Nat Popularity by Year

Follow Nat across every available national year. Rankings and birth counts remain separated by the source dataset’s girl and boy categories.

Nat birth-count history

The chart samples long histories for faster loading. The complete table below includes every recorded year.

Complete year-by-year record

YearCategoryBirthsRankChange from previous recorded year
2023Boys5#12,239Down 1,572 places
2002Boys5#10,667Down 2,696 places
1996Boys6#7,971Up 464 places
1992Boys5#8,435Down 1,164 places
1991Boys6#7,271Down 320 places
1987Boys5#6,951Down 2,399 places
1984Boys8#4,552Down 318 places
1982Boys9#4,234Up 1,234 places
1981Boys6#5,468Up 57 places
1980Boys6#5,525Down 1,715 places
1979Boys10#3,810Up 608 places
1976Boys7#4,418Down 1,619 places
1974Boys13#2,799Down 675 places
1973Boys19#2,124Up 1,498 places
1972Boys8#3,622Down 1,570 places
1971Boys20#2,052Up 161 places
1970Boys17#2,213Up 95 places
1969Boys14#2,308Down 199 places
1968Boys15#2,109Up 651 places
1967Boys9#2,760Down 717 places
1966Boys15#2,043Down 125 places
1965Boys17#1,918Down 373 places
1964Boys26#1,545Up 199 places
1963Boys21#1,744Up 535 places
1962Boys13#2,279Down 593 places
1961Boys23#1,686Down 223 places
1960Boys30#1,463Down 126 places
1959Boys34#1,337Up 256 places
1958Boys24#1,593Down 106 places
1957Boys28#1,487Up 458 places
1956Boys17#1,945Down 299 places
1955Boys22#1,646Up 310 places
1954Boys16#1,956Down 405 places
1953Boys24#1,551Up 253 places
1952Boys18#1,804Up 168 places
1951Boys15#1,972Down 226 places
1950Boys18#1,746Down 79 places
1949Boys20#1,667Down 108 places
1948Boys22#1,559Down 165 places
1947Boys28#1,394Up 207 places
1946Boys20#1,601Up 32 places
1945Boys17#1,633Down 233 places
1944Boys23#1,400Up 129 places
1943Boys21#1,529Down 108 places
1942Boys24#1,421Down 49 places
1941Boys24#1,372Up 99 places
1940Boys21#1,471Down 46 places
1939Boys22#1,425Up 14 places
1938Boys22#1,439Down 95 places
1937Boys25#1,344Up 161 places
1936Boys20#1,505Down 11 places
1935Boys21#1,494Down 137 places
1934Boys25#1,357Up 141 places
1933Boys21#1,498Down 212 places
1932Boys28#1,286Up 75 places
1931Boys26#1,361Down 78 places
1930Boys31#1,283Down 88 places
1929Boys34#1,195Up 416 places
1928Boys22#1,611Down 413 places
1927Boys36#1,198Up 80 places
1926Boys32#1,278Up 82 places
1925Boys29#1,360Down 191 places
1924Boys38#1,169Up 44 places
1923Boys35#1,213Down 155 places
1922Boys44#1,058Up 64 places
1921Boys40#1,122Down 49 places
1920Boys43#1,073Down 146 places
1919Boys52#927Up 39 places
1918Boys48#966Down 111 places
1917Boys56#855Up 28 places
1916Boys51#883Down 116 places
1915Boys61#767Up 52 places
1914Boys42#819Down 30 places
1913Boys36#789Down 215 places
1912Boys49#574Down 12 places
1911Boys29#562Up 92 places
1910Boys20#654Up 25 places
1909Boys16#679Down 22 places
1908Boys16#657Up 121 places
1907Boys12#778Down 69 places
1906Boys12#709Up 382 places
1905Boys6#1,091Up 114 places
1904Boys5#1,205Down 610 places
1903Boys14#595Up 338 places
1902Boys7#933Down 296 places
1901Boys11#637Down 59 places
1900Boys18#578Down 97 places
1899Boys16#481Up 62 places
1898Boys15#543Up 244 places
1897Boys8#787Up 195 places
1896Boys6#982Down 342 places
1895Boys11#640Down 176 places
1894Boys18#464Up 241 places
1893Boys9#705Down 208 places
1892Boys16#497Up 27 places
1891Boys12#524Down 13 places
1890Boys14#511Up 211 places
1889Boys8#722Down 142 places
1888Boys12#580Up 99 places
1887Boys8#679Down 32 places
1886Boys9#647Down 167 places
1885Boys15#480Up 221 places
1884Boys8#701Down 204 places
1883Boys13#497Up 257 places
1882Boys7#754Down 294 places
1881Boys14#460Up 22 places
1880Boys14#482