Recorded 1902–2025 · United States
Nathen was most popular in 2006, when 255 American babies were given the name — ranking #1,796 that year. In 2025 it ranked #8,448, with 27 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 6,146 people named Nathen.
Nathen first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1902, which makes it about 123 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 107 of the 124 years since.
The Social Security Administration has recorded 6,146 American births named Nathen between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 5,706 are estimated to be alive today.
27 American babies were named Nathen in 2025, ranking #8,448 that year.
Nathen is falling. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 24 births a year, against 124 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of -80% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Across the whole record Nathen is a boy’s name — 0.0% of the 6,146 Americans given it were girls and 100.0% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 0% girls and 100% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
Roughly 5,706 Americans named Nathen are alive today — 93% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 24 years old, and half are between 18 and 35.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org