Masculine dossier · first seen 1880

Nat

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Nat
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Decline Gradual decline from 1915

Peak era

1915

Peak rank proxy

Current vitality

Below reporting floor

Generation

Greatest Generation

1880Peak 19152024

Peak year

1915

Decline from peak

100%

2024

All-time

2,162

Nat is past its period of maximum cultural dominance, but it has not disappeared. Unlike names that burn out quickly, it still carries enough usage to remain cross-generational rather than purely nostalgic.

Your name peaked in 1915, when 61 boys were named Nat.

No boys were recorded with this name in 2024 — at least not five of them (the SSA's reporting floor).

Down 100% from its peak.

All told, about 2,162 Americans have been named Nat and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity scoreStatistical floor

AssociationGreatest Generation

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryGradual decline from 1915

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