Names like Nathan

In 2025, 4,975 boys born in the US were named Nathan, #63 among boys' names.

It has been in the top 1,000 every year since records begin in 1880, and in the top 100 in 54 of those 146 years.

Its best rank was #20, every year from 2004 to 2005.

The most births in one year were 14,634, in 2004.

Births fell 42% from 8,600 in 2015.

All 12 names below have also been in the top 1,000 every year since 1880.

Nathan's rank every ten years

1. 1880
   #115
2. 1890
   #130
3. 1900
   #126
4. 1910
   #136
5. 1920
   #172
6. 1930
   #234
7. 1940
   #243
8. 1950
   #243
9. 1960
   #189
10. 1970
    #130
11. 1980
    #36
12. 1990
    #44
13. 2000
    #30
14. 2010
    #27
15. 2020
    #55
16. 2025
    #63

12 boy names with a similar curve

How this list was made

We compared Nathan's rank in every year from 1880 to 2025 with every other boy's name in the 2025 top 1,000 (US Social Security birth records); the closest curves come first. Years outside the top 1,000 count the same however far outside, years since 1995 count four times as much, and each name appears in one spelling.