boys:
639 births since 1977
#3947 (14th percentile)
overall:
639 births since 1977
#7100 (8th percentile)
The name Nataniel is the #7,100 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 639 recorded births since 1977. This represents the 8.2% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 8.2% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,947 (13.9% percentile) for all time with 639 births since 1977.
Nataniel first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1977 (first recorded for boys in 1977). Birth data for Nataniel is available in 42 out of the 47 years between 1977 and 2023. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
For boys, Nataniel reached its peak popularity in 2008, achieving the 2.8% percentile (ranked #882) with 14 births per million. The name was most common in 2008, with 14 births per million (ranked 2.8% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2021, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Nataniel ranks #908 for boys (0.3% percentile) with 4 births per million, which is 31.8% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Nataniel".
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Our model has identified 5 different pronunciations for the name Nataniel. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 34.5% confident that Nataniel is pronounced as nuh-THA-nyuhl, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is nuh-TA-nyuhl, at 31.0% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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