Nathanial is an established variant of Nathaniel that peaked in 1999 and has since faded.
Nathanial is a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #3,488 for boy births in the United States (and #7,517 across all names), given to 33 babies. Nathanial first appears in 1880 and peaked in 1999 (371 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 33 | 33 | #3,488 |
| 2024 | 30 | 30 | #3,759 |
| 2023 | 32 | 32 | #3,604 |
| 2022 | 20 | 20 | #4,969 |
| 2021 | 32 | 32 | #3,556 |
| 2020 | 30 | 30 | #3,626 |
| 2019 | 33 | 33 | #3,471 |
| 2018 | 35 | 35 | #3,283 |
| 2017 | 54 | 54 | #2,409 |
| 2016 | 51 | 51 | #2,506 |
| 2015 | 50 | 50 | #2,515 |
| 2014 | 62 | 62 | #2,197 |
| 2013 | 86 | 86 | #1,721 |
| 2012 | 96 | 96 | #1,624 |
| 2011 | 129 | 129 | #1,325 |
| 2010 | 182 | 182 | #1,057 |
| 2009 | 193 | 193 | #1,019 |
| 2008 | 219 | 219 | #928 |
| 2007 | 264 | 264 | #808 |
| 2006 | 297 | 297 | #727 |
| 2005 | 286 | 286 | #716 |
| 2004 | 295 | 295 | #683 |
| 2003 | 327 | 327 | #628 |
| 2002 | 307 | 307 | #635 |
| 2001 | 292 | 292 | #640 |
| 2000 | 341 | 341 | #585 |
| 1999 | 371 | 371 | #546 |
| 1998 | 369 | 369 | #543 |
| 1997 | 340 | — | #561 |
| 1996 | 275 | — | #628 |
| 1995 | 311 | — | #582 |
| 1994 | 286 | — | #617 |
| 1993 | 262 | — | #641 |
| 1992 | 281 | — | #617 |
| 1991 | 260 | — | #632 |
| 1990 | 242 | — | #650 |
| 1989 | 216 | — | #679 |
| 1988 | 209 | — | #655 |
| 1987 | 185 | — | #673 |
| 1986 | 210 | — | #619 |
| 1985 | 217 | — | #594 |
| 1984 | 193 | — | #612 |
| 1983 | 180 | — | #639 |
| 1982 | 200 | — | #606 |
| 1981 | 178 | — | #639 |
| 1980 | 190 | — | #633 |
| 1979 | 177 | — | #642 |
| 1978 | 179 | — | #624 |
| 1977 | 124 | — | #766 |
| 1976 | 116 | — | #775 |
| 1975 | 90 | — | #877 |
| 1974 | 75 | — | #946 |
| 1973 | 44 | — | #1,247 |
| 1972 | 42 | — | #1,304 |
| 1971 | 41 | — | #1,321 |
| 1970 | 39 | — | #1,346 |
| 1969 | 28 | — | #1,552 |
| 1968 | 17 | — | #2,010 |
| 1967 | 15 | — | #2,101 |
| 1966 | 19 | — | #1,794 |
| 1965 | 22 | — | #1,703 |
| 1964 | 20 | — | #1,837 |
| 1963 | 14 | — | #2,274 |
| 1962 | 21 | — | #1,791 |
| 1961 | 14 | — | #2,305 |
| 1960 | 14 | — | #2,281 |
| 1959 | 14 | — | #2,268 |
| 1958 | 10 | — | #2,758 |
| 1957 | 8 | — | #3,183 |
| 1956 | 12 | — | #2,455 |
| 1955 | 15 | — | #2,110 |
| 1954 | 9 | — | #2,890 |
| 1953 | 6 | — | #3,679 |
| 1952 | 14 | — | #2,127 |
| 1951 | 13 | — | #2,217 |
| 1950 | 18 | — | #1,789 |
| 1949 | 13 | — | #2,192 |
| 1948 | 11 | — | #2,406 |
| 1947 | 19 | — | #1,769 |
| 1946 | 7 | — | #3,096 |
| 1945 | 7 | — | #2,916 |
| 1944 | 7 | — | #3,041 |
| 1943 | 14 | — | #2,051 |
| 1942 | 8 | — | #2,876 |
| 1941 | 9 | — | #2,600 |
| 1940 | 18 | — | #1,667 |
| 1939 | 10 | — | #2,399 |
| 1938 | 16 | — | #1,793 |
| 1937 | 21 | — | #1,510 |
| 1936 | 12 | — | #2,145 |
| 1935 | 17 | — | #1,742 |
| 1934 | 14 | — | #1,993 |
| 1933 | 19 | — | #1,625 |
| 1932 | 16 | — | #1,898 |
| 1931 | 12 | — | #2,294 |
| 1930 | 19 | — | #1,738 |
| 1929 | 8 | — | #3,165 |
| 1928 | 15 | — | #2,125 |
| 1927 | 23 | — | #1,630 |
| 1926 | 22 | — | #1,643 |
| 1925 | 18 | — | #1,917 |
| 1924 | 13 | — | #2,435 |
| 1923 | 8 | — | #3,368 |
| 1922 | 17 | — | #2,008 |
| 1921 | 21 | — | #1,750 |
| 1920 | 17 | — | #2,024 |
| 1919 | 18 | — | #1,858 |
| 1918 | 26 | — | #1,433 |
| 1917 | 18 | — | #1,791 |
| 1916 | 18 | — | #1,745 |
| 1915 | 12 | — | #2,259 |
| 1914 | 21 | — | #1,332 |
| 1913 | 7 | — | #2,428 |
| 1912 | 7 | — | #2,194 |
| 1911 | 7 | — | #1,491 |
| 1909 | 6 | — | #1,402 |
| 1908 | 10 | — | #929 |
| 1905 | 6 | — | #1,194 |
| 1897 | 5 | — | #1,178 |
| 1880 | 5 | — | #1,020 |