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Nath

Boys' name

Diminutive of Nathaniel or Nathan

Nath has been given to 36 babies in the U.S. since 1911. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1924, with 7 recorded.

Babies named Nath, 1933

1 in 333,000

Nath over time, 1880–2025

Boys
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Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Nath: meaning, origin, and history

Diminutive of Nathaniel or Nathan

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Nath means

Nath is a diminutive of Nathaniel or Nathan.

Origin, language, and formation

Nath is used in English.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Nathaniel and Nathan.

Pronunciation and spelling

In English, Nath is pronounced /ˈneɪθ/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 36 boys were recorded with the name Nath between 1911 and 1933. Its highest annual count was 7 in 1924; its best national rank was #1,675 in 1911.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Nath?

Nath had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1933, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1933
1 in 333,000
6 of 1,999,415 births
Among boys only
1 in 165,000
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 1933
Unranked
Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size
230,983 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Nath sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 1933 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 230,983 children born in 1933 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Nath. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Naths were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Nath was born before 1924 — so the typical Nath is around 101 today.

Median birth year
1924
About 101 years old
Biggest decade
1920s
50.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
100.0%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
0
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

1920s — 50.0% of all recorded uses (18).

Is Nath rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
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Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago
New entry
Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago
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Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago
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Not published both years
Share of its own peak
0%
Peak was 1924 (7)
Years since peak
101
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
28.6% average annual change
Best rank ever
#1,675
1911

Spellings of Nath

Nath is not the most common spelling — Nathan is, with 38.6% against Nath's <0.01%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Nath around the world

Where Nath ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • South Australia
    1979–1979
    #486
    in 1979

Popularity data from Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Nath by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#1,675
1911
Peak year
1924
7 that year
First recorded
1911
Last recorded
1933
All-time count
36
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Nath

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Sibling names for Nath

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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