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How popular is “Nathanel” in the USA?

Number of people named “Nathanel” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Nathanel” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Nathanel” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Nathanel” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Nathanel” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Nathanel” by birth year

This chart shows how “Nathanel” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1917 6 0.00000299 6 -100%
1919 6 0.000002843 6 -100%
1920 13 0.000005745 13 -100%
1922 12 0.000005242 12 -100%
1923 10 0.000004343 10 -100%
1924 11 0.000004619 11 -100%
1925 8 0.000003429 8 -100%
1926 5 0.000002178 5 -100%
1927 13 0.000005605 13 -100%
1928 6 0.000002654 6 -100%
1929 13 0.00000593 13 -100%
1930 7 0.000003148 7 -100%
1931 10 0.000004752 10 -100%
1932 11 0.00000521 11 -100%
1934 7 0.000003371 7 -100%
1935 8 0.000003828 8 -100%
1936 7 0.000003369 7 -100%
1938 6 0.000002712 6 -100%
1939 8 0.000003631 8 -100%
1941 6 0.000002463 6 -100%
1942 8 0.000002928 8 -100%
1943 7 0.00000248 7 -100%
1950 5 0.000001427 5 -100%
1954 6 0.000001507 6 -100%
1955 5 0.000001245 5 -100%
1961 6 0.000001448 6 -100%
1973 5 0.000001657 5 -100%
1975 7 0.000002318 7 -100%
1976 8 0.000002637 8 -100%
1977 8 0.000002518 8 -100%
1978 8 0.000002521 8 -100%
1979 11 0.000003306 11 -100%
1980 8 0.000002323 8 -100%
1981 7 0.000002023 7 -100%
1982 14 0.000003991 14 -100%
1984 17 0.000004873 17 -100%
1985 13 0.000003642 13 -100%
1986 8 0.000002249 8 -100%
1987 17 0.000004715 17 -100%
1988 20 0.000005413 20 -100%
1989 12 0.000003121 12 -100%
1990 15 0.000003795 15 -100%
1991 8 0.000002054 8 -100%
1992 9 0.000002343 9 -100%
1993 16 0.000004244 16 -100%
1994 11 0.000002959 11 -100%
1995 11 0.000003004 11 -100%
1996 20 0.000005484 20 -100%
1997 18 0.000004964 18 -100%
1998 25 0.000006797 25 -100%
1999 17 0.000004602 17 -100%
2000 14 0.000003704 14 -100%
2001 22 0.000005877 22 -100%
2002 39 0.000010433 39 -100%
2003 28 0.000007364 28 -100%
2004 20 0.000005234 20 -100%
2005 19 0.000004942 19 -100%
2006 25 0.000006319 25 -100%
2007 20 0.000005003 20 -100%
2008 30 0.000007632 30 -100%
2009 24 0.000006282 24 -100%
2010 18 0.00000487 18 -100%
2011 17 0.000004648 17 -100%
2012 12 0.000003281 12 -100%
2013 9 0.000002469 9 -100%
2014 8 0.000002158 8 -100%
2015 10 0.000002702 10 -100%
2016 5 0.000001363 5 -100%
2017 11 0.000003076 11 -100%
2018 7 0.000001991 7 -100%
2019 7 0.000002017 7 -100%
2020 5 0.000001497 5 -100%
2022 6 0.000001774 6 -100%

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