Nathaniel
For 2025 the count puts Nathaniel at #140 nationwide, sitting where it has sat for years. First recorded 1880, best year 2002, 287,103 bearers across the whole run.
What Nathaniel carries
Nathaniel · Hebrew
“gift of God”
Source: Charlotte M. Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), see our sources.
Nathaniel’s free Name Kit
Five printables for Nathaniel, 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.
Nathaniel since 1880
Nathaniel peaked in 2002 at #62; #140 in 2025.
United States national data, Social Security Administration, through 2025, how we use it.
Where Nathaniel is most common
Among the states, Nathaniel takes its largest share in District of Columbia, 0.47% of the boys' names recorded there in 2025, with North Dakota and Montana 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 Nathaniel
Same shelf of the library: origin, era and shape, scored deterministically.
Malachi
#134 in 2025 · Hebrew
Giovanni
#123 in 2025 · Hebrew
Isabel
#177 in 2025 · Hebrew
Gabriella
#105 in 2025 · Hebrew
Zachary
#216 in 2025 · Hebrew
Jonathan
#89 in 2025 · Hebrew
Jeremiah
#88 in 2025 · Hebrew
Elise
#223 in 2025 · Hebrew
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About Nathaniel
How popular is the name Nathaniel?
For 2025 the count puts Nathaniel at #140 nationwide, sitting where it has sat for years. The chart above draws the whole run since 1880, from the Social Security Administration's public data.
Does Nathaniel have a meaning on record?
The gloss on record reads “gift of God”, of Hebrew origin (Charlotte M. Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884)).
Which names sit near Nathaniel?
The recipe puts Malachi first, then Isabel, on shared origin, a peak within fifteen years, matching syllables and a shared first letter. Run the sibling matcher with your own names for a list scored against them.
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