Natan

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⭐ Famous Natan

Natan Bernardo de Souza

Brazilian footballer

Choose Natan and your child shares a first name with Natan Bernardo de Souza, a Brazilian footballer. A ready-made answer when someone asks “Natan, like who?” Natan Bernardo de Souza's Wikipedia article is available in 21 languages, a good sign of just how widely known they are.

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• 👶How commonAbout 1 in every 28,011 baby boys born in the US in 2025 was named Natan, 61 babies in all. In a typical school of 500 kids, your Natan would very likely be the only one.
• 📜HistoryNatan first shows up in US birth records in 1968, the first year at least 5 babies got it. It has been in use for 57 years since.
• 🏆Best yearIts best year was 2017, when it reached #2,109.
• 📈Then vs nowNatan is 2.2× more common today than it was in 2000. In 2000 it was given to about 1 in 61,350 baby boys; in 2025, about 1 in 28,011.
• 🍂TrendNatan has slipped 20 places over the last five years and now sits at #2,284. Good news if you want a familiar name that fewer kids will share.
• 📍Where it's lovedNatan is most popular in Washington, where it ranks #999. It's in the top 1,000 in 1 state.
• 💬MeaningNatan is a Hebrew form of Nathan, which means “he gave”. Our records link it to Hebrew, Hungarian and Polish roots.
• 🌍OriginNatan is the #7 most popular Hungarian boy name in the US. That's out of 27 Hungarian boy and unisex names in our list.
• 🔁Word funNatan is a palindrome: it reads the same forwards and backwards.

About the name Natan

Natan is a boy name of Hebrew, Hungarian and Polish origin meaning “he gave”. It has 5 letters and 2 syllables, starting with N and ending in “-tan”. US birth records list Natan for boys from 1968 to 2025, in 51 of those 58 years. Its best year was 2017, when it ranked #2,109 among boy names. In 2025 it ranked #2,284, with 61 babies.

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