Nathen

maleStatistical record

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

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

Nathen: Recorded since 1996, its highest recorded position is #369, and it stood at #5,119 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
24times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#369highest recorded position
8groupings 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	#1168
1997	#1174
1998	#1110
1999	#1850
2000	#1889
2001	#3134
2002	#1799
2003	#1771
2004	#1878
2005	#3208
2006	#2538
2007	#2211
2008	#2097
2009	#3744
2010	#2400
2011	#3830
2012	#2721
2013	#2216
2014	#3895
2019	#4702
2024	#5119

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 21 of the 29 years from 1996 to 2024.

In 2010: #611 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #2400 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #1168 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 recorded1998–2010
Highest recorded position: #369 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 1998 (recorded 1998–2010).
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #5119 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Nathen appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, which has ranked it in 21 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 141 births with the name.

Nathen across 2 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.

Nathen'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
England and Wales · Boys	#1168 (1996)	#1110 (1998)	#5119 (2024)	21 of 29	141 (1996–2024)	12 (1998)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#369 (1998)	#369 (1998)	#611 (2010)	3 of 13	10 (1998–2010)	4 (2010)

Nathen 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 Nathen in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	40	4 of 10	10
2000sbusiest	63	10 of 10	6
2010s	35	6 of 10	6
2020s	3	1 of 10	3

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 6 births a year.

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

Nathen 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 2 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #369 in Republic of Ireland in 1998.

Nathen'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	#5119	3	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#4702	3	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#3895	4	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#2216	9	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#2721	7	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#3830	4	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#2400	8	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#3744	4	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#2097	9	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#2211	8	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#2538	6	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#3208	4	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#1878	8	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#1771	8	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#1799	7	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#3134	3	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#1889	6	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#1850	6	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#1110	12	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#1174	11	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#1168	11	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	male	#611	4	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	male	#390	3	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	male	#369	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
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 2 registrars between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 21 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #369, first reached in 1998.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 12 births, registered in England and Wales in 1998.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 4 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1998, and 2 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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Nathaniel · #79, 38y
Natnael · #407, 19y
Navaeh · #3148, 14y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 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.

Gift · #369, 23y
Kalim · #369, 17y
Lui · #369, 25y
Dragan · #370, 26y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Blane · #369, 19y
Christophe · #369, 11y
Connall · #369, 15y
Elif · #369, 30y

Nathen was ranked #369 in Republic of Ireland · 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.

Nathen 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 Nathen without appearing here.

Nathen moved ahead of

Brent Compare
In 2012 they stood at #2721 and #2458 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2013 that had become #2216 and #3822.
Kim Compare
In 2009 they stood at #3744 and #2544 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2010 that had become #2400 and #3865.
Graeme Compare
In 2001 they stood at #3134 and #1595 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2002 that had become #1799 and #2636.

Moved ahead of Nathen

Rune Compare
In 2018 they stood at #3895 and #4632 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2019 that had become #4702 and #2104.
Braxton Compare
In 2010 they stood at #2400 and #4678 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2011 that had become #3830 and #1398.
Lars Compare
In 2008 they stood at #2097 and #2276 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2009 that had become #3744 and #1425.
Hans Compare
In 2013 they stood at #2216 and #4685 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2014 that had become #3895 and #1819.

Moved the opposite way to Nathen

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Nathen went from #1168 to #5119 while Albie went from #853 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Nathen went from #1168 to #5119 while Alfie went from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Nathen went from #1168 to #5119 while Alfred went from #218 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Nathen went from #1168 to #5119 while Archie went from #192 to #10.

Moved the same way as Nathen

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Nathen went from #1168 to #5119 and Aaron from #33 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Nathen went from #1168 to #5119 and Adam from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Nathen went from #1168 to #5119 and Alan from #163 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Nathen went from #1168 to #5119 and Alex from #43 to #171.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
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 2 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #369 in Republic of Ireland in 1998. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Nathen

Nathen at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Nathen across 2 official records

Nathen by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Popularity data

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Nathen at a glance

Nathen across 2 official records

Nathen by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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What the record shows

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Next in the catalogue

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Nathen

Nathen and the names beside it

Nathen moved ahead of

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