boys:
879 births since 1917
#3708 (19th percentile)
overall:
879 births since 1917
#6860 (11th percentile)
The name Nathanel is the #6,860 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 879 recorded births since 1917. This represents the 11.3% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 11.3% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,708 (19.1% percentile) for all time with 879 births since 1917.
Nathanel first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1917 (first recorded for boys in 1917). Birth data for Nathanel is available in 73 out of the 106 years between 1917 and 2022. 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, Nathanel reached its peak popularity in 2002, achieving the 4.2% percentile (ranked #779) with 19 births per million. The name was most common in 2002, with 19 births per million (ranked 4.2% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2022.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Nathanel".
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Our model has identified 16 different pronunciations for the name Nathanel. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 21.6% confident that Nathanel is pronounced as nuh-THA-nyuhl, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is nuh-THUH-nuhl, at 18.9% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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The raw pronunciations shown (like N AH0 TH AE1 N Y AH0 L) use the ARPAbet phoneme system, a standardized way to represent English speech sounds. Each symbol represents a distinct sound in American English. Visit the ARPAbet Wikipedia page to learn more about these phonetic symbols.
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