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Nathanial

OriginHebrew
Meaning"gift of God"
GenderBoy
US Rank#931

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About Nathanial

Variation of Nathaniel

Popularity & trends

US popularity — history
US rank, lower is more popular · SSA data 2014–2025
Actual · SSA
#2,000#3,000#4,000#5,000'14'16'18'20'22'24
20142025
18802025
Data table
YearUS rankBirthsPer million
2014#2,1966232.3
2015#2,5145026.1
2016#2,5065126.9
2017#2,4085429.2
2018#3,2823519.3
2019#3,4693318.4
2020#3,6233017.4
2021#3,5543218.3
2022#4,9692011.5
2023#3,5983218.7
2024#3,7413017.4
2025#3,4883319.3
Popularity history from more than a century of Social Security Administration birth records. Years without a line are years the name fell below the published records.

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Famous Nathanials

  • Nathanial Castro

    musician

  • Nathanial Gronewald

    authored many articles in "Scientific American"

  • Nathanial Portis

    author of fictional novels, such as "Things in Between"

  • Nathanial Findlay

    CEO of Hello Health

  • Nathanial Zimet

    Chef

Nathanial in pop culture

  • Nathanial

    character's name in movie "Point Break". (from imdb.com)

  • Nathanial Broadman

    character's name in movie "The Last Mimzy" (from imdb.com)

  • Nathanial Leary

    character's name in the fictional novel titled "Nathanial Leary: A Vampire Odyssey" by Natalie Carter and Teresia Craig

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