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Nathaniel
Pronounced /nəˈθæn.jəl/
Rank in 2024
#144
Born in 2024
2,511
Peak year
2002 · #62
Origin
Hebrew
1880 to 2024
CoolingIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 2,511 boys were named Nathaniel, about 1 in every 683.
- It peaked in 2002 with 6,813 babies, ranked #62.
- It appears in the very first year of records, 1880.
- 284,481 boys have been named Nathaniel since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Nathaniel per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- 0.7Greatest1901–27
- 0.7Silent1928–45
- 0.6Boomers1946–64
- 1.0Gen X1965–80
- 2.3Millennials1981–96
- 3.1Gen Z1997–12
- 1.9Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 12,126 babies, 0.73 per 1,000. Silent: 13,960 babies, 0.68 per 1,000. Boomers: 22,144 babies, 0.59 per 1,000. Gen X: 27,542 babies, 1.01 per 1,000. Millennials: 69,066 babies, 2.27 per 1,000. Gen Z: 97,808 babies, 3.12 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 40,482 babies, 1.86 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
Modification, under influence of Daniel, of Nathanael, from Ancient Greek Ναθαναήλ (Nathanaḗl), from Biblical Hebrew נְתַנְאֵל (Netan'el, literally “God has given”).
- A male given name from Hebrew.
- Origin
- Hebrew
- Say it
- /nəˈθæn.jəl/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Nathaniel, CC BY-SA 4.0.