Natalie

#89 for girls in 2025, 2,736 births · Last seen for boys in 2024 at #9,894
Given to girls 99.8% of the time

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Peak · girls
2008 · 10,201 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
50 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · girls
379,062
since 1880

Natalie over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201978peak #13, 2008girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#892,736
2024#733,127#9,8947
2023#633,429
2022#553,947
2021#564,060
2020#514,291
2019#414,810#12,1455
2018#395,127
2017#355,554#9,6967
2016#316,191
2015#276,510#8,7448
2014#237,115#9,6427
2013#217,492#8,7898
2012#177,908
2011#148,646#7,00911
2010#148,789#9,6937
2009#169,421#8,9858
2008#1310,201#4,90119
2007#1710,443#6,62212
2006#1710,951#4,67519
2005#1810,742#5,27815
2004#199,689#3,07432
2003#239,151#4,81516
2002#308,352#5,72512
2001#328,049#6,01311
2000#348,096#8,2097
1999#348,079#5,31712
1998#407,549#7,5607
1997#486,539#5,64210
1996#466,693#4,18515
1995#516,424#5,12411
1994#565,837#4,29014
1993#625,484#6,8167
1992#615,583#3,45918
1991#645,557#4,23113
1990#635,637#2,48827
1989#625,630#2,10633
1988#635,483#2,86019
1987#565,331#2,05729
1986#525,707#2,51021
1985#585,535#2,17125
1984#555,555#1,97927
1983#525,723#1,74832
1982#515,961#2,20723
1981#604,858#2,13824
1980#654,645#2,83116
1979#684,445#3,16813
1978#664,165#2,20521
1977#694,043#5,1236
1976#803,499#2,41718
1975#1102,637#3,9418
1974#1192,466#3,8378
1973#1402,059#3,4459
1972#1432,024#3,6228
1971#1542,093
1970#1422,370#3,5218
1969#1532,152#3,3148
1968#1711,886#3,1078
1967#1612,034#3,5596
1966#1502,309#3,9485
1965#1801,940
1964#1772,127#3,0508
1963#1901,993
1962#1911,949
1961#2131,625
1960#2161,550#4,0385
1959#2471,232
1958#2381,283
1957#2671,055
1956#353612
1955#446404
1954#439401
1953#446374
1952#429402
1951#408414
1950#405390
1949#388413
1948#372450
1947#382434
1946#385389
1945#364366
1944#355380
1943#325467
1942#320468
1941#342368
1940#319394
1939#305410
1938#311402
1937#313391
1936#288445
1935#286457
1934#269530
1933#269517
1932#260579
1931#247599
1930#248624#4,0015
1929#248634
1928#238687#3,3577
1927#257659#3,7806
1926#255669
1925#249708
1924#249713
1923#247694#3,4677
1922#254678#4,3075
1921#247729
1920#278548
1919#279520
1918#297465
1917#280484#3,5456
1916#288428
1915#282429
1914#261395
1913#295258
1912#304222
1911#284190
1910#337136
1909#331120
1908#38886
1907#44465
1906#38380
1905#41367
1904#44553
1903#43553
1902#50939
1901#59128
1900#40767
1899#47638
1898#48640
1897#53031
1896#49935
1895#46539
1894#42243
1893#45534
1892#45336
1891#54123
1890#43534
1889#49925
1888#48626
1887#56016
1886#55616
1885#52017
1884#64011
1883#6519
1882#47515
1881#49112
1880#8365
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Natalie was already there! It came in at #836, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1880, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

See more about Natalie
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 16 spots since 2024 (#73#89)
  • 38 spots since 2020 (#51#89)
  • 62 spots since 2015 (#27#89)
  • Biggest jump: 345 spots in 1881 (#836#491)
  • Biggest drop: 184 spots in 1901 (#407#591)
Rise & fade · girls
128 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 2008 at #13 (10,201 births)
  • Births halved by 2019, 11 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 100 for 50 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 50 yrs · run 1976–2025
  • Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 172
  • Highest: 1 in 172 girls born in 2005 were named Natalie (0.58%)
  • Latest: 1 in 587 girls born in 2025 (0.17%)
  • Its best rank, #13 in 2008, was only 1 in 185 (0.54%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 2000s
  • 25.1% of all girls named Natalie (95,095) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s152#475 (1882)#571
1890s353#422 (1894)#476
1900s658#331 (1909)#435
1910s3,527#261 (1914)#291
1920s6,719#238 (1928)#252
1930s4,954#247 (1931)#280
1940s4,129#319 (1940)#355
1950s6,567#238 (1958)#368
1960s19,565#150 (1966)#180
1970s29,801#66 (1978)#109
1980s54,428#51 (1982)#57
1990s63,382#34 (1999)#53
2000s95,095#13 (2008)#22
2010s68,142#14 (2010)#26
2020s21,590#51 (2020)#65

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Natalie in 1978

girls
#66
4,165 births · 1 in 368 girls
boys
#2,205
21 births · 1 in 78,183 boys

Top girls' names in 1978

  1. #1Jennifer56,314
  2. #2Melissa28,327
  3. #3Jessica26,102
  4. #4Amy23,213
  5. #5Heather22,270
  6. #6Amanda20,520
  7. #7Angela20,517
  8. #8Sarah19,976
  9. #9Michelle18,856
  10. #10Nicole17,279
  11. #66Natalie4,165

Top boys' names in 1978

  1. #1Michael67,127
  2. #2Jason51,600
  3. #3Christopher47,236
  4. #4David40,684
  5. #5James39,894
  6. #6Matthew34,282
  7. #7John34,014
  8. #8Robert33,374
  9. #9Brian29,432
  10. #10Joseph26,663
  11. #2,205Natalie21
More about 1978

girls

1,531,859 girls got a published name in 1978; 1 in 368 of them was named Natalie, which outranked 99.4% of the 11,475 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Natalie
  1. #63Leslie4,342
  2. #64Kristina4,229
  3. #65Anna4,173
  4. #66Natalie4,165
  5. #67Tammy4,070
  6. #68Courtney4,031
  7. #69Sandra4,005
Biggest movers since 1977
Risers
  1. 4,240Aja#4,652#412
  2. 1,987Kiley#2,606#619
  3. 1,951Kylee#2,838#887
  4. 1,785Winter#2,780#995
  5. 1,620Kylie#2,026#406
Fallers
  1. 913Shalon#868#1,781
  2. 760Farah#854#1,614
  3. 519Tennille#462#981
  4. 398Shawnte#740#1,138
  5. 362Farrah#177#539

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,641,837 boys got a published name in 1978; 1 in 78,183 of them was named Natalie, which outranked 67.4% of the 6,762 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Natalie
  1. #2,134Webster22
  2. #2,134Zacharia22
  3. #2,134Zachry22
  4. #2,205Natalie21
  5. #2,205Andrian21
  6. #2,205Ayinde21
  7. #2,205Barrington21
  8. #2,279Adnan20
  9. #2,279Alicia20
  10. #2,279Antawn20

Tied with 73 names at #2,205; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1977
Risers
  1. 3,237Dequan#4,164#927
  2. 626Nicholaus#1,367#741
  3. 617Nicklaus#1,515#898
  4. 578Zebulon#1,476#898
  5. 424Anwar#1,121#697
Fallers
  1. 674Kinte#834#1,508
  2. 668Kunta#572#1,240
  3. 417Telly#732#1,149
  4. 415Lesley#937#1,352
  5. 310Amin#904#1,214

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1978