Nathan

A boys’ name of Hebrew origin, meaning he gave.

Babies a year
7,398
the US, 2017
Rarity
Common
among names in use
US popularity
#63
down from #62
UK popularity
#99
528 babies · down from #88

How Nathan has moved

US popularity rank, 2015–2025. Lower is more popular.
#31#51#70201520202025#63

View as table
YearUS rank
2015#38
2016#43
2017#45
2018#48
2019#55
2020#55
2021#59
2022#57
2023#59
2024#62
2025#63

Nathan by the numbers

In 2025, 528 babies in England and Wales were named Nathan. In the US, 7,398 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in the US than in England and Wales.

Its American peak was 14,627 babies in 2004, making it a 2000s name.

At its height, in 2005, about 1 in 150 American boys born that year was called Nathan.

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Nathan as a share of American boys born, 1880 to 2008, at five year intervals. Source: US Social Security Administration.

Names that come from Nathan

Forms of Nathan in other languages, names built from it, and names that mean a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.

  • Nathaliahe gave; a form of Nathan or Nathaniel261 in the US (2017)
  • Natehe gave; a form of Nathan103 in England and Wales (2025)
  • NataniaGod gave; feminine form of Nathan or Nathaniel12 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Nossonhe gave; Yiddish form of Nathan28 in the US (2017)
  • Nasonhe gave; form of Nathan18 in the US (2017)
  • Nathaniahe gave or gift from god; a feminine form of Nathan11 in England and Wales (2025)

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Nathan. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Natanhe gave; a form of Nathan43 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Nathenhe gave; a form of Nathan50 in the US (2017)
  • Naythanhe gave; a respelling of Nathan3 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Nathonhe gave; a variant of Nathan9 in the US (2017)
  • Nabhanalert, vigilant, noble8 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Naithan10 in England and Wales (2025)

Sounds like Nathan

Names that are said the same way as Nathan, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

Names about as common as Nathan

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