Natalie

Where Natalie comes from

From the French form of the Late Latin saint's name Natalia, from nātālis (diēs) (“birthday [of Christ], Christmas”). Doublet of Natalya.
— Wiktionary's entry for Natalie
  • Latin
  • 3 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #836 among girls — 5 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1938
    Natalie Wood born
    American actress
  3. 1981
    Natalie Portman born
    Israeli-American actress
  4. 2008
    Peak, #13
    10,201 babies named Natalie — more than any year before or since.
  5. 2019
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #41.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Latin.
Namesakes
  • Natalie Portman · Israeli-American actress, born 1981
  • Natalie Wood · American actress, 1938–1981
  • Natalie Dormer · English actress, born 1982
  • Natalie Cole · American singer, 1950–2015
  • Natalie Clifford Barney · American writer who hosted a literary salon at her home in Paris, 1876–1972

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.