Natan
Masculine · “he gave”
Natan is 'he gave' in Hebrew — and Nathan the prophet is the man who tells David a story and then says 'you are the man'.
How old is the name Natan?
Natan first appears in US birth records in 1968 — 57 years ago. The typical Natan alive today was born around 2012, making them about 13 years old. About 1,600 people named Natan are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Natan most popular?
Natan peaked in 2017, reaching #2109 nationally. Today it ranks #2284, 175 places below that high. See the whole 2017 chart.
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Where it comes from
From natan to Natan
The story of Natan
Nathan tells David a parable about a rich man taking a poor man's only lamb, David condemns the man in the story, and Nathan says: you are the man. It is among the most economical confrontations in the Hebrew Bible. Natan is standard in Israel and Latin America and is in current American use.
Meaning
he gave
From the Hebrew natan, 'he gave', a plain verb form. It stands behind Jonathan, 'the Lord has given', and Nathanael, 'God has given'. Natan is the Hebrew, Spanish and Polish spelling. The Hebrew is transparent and undisputed.
How the name formed
- natan
- Natan
Related forms: נתן · Natán · Nathan
Pronouncing Natan
nah-TAHN
Two syllables, stress on the second. English Nathan is NAY-thun.
Nicknames for Natan
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1968
- Most boys named
- 201765 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #2109reached in 2017
- Change vs 2024
- +10.9%61 in 2025, from 55
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Natan in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- נתן in Hebrew — transliteration
- Natán in Spanish — same name
- Nathan in English — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: New York, California, Texas.
Natans among us
people named Natan are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 28,001 born in 2025 was named Natan
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Davide test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Natan's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Davide climbed just as high around 1968, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Davide's path sketches the road Natan is walking now.
Natan sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Natan is headed
Natan should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.
Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Natan beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Natan in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- The 'you are the man' confrontation is a first-rate piece of scripture.
- The he-gave meaning is transparent and undisputed.
- Nate is available as an English short form with a large record.
- Nathan is what English speakers will substitute and say differently.
- Hebrew and English stress it differently.
- It reads as specifically Hebrew or Latin American.
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Masculine · #2284 in the U.S.
Frequently asked
- How many Natans are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 1,600 people named Natan are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Natan in 2025?
- Natan ranks #2284 among US boy names in 2025, with 61 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Natan?
- About 1 in every 28,001 US boys born in 2025 was named Natan — 61 in all.
- Will my child share the name Natan with classmates?
- Natan will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Natan
Names sitting at a similar level of popularity right now.
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US figures from the Social Security Administration. 1880–2025. Data & methodology
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