Nat
Nat is a unisex given name, a nickname and a surname. It is a nickname for Nathan, Nathanael, Nathaniel, Natalie, Natalia, or Natasha. It may refer to the following people:
- English
Meaning & Origin of Nat
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Nat is a unisex given name, a nickname and a surname. It is a nickname for Nathan, Nathanael, Nathaniel, Natalie, Natalia, or Natasha. It may refer to the following people:
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- English
The Story of Nat
Nat first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1880, with 14 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1915: 61 births, good for #767 nationwide. About 21% of every Nat on record arrived during the 1910s, its defining decade. Nat last appeared in the published SSA data in 2023, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 2K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1880s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Variants & Related Forms of Nat
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Nat. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Names that sound like Nat
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About the name Nat
Nat is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1880 and has accumulated 2K births in the dataset. Nat's peak popularity came in 1915 when it ranked #767. Use the chart and map above to compare Nat's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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