibling matcher.
Print on plain letter paper or heavier card; the sign and the print look best on matte stock.
Nathan since 1880
Nathan peaked in 2004 at #20; #63 in 2025.
United States national data, Social Security Administration, through 2025, how we use it.
Where Nathan is most common
Among the states, Nathan takes its largest share in Delaware, 0.58% of the boys' names recorded there in 2025, with Wyoming and Maryland next.
Share of the state's recorded names for that sex, from the Social Security Administration's state file; a name is listed in a state only when five or more babies received it there that year.
Names that sit near Nathan
Same shelf of the library: origin, era and shape, scored deterministically.
Joshua
#66 in 2025 · Hebrew
Caleb
#58 in 2025 · Hebrew
Isaiah
#57 in 2025 · Hebrew
Hannah
#56 in 2025 · Hebrew
Josiah
#54 in 2025 · Hebrew
Aaron
#80 in 2025 · Hebrew
Isaac
#47 in 2025 · Hebrew
Jacob
#43 in 2025 · Hebrew
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About Nathan
Where does Nathan rank right now?
For 2025 the count puts Nathan at #63 nationwide, neither climbing nor fading. The chart above draws the whole run since 1880, from the Social Security Administration's public data.
Does Nathan have a meaning on record?
The reference we cite records “gift”, of Hebrew origin (Charlotte M. Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884)).
Is there a sibling name for Nathan?
Nearest by the published recipe: Joshua, Caleb and Isaiah. The sibling matcher scores every common American name against the ones you already have.
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