boys:
6.1k births since 1902
#1506 (67th percentile)
overall:
6.1k births since 1902
#3470 (55th percentile)
The name Nathen is the #3,470 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 6,096 recorded births since 1902. This represents the 55.2% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 55.2% of all names). For boys, it ranks #1,506 (67.2% percentile) for all time with 6,096 births since 1902.
Nathen first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1902 (first recorded for boys in 1902). Birth data for Nathen is available in 105 out of the 122 years between 1902 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, Nathen reached its peak popularity in 2005, achieving the 28.2% percentile (ranked #627) with 119 births per million. The name was most common in 2005, with 119 births per million (ranked 28.2% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2008, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Nathen ranks #896 for boys (1.6% percentile) with 11 births per million, which is 9.2% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Nathen".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Nathen. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 83.3% confident that Nathen is pronounced as NAY-thuhn, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is NA-thuhn, at 16.7% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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