Nathanael

maleStatistical record

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

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

Nathanael: Recorded since 1993, it reached #277 in 2000, and it stood at #619 in 2024.

4registrars recorded it
46times a registrar ranked it
32years from first to last
#277highest recorded position
10groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#406
1997	#462
1998	#398
1999	#406
2000	#430
2001	#510
2002	#468
2003	#461
2004	#510
2005	#628
2006	#490
2007	#575
2008	#583
2009	#535
2010	#598
2011	#638
2012	#542
2013	#500
2014	#670
2015	#601
2016	#698
2017	#673
2018	#665
2019	#731
2020	#898
2021	#1055
2022	#825
2023	#857
2024	#924

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 Republic of Ireland in 10 of the 32 years from 1993 to 2024.

In 2024: #619 among boys in Scotland, #785 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #924 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 4 national registrars across 4 regions, 1993–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1993
First recorded at #339 among boys in Republic of Ireland in 1993 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Highest recorded2000–2023
Highest recorded position: #277 among boys in Northern Ireland, in 2000 (recorded 2000–2023).
Northern Ireland · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #924 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Nathanael appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, with 29 ranked years and 1,444 births registered; the earliest is Republic of Ireland · Boys, from 1993.

Nathanael across 3 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.

Nathanael'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
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#339 (1993)	#339 (1993)	#785 (2024)	10 of 32	33 (1993–2024)	5 (2012)
England and Wales · Boys	#406 (1996)	#398 (1998)	#924 (2024)	29 of 29	1,444 (1996–2024)	75 (2013)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#277 (2000)	#277 (2000)	#395 (2023)	6 of 24	18 (2000–2023)	3 (2000)

Nathanael 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 Nathanael in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	203	4 of 10	51
2000s	514	10 of 10	51
2010sbusiest	559	10 of 10	56
2020s	168	5 of 10	34

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 56 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2013 and 2014, when recorded births fell by 25, from 75 to 50.

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

Nathanael 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 1993 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #277 in Northern Ireland in 2000.

Nathanael'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	#924	34	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#857	37	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#825	38	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#1055	27	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#898	32	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#731	45	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#665	52	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#673	52	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#698	49	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#601	61	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#670	50	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#500	75	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#542	67	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#638	52	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#598	56	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#535	63	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#583	56	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#575	53	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#490	62	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#628	42	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#510	51	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#461	53	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#468	46	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#510	39	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#430	49	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#406	55	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#398	55	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#462	42	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#406	51	High	Verified
2023	Northern Ireland	male	#395	3	High	Verified
2021	Northern Ireland	male	#433	3	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	male	#421	3	High	Verified
2003	Northern Ireland	male	#299	3	High	Verified
2001	Northern Ireland	male	#280	3	High	Verified
2000	Northern Ireland	male	#277	3	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	male	#785	3	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	male	#770	3	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	male	#657	4	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	male	#755	3	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	male	#741	3	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	male	#699	3	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	male	#548	5	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	male	#720	3	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	male	#409	3	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	male	#339	3	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	male	#619	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 4 registrars between 1993 and 2024, ranked in 30 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #277, first reached in 2000.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 75 births, registered in England and Wales in 2013.

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

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 31 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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Nathania · #518, 30y
Nathanial · #657, 29y

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.

Orrin · #277, 25y
Kendall · #278, 30y
Reon · #278, 28y
Dahlia · #275, 27y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Chanelle · #277, 27y
Emely · #277, 31y
Gregor · #277, 27y
Orrin · #277, 25y

Nathanael was ranked #277 in Northern Ireland · Boys in 2000. 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.

Nathanael 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 Nathanael without appearing here.

Nathanael moved ahead of

Jakob Compare
In 2022 they stood at #825 and #746 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #857 and #1139.
Colin Compare
In 2021 they stood at #1055 and #888 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #825 and #1104.
Graham Compare
In 2001 they stood at #510 and #510 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2002 that had become #468 and #710.
Gregory Compare
In 2017 they stood at #673 and #673 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2018 that had become #665 and #887.

Moved ahead of Nathanael

Erik Compare
In 2013 they stood at #500 and #524 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2014 that had become #670 and #367.
Rian Compare
In 2018 they stood at #665 and #711 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2019 that had become #731 and #493.
Finley Compare
In 1997 they stood at #462 and #484 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1998 that had become #398 and #182.
Oisin Compare
In 2018 they stood at #665 and #675 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2019 that had become #731 and #535.

Moved the opposite way to Nathanael

Alex Compare
Between 1993 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Nathanael went from #339 to #785 while Alex went from #127 to #36.
Alexander Compare
Between 1993 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Nathanael went from #339 to #785 while Alexander went from #86 to #44.
Ben Compare
Between 1993 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Nathanael went from #339 to #785 while Ben went from #112 to #41.
Callum Compare
Between 1993 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Nathanael went from #339 to #785 while Callum went from #339 to #37.

Moved the same way as Nathanael

Adrian Compare
Between 1993 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Nathanael went from #339 to #785 and Adrian from #78 to #200.
Denis Compare
Between 1993 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Nathanael went from #339 to #785 and Denis from #93 to #195.
Edward Compare
Between 1993 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Nathanael went from #339 to #785 and Edward from #64 to #144.
Francis Compare
Between 1993 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Nathanael went from #339 to #785 and Francis from #80 to #267.

What's not yet available

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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.

Official popularity data is available for 4 regions, from 1993 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #277 in Northern Ireland in 2000. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Nathanael

Nathanael at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Nathanael across 3 official records

Nathanael by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Nathanael at a glance

Nathanael across 3 official records

Nathanael by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Nathanael appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

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