How popular is “Nathaniel” in the USA?

Number of people named “Nathaniel” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Nathaniel” 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 “Nathaniel” by birth year

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

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

Bias in sex for “Nathaniel” by birth year

This chart shows how “Nathaniel” 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
1880	60	0.00029779		60	-100%
1881	48	0.000249107		48	-100%
1882	57	0.000257298		57	-100%
1883	49	0.000225863		49	-100%
1884	56	0.000230016		56	-100%
1885	54	0.000224202		54	-100%
1886	59	0.000231086		59	-100%
1887	57	0.000230404		57	-100%
1888	63	0.000210369		63	-100%
1889	48	0.000166121		48	-100%
1890	75	0.000248838		75	-100%
1891	46	0.000160462		46	-100%
1892	78	0.000233272		78	-100%
1893	58	0.000178339		58	-100%
1894	77	0.000227347		77	-100%
1895	72	0.000205117		72	-100%
1896	73	0.000204205		73	-100%
1897	43	0.000123935		43	-100%
1898	90	0.000235939		90	-100%
1899	72	0.000212243		72	-100%
1900	118	0.000262072		118	-100%
1901	92	0.000266041		92	-100%
1902	88	0.000227547		88	-100%
1903	105	0.000275446		105	-100%
1904	105	0.000260233		105	-100%
1905	117	0.000275994		117	-100%
1906	101	0.000235733		101	-100%
1907	124	0.000266443		124	-100%
1908	150	0.000306969		150	-100%
1909	143	0.000279721		143	-100%
1910	232	0.000392747		232	-100%
1911	207	0.00032129		207	-100%
1912	356	0.000360301		356	-100%
1913	337	0.000296365		337	-100%
1914	470	0.00033184		470	-100%
1915	559	0.00030506	5	554	-98%
1916	590	0.000305001		590	-100%
1917	646	0.000321914	6	640	-98%
1918	661	0.000304452		661	-100%
1919	755	0.000357778	7	748	-98%
1920	837	0.000369921		837	-100%
1921	748	0.000320411		748	-100%
1922	800	0.000349474		800	-100%
1923	721	0.00031314		721	-100%
1924	808	0.000339266	8	800	-98%
1925	820	0.000351433	10	810	-98%
1926	827	0.000360207	6	821	-99%
1927	779	0.000335869	10	769	-97%
1928	740	0.000327298	12	728	-97%
1929	767	0.000349883	7	760	-98%
1930	761	0.000342286	7	754	-98%
1931	664	0.000315531	5	659	-98%
1932	789	0.000373705	8	781	-98%
1933	736	0.000368102	8	728	-98%
1934	790	0.00038039	8	782	-98%
1935	754	0.000360783	7	747	-98%
1936	746	0.000359072	8	738	-98%
1937	708	0.00033229	5	703	-99%
1938	749	0.00033852		749	-100%
1939	775	0.000351722	5	770	-99%
1940	844	0.000366529	11	833	-97%
1941	834	0.000342305	5	829	-99%
1942	848	0.000310416	5	843	-99%
1943	845	0.000299374	6	839	-99%
1944	873	0.000324526	9	864	-98%
1945	853	0.000321534		853	-100%
1946	987	0.000308891	10	977	-98%
1947	1106	0.000307024	6	1100	-99%
1948	1170	0.000338883	11	1159	-98%
1949	1201	0.000344642	8	1193	-99%
1950	1235	0.000352519	13	1222	-98%
1951	1259	0.000341772	12	1247	-98%
1952	1271	0.000334649	13	1258	-98%
1953	1280	0.000332153	12	1268	-98%
1954	1240	0.000311502	11	1229	-98%
1955	1343	0.000334489	13	1330	-98%
1956	1322	0.000320637	11	1311	-98%
1957	1278	0.000304131	17	1261	-97%
1958	1119	0.000270688	15	1104	-97%
1959	1169	0.000281145	11	1158	-98%
1960	1153	0.000277576	8	1145	-99%
1961	1059	0.000255655	10	1049	-98%
1962	1093	0.000270855	8	1085	-99%
1963	1031	0.000260472	6	1025	-99%
1964	1031	0.000265202	8	1023	-98%
1965	1084	0.000298997	13	1071	-98%
1966	916	0.000263547	13	903	-97%
1967	988	0.000291025	10	978	-98%
1968	933	0.000276165	11	922	-98%
1969	1008	0.000290045	17	991	-97%
1970	1147	0.000318036	11	1136	-98%
1971	1225	0.000356898	15	1210	-98%
1972	1220	0.000388165	12	1208	-98%
1973	1412	0.000468032	21	1391	-97%
1974	1621	0.000533224	12	1609	-99%
1975	1987	0.000658079	30	1957	-97%
1976	2218	0.000730976	8	2210	-99%
1977	2521	0.000793642	22	2499	-98%
1978	2946	0.000928204	21	2925	-99%
1979	3066	0.000921551	26	3040	-98%
1980	3520	0.001021917	28	3492	-98%
1981	3745	0.001082566	26	3719	-99%
1982	3972	0.001132281	34	3938	-98%
1983	3671	0.00105996	30	3641	-98%
1984	3628	0.001039913	26	3602	-99%
1985	4028	0.001128573	25	4003	-99%
1986	4068	0.001143635	37	4031	-98%
1987	4081	0.001131846	31	4050	-98%
1988	4076	0.001103099	22	4054	-99%
1989	4135	0.001075577	15	4120	-99%
1990	4365	0.00110437	17	4348	-99%
1991	4375	0.001123158	8	4367	-100%
1992	4700	0.001223553	13	4687	-99%
1993	4863	0.001289825	9	4854	-100%
1994	5039	0.001355425	10	5029	-100%
1995	5216	0.001424298	13	5203	-100%
1996	5427	0.001487993	7	5420	-100%
1997	5781	0.001594429	6	5775	-100%
1998	6436	0.001749766	9	6427	-100%
1999	6478	0.001753718	12	6466	-100%
2000	6811	0.001801898	14	6797	-100%
2001	6662	0.00177967	17	6645	-99%
2002	6829	0.001826771	16	6813	-100%
2003	6671	0.001754456	5	6666	-100%
2004	6710	0.00175612	35	6675	-99%
2005	6696	0.001741553	7	6689	-100%
2006	6634	0.001676866	8	6626	-100%
2007	6075	0.00151963	9	6066	-100%
2008	5864	0.00149186	8	5856	-100%
2009	5435	0.00142271	9	5426	-100%
2010	5115	0.001384026	6	5109	-100%
2011	4991	0.001364484	13	4978	-99%
2012	4794	0.001310779		4794	-100%
2013	4543	0.001246137	6	4537	-100%
2014	4317	0.00116475		4317	-100%
2015	4233	0.001143772		4233	-100%
2016	3890	0.001060322	6	3884	-100%
2017	3540	0.000989879		3540	-100%
2018	3389	0.000963908		3389	-100%
2019	3094	0.000891403		3094	-100%
2020	2932	0.000877693	6	2926	-100%
2021	2825	0.000833838		2825	-100%
2022	2706	0.00079985	6	2700	-100%
2023	2526	0.000762866		2526	-100%
2024	2511	0.000754394		2511	-100%

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