Nathanel
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- nuh-THAN-yul
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #10,690 for boys
Nathanel is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “God has given”. In 2025 it ranked 10,690th for boys in the US (6 babies).
What does Nathanel mean?
Hebrew: variant of Nathanael
“God has given”
A variant of Nathanael, the name of a follower of Jesus in the Gospel of John.
Is Nathanel a girl's or a boy's name?
Nathanel is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Nathanel in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 10,690th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 6 about 1 in 280,000 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, 6 boys in the US were named Nathanel, making it the 10,690th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 12,016th. Its busiest year was 2002, with 39 boys. It first appears in the records in 1917.
Half of all the boys named Nathanel in the US since 1880 were born between 1975 and 2005, the years shaded on the chart below.
Nathanel in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #10,690 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 6 | #10,855 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 5 | #12,016 |
| 2019 | 7 | #9,750 |
| 2018 | 7 | #9,664 |
| 2017 | 11 | #7,091 |
| 2016 | 5 | #12,180 |
| 2015 | 10 | #7,486 |
| 2014 | 8 | #8,775 |
| 2013 | 9 | #8,113 |
| 2012 | 12 | #6,620 |
| 2011 | 17 | #5,196 |
| 2010 | 18 | #5,044 |
| 2009 | 24 | #4,158 |
| 2008 | 30 | #3,558 |
| 2007 | 20 | #4,638 |
| 2006 | 25 | #3,886 |
| 2005 | 19 | #4,459 |
| 2004 | 20 | #4,259 |
| 2003 | 28 | #3,275 |
| 2002 | 39 | #2,500 |
| 2001 | 22 | #3,716 |
| 2000 | 14 | #5,034 |
| 1999 | 17 | #4,157 |
| 1998 | 25 | #3,089 |
| 1997 | 18 | #3,733 |
| 1996 | 20 | #3,400 |
| 1995 | 11 | #5,118 |
| 1994 | 11 | #5,103 |
| 1993 | 16 | #3,812 |
| 1992 | 9 | #5,652 |
| 1991 | 8 | #5,934 |
| 1990 | 15 | #3,773 |
| 1989 | 12 | #4,265 |
| 1988 | 20 | #2,760 |
| 1987 | 17 | #2,938 |
| 1986 | 8 | #4,848 |
| 1985 | 13 | #3,398 |
| 1984 | 17 | #2,705 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 14 | #3,107 |
| 1981 | 7 | #4,959 |
| 1980 | 8 | #4,493 |
| 1979 | 11 | #3,567 |
| 1978 | 8 | #4,155 |
| 1977 | 8 | #4,162 |
| 1976 | 8 | #4,010 |
| 1975 | 7 | #4,307 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 5 | #5,099 |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 6 | #3,650 |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 5 | #3,884 |
| 1954 | 6 | #3,450 |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 5 | #3,678 |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 7 | #2,962 |
| 1942 | 8 | #2,711 |
| 1941 | 6 | #3,132 |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 8 | #2,609 |
| 1938 | 6 | #3,174 |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 7 | #2,853 |
| 1935 | 8 | #2,719 |
| 1934 | 7 | #2,972 |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 11 | #2,313 |
| 1931 | 10 | #2,470 |
| 1930 | 7 | #3,287 |
| 1929 | 13 | #2,198 |
| 1928 | 6 | #3,695 |
| 1927 | 13 | #2,298 |
| 1926 | 5 | #4,199 |
| 1925 | 8 | #3,153 |
| 1924 | 11 | #2,641 |
| 1923 | 10 | #2,771 |
| 1922 | 12 | #2,485 |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 13 | #2,335 |
| 1919 | 6 | #3,735 |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 6 | #3,543 |
Nicknames for Nathanel
Names like Nathanel
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Noah, Samuel, Elijah, Isaiah, Gabriel, Benjamin, Abraham, Jacob, Axel, Israel, Elias, Josiah
Names related to Nathanel
Nathaniel, Nathanael, Natanael, Nathanial, Nataniel, Natnael, Natanel, Nathaneal
More Hebrew names
Isabella, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Ezra, Isaac, Ethan, Daniel, Mateo, Elsie, Levi, Eliana, Joseph, Adam
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, “Nathanel: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/nathanel, updated 20 October 2026.