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Baby name
Nathan
Boy
Origin of the name
Nathan comes, through Latin, from the Hebrew Natan, “he gave.” In the Bible, Nathan is the prophet who advises King David.
Classic name
587,497births since 1880
2000sgeneration
No. 20rank at its peak, in 2004
Where babies named Nathan are born
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The darker the blue, the more common Nathan is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.
Where it is most popular
Compared with the national average, Nathan is most common in Utah (2.1 times), Alaska (1.8) and New Hampshire (1.7), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.
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