Nathaneil
Nathaneil is a boy's name that peaked in 2003, when it was the 5,558th most popular in the United States. It has not appeared in the national data since 2014. About 390 Nathaneils are alive in the United States today, and half of them are over 32.
Popularity, 1880–2025
boys named Nathaneil
By the numbers
- Total US births
- 429
- Estimated living today
- 390
- Median age today
- 32
- Peak year
- 2003
- Best rank
- 5,558th
- Rank in 2025
- unranked
- First recorded
- 1930
How old the living Nathaneils are
born that year still alive today
Of the 429 babies given the name since 1930, about 390 are alive — 90 in every hundred. The dotted line is the median: half were born before 1993 and half after.
An estimate, not a count. SSA births aged forward through SSA cohort life tables, which know nothing about who left the country or arrived in it — so for a name that mostly came to America rather than being born in it, this is a floor rather than a figure. Where you fall among living Americans.
Names of 2003
The most popular boys’ names the year Nathaneil peaked:
Related names
Nathaneil against another name
Two names on one chart, with the year one overtook the other.
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Source: US Social Security Administration, national and state baby-name files, 1880–2025. Counts include only births registered with the SSA, and names with fewer than five births in a year are not published. The living estimate applies SSA cohort life tables to those births; it counts people born in the United States, so it misses anyone who arrived later and anyone who has left.