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Nathan
Pronounced /ˈneɪθən/
Rank in 2024
#62
Born in 2024
5,010
Peak year
2004 · #20
Origin
Hebrew
Also recorded for girls:8 in 2024 (#11,381)
1880 to 2024
CoolingIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 5,010 boys were named Nathan, about 1 in every 342.
- It peaked in 2004 with 14,633 babies, ranked #20.
- It appears in the very first year of records, 1880.
- 582,484 boys have been named Nathan since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Nathan per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- 0.9Greatest1901–27
- 0.4Silent1928–45
- 0.5Boomers1946–64
- 3.1Gen X1965–80
- 5.5Millennials1981–96
- 6.4Gen Z1997–12
- 3.8Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 14,216 babies, 0.85 per 1,000. Silent: 8,883 babies, 0.43 per 1,000. Boomers: 20,272 babies, 0.54 per 1,000. Gen X: 84,844 babies, 3.12 per 1,000. Millennials: 167,607 babies, 5.51 per 1,000. Gen Z: 201,751 babies, 6.43 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 82,439 babies, 3.79 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
From Hebrew נָתָן (natán, “gave”). Also short for Jonathan. ==== Proper noun ==== Nathan (countable and uncountable, plural Nathans) (biblical) An Old Testament prophet who advised King David. The fourth son of King David and father of Mattatha A male given name from Hebrew, of Biblical origin. An English surname originating as a patronymic. Alternative form: Nation An Ashkenazi surname from Hebrew [in turn originating as a patronymic], a variant of Natan. A suburb of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia; named for Matthew Nathan, 13th Governor of Queensland.
- A male given name from Hebrew, of Biblical origin.
- A popular given name in English-speaking countries from the 1980s.
- Origin
- Hebrew
- Say it
- /ˈneɪθən/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Nathan, CC BY-SA 4.0.