Masculine dossier · first seen 1880

Nathanial

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

Endangered Down 91.9% from peak

Peak era

1999

Peak rank proxy

371

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Gen Z

1880Peak 19992024

Peak year

1999

Decline from peak

91.9%

2024

All-time

10,545

Nathanial once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1999, when 371 boys were named Nathanial.

In 2024, only 30 boys were given the name.

Down 91.9% from its peak.

All told, about 10,545 Americans have been named Nathanial and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationGen Z

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 91.9% from peak

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