Nathanael

“God has given” — Hebrew via Greek origin

Boy's name · #632 in the US (2025) · Trending

Nathanael has appeared in US records since 1915 — best rank #405 (1998) · 22,227 babies named Nathanael all-time · 1 in 3,800 boys born in 2025.

Around the world: about 1 in 620 boys in Puerto Rico (2025) · about 1 in 1,000 boys in France (2025) · about 1 in 1,600 boys in Belgium (2025).

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 28 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Nathanaels

Nathanael West — American writer and screenwriter (1903–1940)
Nathanael Greene — American general in the American Revolutionary War (1742-1786)
Nathanael Brown — German association football player
Nathanael Pringsheim — German botanist (1823-1894)
Nathanael Matthaeus von Wolf — astronomer and botanist (1724-1784)

Among 98 notable people named Nathanael:

Scientists & scholars appear 1.5× more often than among typical names — e.g. Nathanael Pringsheim, German botanist (1823-1894).

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