Nathaniel

girls:

1.2k births since 1915

#4555 (20th percentile)

boys:

282k births since 1880

#134 (97th percentile)

overall:

283.1k births since 1880

#276 (96th percentile)

Popularity Trends

This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Nathaniel".

1880 2023 18802023

Key Statistics

Total Births
1,161
Peak Births
37
Peak Year
1986
First Recorded
1915
Peak Percentile
3.9%
Current Percentile
Peak Rank
#559
Current Rank
Female statistics
Total Births
281,972
Peak Births
6,813
Peak Year
2001
First Recorded
1880
Peak Percentile
92.8%
Current Percentile
84.7%
Peak Rank
#60
Current Rank
#140
Male statistics

How to Pronounce Nathaniel

Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Nathaniel. Click the play button next to the name to hear the pronunciation spoken aloud.

Our model is 74.3% confident that Nathaniel is pronounced as nuh-THA-nyuhl. The next most likely pronunciation is nay-THA-nyuhl, at 14.3% confidence.

nay-THA-nyuhl (3 syllables)
14.3% confidence
N EY0 TH AE1 N Y AH0 L
nuh-THA-neel (3 syllables)
11.4% confidence
N AH0 TH AE1 N IY0 L

Possible Additional Pronunciations

These are pronunciations that other similar names use, but which are not currently associated with Nathaniel. If you think any of these are valid pronunciations for Nathaniel, please vote using the thumbs up button.

nuh-THA-nee-uhl (4 syllables)
9 names 13.2k births
N AH0 TH AE1 N IY0 AH0 L
nuh-tha-nyuhl (3 syllables)
2 names 2.3k births
N AH0 TH AE0 N Y AH0 L

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About Pronunciation Data

Our confidence scores estimate the likelihood that a particular pronunciation is the most correct for a given name spelling. These scores are derived from pronunciation dictionaries, manual verification, your feedback, and a fine-tuned large language model trained to generate name pronunciations.

For any given spelling, confidence scores across all identified pronunciations sum to 100%. However, these scores don't account for the possibility of valid pronunciations that our model hasn't identified.

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.

Pronunciation audio is generated by an open source text to speech model that has been customized to adhere to pronunciations provided in ARPAbet format, but sometimes pronunciations that differ subtly will sound identical, particularly if the only difference is the level of emphasis on a syllable or a single vowel sound.