Nathanial

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Nathanial: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Nathanial: Recorded every year since 1996, its highest recorded position is #657, and it stood at #3,688 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
29times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#657highest recorded position
8groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Boys

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#976
1997	#964
1998	#657
1999	#718
2000	#918
2001	#883
2002	#950
2003	#889
2004	#1222
2005	#1135
2006	#1545
2007	#1252
2008	#1403
2009	#1175
2010	#1344
2011	#1600
2012	#1756
2013	#2403
2014	#2964
2015	#3004
2016	#3478
2017	#2324
2018	#3412
2019	#2728
2020	#2682
2021	#3990
2022	#4001
2023	#3523
2024	#3688

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in every year from 1996 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #976 among boys in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #657 among boys in England and Wales, in 1998 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #3688 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Nathanial by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Nathanial in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	78	4 of 10	20
2000sbusiest	176	10 of 10	18
2010s	91	10 of 10	9
2020s	25	5 of 10	5

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 18 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Nathanial appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #657 in England and Wales in 1998.

Nathanial's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#3688	5	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#3523	5	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#4001	4	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#3990	4	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#2682	7	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#2728	7	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#3412	5	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#2324	9	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#3478	5	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#3004	6	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#2964	6	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#2403	8	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1756	13	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#1600	14	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#1344	18	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#1175	21	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#1403	16	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#1252	18	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#1545	12	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#1135	18	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#1222	15	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#889	22	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#950	18	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#883	19	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#918	17	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#718	23	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#657	26	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#964	15	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#976	14	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 29 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #657, first reached in 1998.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 26 births, registered in England and Wales in 1998.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
29 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years20 to 29 unbroken years →
1unbroken stretch — never absent from the recordUnbroken since it first appeared →
#3,688position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
26births registered in its largest year, 199825 to 49 births →

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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Nathania · #518, 30y
Nathaniel · #79, 38y
Nathen · #369, 21y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Chaya · #657, 29y
Havana · #657, 27y
Montague · #657, 29y
Abdurrahman · #659, 28y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Boden · #657, 21y
Chaya · #657, 29y
Havana · #657, 27y
Marlo · #657, 20y

Nathanial was ranked #657 in England and Wales · Boys in 1998. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Nathanial and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Nathanial without appearing here.

Nathanial moved ahead of

Garry Compare
In 2022 they stood at #4001 and #3048 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #3523 and #4991.
Glenn Compare
In 2022 they stood at #3990 and #2730 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #3523 and #4991.
Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3523 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #3688 and #5119.
Ashleigh Compare
In 2000 they stood at #918 and #881 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2001 that had become #883 and #1595.

Moved ahead of Nathanial

Gustav Compare
In 2020 they stood at #2682 and #3334 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2021 that had become #3990 and #2125.
Anders Compare
In 2020 they stood at #2682 and #4608 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2021 that had become #3990 and #2301.
Gunnar Compare
In 2017 they stood at #2324 and #3040 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2018 that had become #3412 and #1786.
Johannes Compare
In 2013 they stood at #2403 and #2660 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2014 that had become #2964 and #1819.

Moved the opposite way to Nathanial

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Nathanial went from #976 to #3688 while Albie went from #853 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Nathanial went from #976 to #3688 while Alfie went from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Nathanial went from #976 to #3688 while Alfred went from #218 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Nathanial went from #976 to #3688 while Archie went from #192 to #10.

Moved the same way as Nathanial

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Nathanial went from #976 to #3688 and Aaron from #33 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Nathanial went from #976 to #3688 and Adam from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Nathanial went from #976 to #3688 and Alan from #163 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Nathanial went from #976 to #3688 and Alex from #43 to #171.

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #657 in England and Wales in 1998. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

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Nathanial at a glance

What the data shows

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Nathanial by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Nathanial at a glance

Nathanial by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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What the record shows

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