boys:
367 births since 1991
#4219 (8th percentile)
overall:
367 births since 1991
#7372 (5th percentile)
The name Natnael is the #7,372 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 367 recorded births since 1991. This represents the 4.7% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 4.7% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,219 (7.9% percentile) for all time with 367 births since 1991.
Natnael first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1991 (first recorded for boys in 1991). Birth data for Natnael is available in 27 out of the 33 years between 1991 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, Natnael reached its peak popularity in 2016, achieving the 2.3% percentile (ranked #900) with 13 births per million. The name was most common in 2016, with 13 births per million (ranked 2.3% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2020, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Natnael ranks #907 for boys (0.4% percentile) with 5 births per million, which is 38.3% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Natnael".
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Our model has identified 24 different pronunciations for the name Natnael. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 17.1% confident that Natnael is pronounced as nuh-THA-nee-uhl, which has 4 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is NAT-nuhl, at 12.2% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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The raw pronunciations shown (like N AH0 TH AE1 N IY0 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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