Natan is a distinctive choice, ranked #771 in 2025. Your child is likely to be the only Natan in their class.
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UK Rank 2025
#771
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About the Name Natan
Natan has seen a notable decline in recent years, dropping 385 places in five years. It was most popular in 2015 at #293 โ parents choosing it today are making a deliberately counter-trend decision. The name has been a consistent presence in UK records since 1998.
Natan is uncommon in the UK, so your child is very likely to be the only Natan in their class.
โญ Famous People Named Natan
Natan (singer) โ Natan Mirov, better known as Natan, is a Russian rapper & TV presenter, signed to the label Black Star.
Natan (footballer, born 2001) โ Natan Bernardo de Souza, simply known as Natan, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for La Liga club Real Betis.
Natan Obed โ Natan Obed is a Canadian politician who has served as president of the Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami (ITK) since September 2015.
Biographical summaries are shortened from Wikipedia and are used under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence; those summaries remain available under that same licence.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about the name Natan
Unlikely. With around 43 UK babies named Natan per year, your child will almost certainly be the only Natan in their class, and possibly the only one in the whole school.
Natan is declining: down 131 places since 2020, to #771 in 2025. It peaked at #293 in 2015.
Natan is a distinctive choice sitting outside the mainstream UK top names. Parents choosing less common names often find their children appreciate the individuality as they grow up, rarely needing to add an initial to distinguish themselves.
Notable people named Natan include: Natan (singer), Natan (footballer, born 2001) and Natan Obed. Short summaries for each appear below.
Natan does not appear in the US top 1,000 baby names, making it a distinctively British choice โ your child is unlikely to encounter American Natans in the wild.
43
UK babies named Natan (2025)
< 1
Expected classmates with this name (class of 28)
~0.0
In a school of 600
↓ 131 places
Rank change (last 5 years)
🏫 Who else is in the room?
In a typical UK class of 28, highlighted children share the name Natan
Almost certainly the only Natan in the class
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UK Popularity (1998–2025)
Rank and birth count · ONS official data
No US data available for this name
✨ Similar names to Natan
Names with a similar style — each with their own classroom story
Natan (Nota) Zalmanovich Strugatsky (Russian: ะะฐัะฐฬะฝ (ะะพฬัะฐ) ะะฐฬะปะผะฐะฝะพะฒะธั ะกัััะณะฐฬัะบะธะน; 26 May 1892 โ 7 February 1942) was a Soviet art historian, bibliographer, and iconographer.