girls' name ★ peaked 2006

Natalie

Meaning birthday [of Christ], Christmas Gender Girl Rank 2025 #89 Trend ↓ Falling 32%

From the French form of the Late Latin saint's name Natalia, from nātālis (diēs) (“birthday [of Christ], Christmas”).

Rank 2025
#89
among girls · ↓16 vs 2024
Babies in 2025
2,736
named Natalie · -13% vs 2024
How common
1 in 587
girls born in 2025
Peak year
2006
10,970 babies
All-time total
379,831
#94 all-time among girls
First recorded
1880
in Social Security records

Natalie popularity over time

379,831 babies have been named Natalie since 1880, according to official Social Security records. Switch measure to see births per year or the yearly rank.

Measure
Births per 1,000 babies of that sex, comparable across eras
1.883.755.637.518801900192019401960198020002020GirlsBoys
GirlsBoys

By decade. Change compares yearly averages, so the current partial decade is on equal footing. Best rank is the name's best yearly rank within the decade.

Decade Girls Boys Total Per year Change Best rank
1880s 152 – 152 15 – #487
1890s 353 – 353 35 +132% #427
1900s 658 – 658 66 +86% #333
1910s 3,527 6 3,533 353 +437% #261
1920s 6,719 25 6,744 674 +91% #238
1930s 4,954 5 4,959 496 -26% #247
1940s 4,129 – 4,129 413 -17% #319
1950s 6,567 – 6,567 657 +59% #238
1960s 19,565 40 19,605 1,961 +199% #150
1970s 29,801 99 29,900 2,990 +53% #66
1980s 54,428 249 54,677 5,468 +83% #51
1990s 63,382 134 63,516 6,352 +16% #34
2000s 95,095 151 95,246 9,525 +50% #13
2010s 68,142 53 68,195 6,820 -28% #14
2020s (to 2025) 21,590 7 21,597 3,600 -47% #51

Where Natalie is heading

A five-year projection from the recent trend in births per 1,000 girls (damped so it flattens over time), converted to babies at today's birth totals. The implied rank places that projection in the 2025 field. A projection, not a promise: real trends bend.

Year Projected babies Per 1,000 girls Implied rank
2026 2,558 1.59 #104
2027 2,416 1.50 #114
2028 2,301 1.43 #118
2029 2,208 1.37 #130
2030 2,131 1.33 #136

Where Natalie is most popular

Girls named Natalie per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021–2025. National average: 2.13 per 1,000. Strongest in Vermont, Maine, and New Hampshire.

Vs national average
well below below near national above well above no data

All 50 states and DC, sorted by rate. Counts are girls named Natalie born 2021–2025; the per-1,000 rate makes states of different sizes comparable, and the last column shows each state against the national average.

State Girls 2021–2025 Per 1,000 vs national
Vermont 49 10.1 +374%
Maine 117 7.56 +255%
New Hampshire 132 7.15 +235%
Rhode Island 69 5.51 +158%
North Dakota 63 4.79 +125%
Alaska 41 4.76 +123%
Massachusetts 536 4.43 +108%
Montana 53 3.91 +84%
South Dakota 53 3.71 +74%
Wisconsin 379 3.68 +73%
West Virginia 96 3.66 +72%
New Mexico 84 3.45 +62%
Connecticut 200 3.44 +61%
Kansas 198 3.43 +61%
Michigan 623 3.42 +60%
Delaware 38 3.35 +57%
Oregon 214 3.29 +54%
Nebraska 116 3.23 +51%
Maryland 334 3.15 +48%
Pennsylvania 744 3.15 +48%
Virginia 524 3.07 +44%
Iowa 179 3.06 +44%
South Carolina 262 2.91 +37%
Oklahoma 209 2.84 +33%
Minnesota 305 2.83 +33%
Arizona 394 2.81 +32%
Missouri 337 2.80 +31%
Hawaii 32 2.79 +31%
Colorado 299 2.68 +26%
Arkansas 141 2.67 +25%
Indiana 372 2.65 +24%
New Jersey 477 2.64 +24%
North Carolina 599 2.63 +23%
Illinois 600 2.62 +23%
Washington 375 2.60 +22%
Alabama 239 2.55 +19%
Idaho 85 2.54 +19%
Nevada 117 2.52 +18%
Kentucky 213 2.49 +17%
Tennessee 394 2.49 +17%
Ohio 586 2.47 +16%
New York 955 2.41 +13%
California 2,008 2.39 +12%
Texas 1,760 2.19 ≈ national
Mississippi 101 2.16 ≈ national
Georgia 469 2.06 ≈ national
Louisiana 174 1.99 -7%
Florida 770 1.80 -16%
Wyoming 7 1.64 -23%
Utah 126 1.51 -29%
District of Columbia 15 1.27 -41%

State counts come from the Social Security Administration's state files, which omit any state-year with fewer than five babies of a name, so small states can undercount slightly.

The story of Natalie

Natalie is a top-100 name for girls in the United States, ranked #89 in 2025 with 2,736 babies given the name. It is currently declining compared with a decade ago.

Since 1880, 379,831 American babies have been named Natalie. Its peak came in 2006, when 10,970 newborns received the name, the signature sound of the 2000s.

The chart above shows the full history: the popularity view (births per 1,000 babies) is the honest comparison across generations, since total US births have changed enormously since 1880. Switch to the rank view to see where Natalie stood among all girls' names in any year, or use the compare tool to plot it against other names.

How old are people named Natalie?

The median living Natalie is about 25 years old; half are between 15 and 39. An estimated 356 thousand people named Natalie are alive in the United States today.

median 25 020406080100

Estimated from births per year and Social Security period life tables; an approximation of the living age distribution, by age in years.

Natalie year by year

Every year since 2001, and five-year steps back to 1880. Rank is within each sex.

Year Girls Girls rank Boys Boys rank
2025 2,736 #89 – –
2024 3,127 #73 7 #10,595
2023 3,429 #63 – –
2022 3,947 #55 – –
2021 4,060 #56 – –
2020 4,291 #51 – –
2019 4,810 #41 5 #13,537
2018 5,127 #39 – –
2017 5,554 #35 7 #10,455
2016 6,191 #31 – –
2015 6,510 #27 8 #9,309
2014 7,115 #23 7 #10,399
2013 7,492 #21 8 #9,399
2012 7,908 #17 – –
2011 8,646 #14 11 #7,353
2010 8,789 #14 7 #10,417
2009 9,421 #16 8 #9,601
2008 10,201 #13 19 #5,012
2007 10,443 #17 12 #6,953
2006 10,951 #17 19 #4,807
2005 10,742 #18 15 #5,488
2004 9,689 #19 32 #3,133
2003 9,151 #23 16 #4,973
2002 8,352 #30 12 #5,966
2001 8,049 #32 11 #6,307
2000 8,096 #34 7 #8,841
1995 6,424 #51 11 #5,399
1990 5,637 #63 27 #2,535
1985 5,535 #58 25 #2,207
1980 4,645 #65 16 #2,917
1975 2,637 #110 8 #4,187
1970 2,370 #142 8 #3,734
1965 1,940 #180 – –
1960 1,550 #216 5 #4,426
1955 404 #447 – –
1950 390 #405 – –
1945 366 #365 – –
1940 394 #319 – –
1935 457 #286 – –
1930 624 #248 5 #4,378
1925 708 #249 – –
1920 548 #278 – –
1915 429 #283 – –
1910 136 #337 – –
1905 67 #418 – –
1900 67 #412 – –
1895 39 #469 – –
1890 34 #441 – –
1885 17 #534 – –
1880 5 #908 – –

Famous people named Natalie

The most globally famous bearers of the name, ranked by fame across Wikipedia editions (Pantheon project, MIT).

  1. 1 Natalie Portman Natalie Portman Israeli and American actress (born 1981) Contemporary
  2. 2 Natalie Wood Natalie Wood American actress (1938–1981) Contemporary
  3. 3 Natalie Dormer Natalie Dormer English actress (born 1982) Contemporary
  4. 4 Natalie Alyn Lind Natalie Alyn Lind American actress b. 1999 · Contemporary
  5. 5 Natalie Morales Natalie Morales American actress (born 1985) Contemporary
  6. 6 Natalie Imbruglia Natalie Imbruglia Australian singer-songwriter and actress (born 1975) Contemporary
  7. 7 Natalie Cole Natalie Cole American singer (1950–2015) Contemporary
  8. 8 Natalie Zea Natalie Zea American actress (born 1975) Contemporary
  9. 9 Natalie Merchant Natalie Merchant American singer-songwriter (born 1963) Contemporary
  10. 10 Natalie Martinez Natalie Martinez American actress and model (born 1984) Contemporary
  11. 11 Natalie Schafer Natalie Schafer American actress (1900–1991) Contemporary
  12. 12 Natalie Clifford Barney Natalie Clifford Barney American playwright, poet and novelist (1876–1972) 19th century
  13. 13 Natalie Grant Natalie Grant American singer and songwriter (born 1971) Contemporary
  14. 14 Natalie Talmadge Natalie Talmadge American actress (1896–1969) 19th century
  15. 15 Natalie Glebova Natalie Glebova Canadian beauty pageant titleholder b. 1981 · Contemporary
  16. 16 Natalie Bennett Natalie Bennett Australian-British politician (born 1966) Contemporary
  17. 17 Natalie Coughlin Natalie Coughlin American swimmer (born 1982) Contemporary
  18. 18 Natalie Dessay Natalie Dessay French singer (born 1965) Contemporary
  19. 19 Natalie of Serbia Natalie of Serbia Princess/Queen of Serbia from 1875 to 1889 1859–1941 · 19th century
  20. 20 Natalie Zemon Davis Natalie Zemon Davis Canadian and American historian (1928–2023) Contemporary

Portraits from Wikipedia (Wikimedia Commons).

Frequently asked questions

Quick answers about Natalie, drawn from the same Social Security data as the charts above.

How old is the average Natalie?

The median living Natalie is about 25 years old. Half of all living Natalies are between 15 and 39 years old.

How many people named Natalie are alive today?

An estimated 356 thousand people named Natalie are alive in the United States, based on 379,831 recorded births and Social Security life tables.

What does the name Natalie mean?

From the French form of the Late Latin saint's name Natalia, from nātālis (diēs) (“birthday [of Christ], Christmas”).

How popular is the name Natalie in 2025?

Natalie ranked #89 among girls' names in the United States in 2025, with 2,736 babies given the name, according to Social Security Administration data.

How many people are named Natalie?

379,831 babies have been named Natalie in the United States since 1880, based on Social Security card applications.

When was the name Natalie most popular?

Natalie peaked in 2006, when 10,970 newborns received the name.

Is Natalie a boy or girl name?

Natalie is overwhelmingly a girl's name: 100% of babies with the name.

Is the name Natalie rising or falling?

Natalie is declining, less popular now than a decade ago.

Will Natalie become more popular?

Natalie is trending downward. If the recent trend holds, we project roughly 2,131 girls named Natalie in 2030, which would rank around #136. Forecasts assume the current trend continues and become less certain further out.

Who are famous people named Natalie?

Well-known people named Natalie include Natalie Portman (actor), Natalie Wood (actor), Natalie Dormer (actor).

Names like Natalie

Names that sound and feel close to Natalie: shared sounds, similar era, similar popularity. Each links to its full history.

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