Nathanial
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- na-THAN-yel
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #3,449 for boys
Nathanial is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “God has given”. In 2025 it ranked 3,449th for boys in the US (33 babies).
What does Nathanial mean?
Hebrew: spelling of Nathaniel
“God has given”
A respelling of Nathaniel, the name of the novelist Nathaniel Hawthorne, author of The Scarlet Letter.
Is Nathanial a girl's or a boy's name?
Nathanial is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 33 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Nathanial in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1998, with 28 boys.
Half of all the boys named Nathanial in the UK since 1996 were born between 2000 and 2011. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Nathanial in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 5 | #3,772 |
| 2023 | 5 | #3,712 |
| 2022 | 6 | #3,219 |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,188 |
| 2020 | 7 | #2,819 |
| 2019 | 7 | #2,878 |
| 2018 | 5 | #3,596 |
| 2017 | 9 | #2,461 |
| 2016 | 5 | #3,655 |
| 2015 | 6 | #3,149 |
| 2014 | 6 | #3,125 |
| 2013 | 8 | #2,541 |
| 2012 | 13 | #1,850 |
| 2011 | 16 | #1,542 |
| 2010 | 18 | #1,452 |
| 2009 | 21 | #1,254 |
| 2008 | 17 | #1,436 |
| 2007 | 19 | #1,290 |
| 2006 | 13 | #1,558 |
| 2005 | 18 | #1,216 |
| 2004 | 17 | #1,183 |
| 2003 | 23 | #923 |
| 2002 | 19 | #988 |
| 2001 | 19 | #949 |
| 2000 | 17 | #990 |
| 1999 | 25 | #736 |
| 1998 | 28 | #688 |
| 1997 | 16 | #973 |
| 1996 | 14 | #1,021 |
How popular is Nathanial in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,449among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 33about 1 in 52,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 3% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 33 boys in the US were named Nathanial, making it the 3,449th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,568th. Its busiest year was 1999, with 371 boys.
2025 had more boys named Nathanial than any year since 2019.
Half of all the boys named Nathanial in the US since 1880 were born between 1984 and 2003, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 3,040 boys in the US were given Nathanial or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #130, up from #3,449 for this spelling alone.
Nathanial in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 33 | #3,449 |
| 2024 | 30 | #3,691 |
| 2023 | 32 | #3,564 |
| 2022 | 20 | #4,846 |
| 2021 | 32 | #3,494 |
| 2020 | 30 | #3,568 |
| 2019 | 33 | #3,423 |
| 2018 | 35 | #3,237 |
| 2017 | 54 | #2,387 |
| 2016 | 51 | #2,477 |
| 2015 | 50 | #2,485 |
| 2014 | 62 | #2,173 |
| 2013 | 86 | #1,708 |
| 2012 | 96 | #1,616 |
| 2011 | 129 | #1,319 |
| 2010 | 182 | #1,056 |
| 2009 | 193 | #1,014 |
| 2008 | 219 | #926 |
| 2007 | 264 | #808 |
| 2006 | 297 | #727 |
| 2005 | 286 | #713 |
| 2004 | 295 | #682 |
| 2003 | 327 | #627 |
| 2002 | 307 | #635 |
| 2001 | 292 | #638 |
| 2000 | 341 | #585 |
| 1999 | 371 | #545 |
| 1998 | 369 | #543 |
| 1997 | 340 | #560 |
| 1996 | 275 | #628 |
| 1995 | 311 | #580 |
| 1994 | 286 | #616 |
| 1993 | 262 | #638 |
| 1992 | 281 | #613 |
| 1991 | 260 | #627 |
| 1990 | 242 | #648 |
| 1989 | 216 | #675 |
| 1988 | 209 | #655 |
| 1987 | 185 | #672 |
| 1986 | 210 | #615 |
| 1985 | 217 | #593 |
| 1984 | 193 | #612 |
| 1983 | 180 | #637 |
| 1982 | 200 | #605 |
| 1981 | 178 | #637 |
| 1980 | 190 | #632 |
| 1979 | 177 | #640 |
| 1978 | 179 | #624 |
| 1977 | 124 | #762 |
| 1976 | 116 | #773 |
| 1975 | 90 | #875 |
| 1974 | 75 | #942 |
| 1973 | 44 | #1,238 |
| 1972 | 42 | #1,285 |
| 1971 | 41 | #1,309 |
| 1970 | 39 | #1,336 |
| 1969 | 28 | #1,526 |
| 1968 | 17 | #1,961 |
| 1967 | 15 | #2,029 |
| 1966 | 19 | #1,756 |
| 1965 | 22 | #1,668 |
| 1964 | 20 | #1,792 |
| 1963 | 14 | #2,199 |
| 1962 | 21 | #1,756 |
| 1961 | 14 | #2,241 |
| 1960 | 14 | #2,209 |
| 1959 | 14 | #2,199 |
| 1958 | 10 | #2,640 |
| 1957 | 8 | #3,022 |
| 1956 | 12 | #2,359 |
| 1955 | 15 | #2,047 |
| 1954 | 9 | #2,742 |
| 1953 | 6 | #3,423 |
| 1952 | 14 | #2,072 |
| 1951 | 13 | #2,134 |
| 1950 | 18 | #1,745 |
| 1949 | 13 | #2,122 |
| 1948 | 11 | #2,325 |
| 1947 | 19 | #1,732 |
| 1946 | 7 | #2,918 |
| 1945 | 7 | #2,742 |
| 1944 | 7 | #2,861 |
| 1943 | 14 | #1,985 |
| 1942 | 8 | #2,711 |
| 1941 | 9 | #2,491 |
| 1940 | 18 | #1,627 |
| 1939 | 10 | #2,288 |
| 1938 | 16 | #1,741 |
| 1937 | 21 | #1,481 |
| 1936 | 12 | #2,062 |
| 1935 | 17 | #1,708 |
| 1934 | 14 | #1,932 |
| 1933 | 19 | #1,586 |
| 1932 | 16 | #1,848 |
| 1931 | 12 | #2,207 |
| 1930 | 19 | #1,693 |
| 1929 | 8 | #2,978 |
| 1928 | 15 | #2,048 |
| 1927 | 23 | #1,603 |
| 1926 | 22 | #1,605 |
| 1925 | 18 | #1,869 |
| 1924 | 13 | #2,347 |
| 1923 | 8 | #3,173 |
| 1922 | 17 | #1,951 |
| 1921 | 21 | #1,703 |
| 1920 | 17 | #1,965 |
| 1919 | 18 | #1,810 |
| 1918 | 26 | #1,403 |
| 1917 | 18 | #1,754 |
| 1916 | 18 | #1,697 |
| 1915 | 12 | #2,183 |
| 1914 | 21 | #1,300 |
| 1913 | 7 | #2,272 |
| 1912 | 7 | #2,044 |
| 1911 | 7 | #1,386 |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 6 | #1,277 |
| 1908 | 10 | #877 |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 6 | #1,090 |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 5 | #1,056 |
| 1896 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 0 | – |
| 1887 | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 0 | – |
| 1885 | 0 | – |
| 1884 | 0 | – |
| 1883 | 0 | – |
| 1882 | 0 | – |
| 1881 | 0 | – |
| 1880 | 5 | #909 |
Nicknames for Nathanial
- Nate 111 boys in the UK in 2025
- Nat
Names like Nathanial
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Joshua Nathan Benjamin Adam Daniel Samuel Gabriel Matthew Michael Nicholas Zachary Jacob
Other spellings of Nathanial
Names related to Nathanial
More Hebrew names
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Nathanial: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/nathanial, updated 20 October 2026.