Nataniel

maleStatistical record

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

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

Nataniel: Recorded since 1995, it reached #289 in 2011, and it stood at #508 in 2025.

4registrars recorded it
65times a registrar ranked it
31years from first to last
#289highest recorded position
14groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 2006–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
2006	#1744
2007	#1306
2008	#1085
2009	#760
2010	#996
2011	#743
2012	#765
2013	#804
2014	#805
2015	#856
2016	#914
2017	#1146
2018	#1040
2019	#1253
2020	#1635
2021	#1688
2022	#1692
2023	#1461
2024	#3254

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 Norway in 25 of the 31 years from 1995 to 2025.

In 2025: #508 among boys in Norway, #829 among boys in Republic of Ireland.

Official data from 4 national registrars across 4 regions, 1995–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1995
First recorded at #545 among boys in Norway in 1995 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded2007–2025
Highest recorded position: #289 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2011 (recorded 2007–2025).
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #508 among boys in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Boys

Nataniel appears in 4 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Norway · Boys, which has ranked it in 25 years beginning in 1995, and has registered 197 births with the name.

Nataniel across 4 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Nataniel's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Norway · Boys	#545 (1995)	#293 (2005)	#508 (2025)	25 of 31	197 (1995–2025)	14 (2012)
England and Wales · Boys	#1744 (2006)	#743 (2011)	#3254 (2024)	19 of 19	481 (2006–2024)	42 (2011)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#527 (2007)	#289 (2011)	#829 (2025)	14 of 19	105 (2007–2025)	16 (2011)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#390 (2009)	#346 (2012)	#416 (2018)	7 of 10	23 (2009–2018)	4 (2012)

Nataniel by decade in Norway · 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 Nataniel in Norway · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	14	3 of 10	5
2000s	66	8 of 10	8
2010sbusiest	96	10 of 10	10
2020s	21	4 of 10	5

Across Norway · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 10 births a year.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Nataniel appears in

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

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 4 regions, from 1995 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #289 in Republic of Ireland in 2011.

Nataniel'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	#3254	6	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#1461	17	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#1692	14	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#1688	14	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#1635	14	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#1253	20	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#1040	27	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#1146	24	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#914	33	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#856	36	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#805	38	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#804	38	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#765	42	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#743	42	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#996	28	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#760	38	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#1085	23	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#1306	17	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#1744	10	High	Verified
2018	Northern Ireland	male	#416	3	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	male	#421	3	High	Verified
2014	Northern Ireland	male	#346	4	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	male	#346	4	High	Verified
2011	Northern Ireland	male	#375	3	High	Verified
2010	Northern Ireland	male	#387	3	High	Verified
2009	Northern Ireland	male	#390	3	High	Verified
2025	Norway	male	#508	4	High	Verified
2023	Norway	male	#391	8	High	Verified
2021	Norway	male	#482	4	High	Verified
2020	Norway	male	#430	5	High	Verified
2019	Norway	male	#473	5	High	Verified
2018	Norway	male	#460	6	High	Verified
2017	Norway	male	#304	14	High	Verified
2016	Norway	male	#500	5	High	Verified
2015	Norway	male	#370	10	High	Verified
2014	Norway	male	#392	9	High	Verified
2013	Norway	male	#347	12	High	Verified
2012	Norway	male	#315	14	High	Verified
2011	Norway	male	#366	10	High	Verified
2010	Norway	male	#354	11	High	Verified
2009	Norway	male	#412	9	High	Verified
2008	Norway	male	#371	11	High	Verified
2007	Norway	male	#459	7	High	Verified
2006	Norway	male	#410	8	High	Verified
2005	Norway	male	#293	13	High	Verified
2004	Norway	male	#522	5	High	Verified
2002	Norway	male	#416	7	High	Verified
2001	Norway	male	#465	6	High	Verified
1998	Norway	male	#523	5	High	Verified
1996	Norway	male	#591	4	High	Verified
1995	Norway	male	#545	5	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	male	#829	3	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	male	#755	3	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	male	#741	3	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	male	#506	6	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	male	#601	4	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	male	#554	5	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	male	#403	9	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	male	#296	15	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	male	#324	13	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#289	16	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	male	#448	7	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#404	8	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	male	#386	9	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	male	#527	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Norway hub — collected by Statistics Norway (SSB)
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 4 registrars between 1995 and 2025, ranked in 27 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #289, first reached in 2011.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 42 births, registered in England and Wales in 2011.

Its record falls into 4 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 2 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2006, and 14 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

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.

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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Natasha · #8, 59y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 4 registrars, 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.

Aura · #288, 25y
Ayden · #288, 30y
Eadie · #288, 26y
Elia · #288, 28y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Latisha · #289, 24y
Rehan · #289, 29y
Aura · #288, 25y
Ayden · #288, 30y

Nataniel was ranked #289 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 2011. 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.

Nataniel 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 Nataniel without appearing here.

Nataniel moved ahead of

Grant Compare
In 2008 they stood at #1085 and #1085 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2009 that had become #760 and #1568.
Glenn Compare
In 2006 they stood at #1744 and #1469 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2007 that had become #1306 and #1666.
Keith Compare
In 2008 they stood at #1085 and #1024 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2009 that had become #760 and #1099.
Timothy Compare
In 2004 they stood at #522 and #429 in Norway · Boys; by 2005 that had become #293 and #561.

Moved ahead of Nataniel

Rune Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1461 and #1799 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #3254 and #1460.
Andrea Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1461 and #2007 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #3254 and #1859.
Henrik Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1461 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #3254 and #2088.
Anders Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1461 and #2546 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #3254 and #2263.

Moved the opposite way to Nataniel

Aksel Compare
Between 2006 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Nataniel went from #1744 to #3254 while Aksel went from #4052 to #1132.
Albie Compare
Between 2006 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Nataniel went from #1744 to #3254 while Albie went from #421 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 2007 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Nataniel went from #527 to #829 while Alfie went from #195 to #36.
Alfred Compare
Between 2006 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Nataniel went from #1744 to #3254 while Alfred went from #151 to #81.

Moved the same way as Nataniel

Aaron Compare
Between 2006 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Nataniel went from #1744 to #3254 and Aaron from #44 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 2007 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Nataniel went from #527 to #829 and Adam from #6 to #20.
Adrian Compare
Between 2007 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Nataniel went from #527 to #829 and Adrian from #163 to #348.
Alan Compare
Between 2006 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Nataniel went from #1744 to #3254 and Alan from #251 to #592.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

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.

Official popularity data is available for 4 regions, from 1995 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #289 in Republic of Ireland in 2011. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Nataniel

Nataniel at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Nataniel across 4 official records

Nataniel by decade in Norway · Boys

Nataniel appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Nataniel

Nataniel and the names beside it

Nataniel moved ahead of

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Nataniel at a glance

Nataniel across 4 official records

Nataniel by decade in Norway · Boys

Nataniel appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Nataniel

Nataniel and the names beside it

Nataniel moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Nataniel

Moved the opposite way to Nataniel

Moved the same way as Nataniel