Natanel
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- nah-tah-NEL
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #12,003 for boys
Natanel is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “God has given”. In 2025 it ranked 12,003rd for boys in the US (5 babies).
What does Natanel mean?
Hebrew: Hebrew Netanel, the original form of Nathaniel
“God has given”
Nathaniel, its English form, is the name of a disciple in John's Gospel.
Is Natanel a girl's or a boy's name?
Natanel is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Natanel in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 12,003rd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5 about 1 in 340,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 5 boys in the US were named Natanel, making it the 12,003rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 10,599th. Its busiest year was 2015, with 18 boys. It first appears in the records in 1990.
Half of all the boys named Natanel in the US since 1880 were born between 2004 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
Natanel in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #12,003 |
| 2024 | 9 | #8,307 |
| 2023 | 5 | #12,232 |
| 2022 | 9 | #8,293 |
| 2021 | 6 | #10,794 |
| 2020 | 6 | #10,599 |
| 2019 | 8 | #8,883 |
| 2018 | 5 | #12,150 |
| 2017 | 5 | #12,241 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 18 | #5,056 |
| 2014 | 12 | #6,627 |
| 2013 | 8 | #8,784 |
| 2012 | 10 | #7,553 |
| 2011 | 15 | #5,670 |
| 2010 | 6 | #10,759 |
| 2009 | 8 | #8,980 |
| 2008 | 16 | #5,482 |
| 2007 | 8 | #8,909 |
| 2006 | 12 | #6,455 |
| 2005 | 10 | #7,089 |
| 2004 | 16 | #5,002 |
| 2003 | 7 | #8,636 |
| 2002 | 10 | #6,515 |
| 2001 | 5 | #10,548 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 5 | #9,905 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 9 | #5,975 |
| 1995 | 5 | #8,861 |
| 1994 | 6 | #7,764 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 7 | #6,662 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 5 | #8,108 |
Nicknames for Natanel
- Nate 111 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Natanel
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Axel, Azael, Jaziel, Alijah, Azriel, Eliel, Aziel, Haziel, Adriel, Ibrahim, Abdiel, Messiah
Names related to Natanel
Nathaniel, Nathanael, Natanael, Nathanial, Netanel, Nataniel, Natnael, Nathaneal
More Hebrew names
Noah, Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Natanel: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/natanel, updated 20 October 2026.