Trend of the Popularity of Nathan as a Male Baby Name in the US

Updated on December 3, 2025.

Data Source: Social Security Administration (SSA).

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In 2024, there were 5,010 male babies that were named Nathan in the US, which was 0.29% of the total number of male babies born in the US in 2024. Between 1980 and 2024, the name Nathan peaked as a male baby name in the US in 2004 with a count of 14,633 babies, which was 0.74% of the total male babies born in the US in 2004.

The first chart below show the trend of the number of male babies in the US that were named Nathan, and the second chart shows the percent of male babies in the US that were named Nathan.

Trend of the Number of Male Babies who were Named Nathan in the US

Trend of the Percentage of Male Babies who were Named Nathan in the US

The table below below shows the trend of the number of male babies and the percentage of male babies born in the US who were named Nathan from 1980 to 2024.

Trend of the Popularity of Nathan as a Male Baby Name in the us

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Year	Number of Male Babies	Percent of Total Male Babies (%)
1980	11140	0.62
1981	11258	0.63
1982	10806	0.60
1983	10558	0.59
1984	10613	0.59
1985	10652	0.58
1986	9996	0.54
1987	9910	0.53
1988	10154	0.53
1989	10907	0.55
1990	10936	0.53
1991	10498	0.52
1992	10150	0.51
1993	10197	0.52
1994	10381	0.54
1995	10306	0.54
1996	10285	0.54
1997	10443	0.55
1998	11586	0.61
1999	12537	0.65
2000	13039	0.66
2001	12647	0.65
2002	13225	0.68
2003	13667	0.69
2004	14633	0.74
2005	14364	0.72
2006	14278	0.70
2007	13604	0.66
2008	13262	0.65
2009	12135	0.61
2010	11378	0.59
2011	10522	0.55
2012	10431	0.55
2013	9721	0.51
2014	8995	0.47
2015	8599	0.45
2016	8000	0.42
2017	7441	0.40
2018	6850	0.38
2019	6087	0.34
2020	5700	0.33
2021	5431	0.31
2022	5539	0.32
2023	5066	0.30
2024	5010	0.29