Boy
Nathanial
As a boy's name, Nathanial is understood to mean "gift of God". It is not as common as it was in the 1990s, though it has not disappeared. Today, it is on the rarer side without being unusual in the registry. The name's best year yet was 1999.
EtymologyVariant of Nathaniel
EtymologyMeaning "gift of God"
Births by decade
1900s
22
1910s
134
1920s
162
1930s
157
1940s
113
1950s
118
1960s
184
1970s
929
1980s
1,977
1990s
2,996
2000s
2,818
2010s
709
Peaked in the 1990s · 10,319 total U.S. births since 1900