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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201998peak #13, 2008girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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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.

Where Natalie is popular in 1998

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #94 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 287 girlsAKMaine: #53 for girls · 27 births · 1 in 172 girlsMEVermont: #47 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 149 girlsVTNew Hampshire: #67 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 231 girlsNHWashington: #23 for girls · 190 births · 1 in 154 girlsWAIdaho: #46 for girls · 31 births · 1 in 190 girlsIDMontana: #51 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 191 girlsMTNorth Dakota: #75 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 241 girlsNDMinnesota: #32 for girls · 160 births · 1 in 158 girlsMNIllinois: #36 for girls · 374 births · 1 in 188 girlsILWisconsin: #35 for girls · 151 births · 1 in 167 girlsWIMichigan: #46 for girls · 244 births · 1 in 211 girlsMINew York: #41 for girls · 441 births · 1 in 228 girlsNYMassachusetts: #53 for girls · 137 births · 1 in 233 girlsMARhode Island: #90 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 296 girlsRIOregon: #36 for girls · 86 births · 1 in 191 girlsORNevada: #43 for girls · 47 births · 1 in 194 girlsNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Natalie, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: #70 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 224 girlsSDIowa: #33 for girls · 102 births · 1 in 138 girlsIAIndiana: #54 for girls · 142 births · 1 in 233 girlsINOhio: #34 for girls · 329 births · 1 in 187 girlsOHPennsylvania: #44 for girls · 273 births · 1 in 214 girlsPANew Jersey: #41 for girls · 221 births · 1 in 188 girlsNJConnecticut: #29 for girls · 102 births · 1 in 152 girlsCTCalifornia: #15 for girls · 1,531 births · 1 in 144 girlsCAUtah: #36 for girls · 91 births · 1 in 182 girlsUTColorado: #38 for girls · 115 births · 1 in 194 girlsCONebraska: #35 for girls · 55 births · 1 in 147 girlsNEMissouri: #48 for girls · 149 births · 1 in 199 girlsMOKentucky: #65 for girls · 73 births · 1 in 279 girlsKYWest Virginia: #83 for girls · 23 births · 1 in 318 girlsWVVirginia: #46 for girls · 166 births · 1 in 204 girlsVAMaryland: #44 for girls · 129 births · 1 in 186 girlsMDDelaware: #75 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 242 girlsDEArizona: #48 for girls · 121 births · 1 in 241 girlsAZNew Mexico: #57 for girls · 36 births · 1 in 235 girlsNMKansas: #41 for girls · 72 births · 1 in 180 girlsKSArkansas: #53 for girls · 51 births · 1 in 233 girlsARTennessee: #58 for girls · 105 births · 1 in 291 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #54 for girls · 158 births · 1 in 266 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #71 for girls · 52 births · 1 in 323 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: #35 for girls · 23 births · 1 in 153 girlsDCOklahoma: #59 for girls · 62 births · 1 in 273 girlsOKLouisiana: #58 for girls · 74 births · 1 in 295 girlsLAMississippi: #92 for girls · 30 births · 1 in 406 girlsMSAlabama: #79 for girls · 58 births · 1 in 359 girlsALGeorgia: #58 for girls · 156 births · 1 in 286 girlsGAHawaii: #125 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 380 girlsHITexas: #30 for girls · 667 births · 1 in 215 girlsTXFlorida: #38 for girls · 374 births · 1 in 199 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. California#15 · 1 in 144
  2. Washington#23 · 1 in 154
  3. Connecticut#29 · 1 in 152
  4. Texas#30 · 1 in 215
  5. Minnesota#32 · 1 in 158

Best ever in a state: #5 in California, 2004.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
California#151,5311 in 144
Washington#231901 in 154
Connecticut#291021 in 152
Texas#306671 in 215
Minnesota#321601 in 158
Iowa#331021 in 138
Ohio#343291 in 187
District of Columbia#35231 in 153
Nebraska#35551 in 147
Wisconsin#351511 in 167
Illinois#363741 in 188
Oregon#36861 in 191
Utah#36911 in 182
Colorado#381151 in 194
Florida#383741 in 199
Kansas#41721 in 180
New Jersey#412211 in 188
New York#414411 in 228
Nevada#43471 in 194
Maryland#441291 in 186
Pennsylvania#442731 in 214
Idaho#46311 in 190
Michigan#462441 in 211
Virginia#461661 in 204
Vermont#47131 in 149
Arizona#481211 in 241
Missouri#481491 in 199
Montana#51151 in 191
Arkansas#53511 in 233
Maine#53271 in 172
Massachusetts#531371 in 233
Indiana#541421 in 233
North Carolina#541581 in 266
New Mexico#57361 in 235
Georgia#581561 in 286
Louisiana#58741 in 295
Tennessee#581051 in 291
Oklahoma#59621 in 273
Kentucky#65731 in 279
New Hampshire#67211 in 231
South Dakota#70131 in 224
South Carolina#71521 in 323
Delaware#75131 in 242
North Dakota#75111 in 241
Alabama#79581 in 359
West Virginia#83231 in 318
Rhode Island#90141 in 296
Mississippi#92301 in 406
Alaska#9491 in 287
Hawaii#125101 in 380
Wyoming———

Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

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 1998

girls
#40
7,549 births · 1 in 234 girls
boys
#7,560
7 births · 1 in 273,052 boys

Top girls' names in 1998

  1. #1Emily26,188
  2. #2Hannah21,376
  3. #3Samantha20,195
  4. #4Sarah19,898
  5. #5Ashley19,875
  6. #6Alexis19,778
  7. #7Taylor18,576
  8. #8Jessica18,239
  9. #9Madison17,787
  10. #10Elizabeth15,193
  11. #40Natalie7,549

Top boys' names in 1998

  1. #1Michael36,618
  2. #2Jacob36,031
  3. #3Matthew31,146
  4. #4Joshua28,095
  5. #5Christopher27,007
  6. #6Nicholas26,632
  7. #7Brandon23,832
  8. #8Tyler23,712
  9. #9Andrew23,664
  10. #10Austin23,478
  11. #7,560Natalie7
More about 1998

girls

1,766,949 girls got a published name in 1998; 1 in 234 of them was named Natalie, which outranked 99.8% of the 16,601 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Natalie
  1. #37Amber7,930
  2. #38Allison7,861
  3. #39Courtney7,555
  4. #40Natalie7,549
  5. #41Danielle7,368
  6. #42Jordan7,114
  7. #43Maria6,817
Biggest movers since 1997
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,123Calista#2,820 → #697
  2. ↑ 1,165Ireland#1,983 → #818
  3. ↑ 1,158Abril#2,116 → #958
  4. ↑ 755Mya#993 → #238
  5. ↑ 619Ally#1,036 → #417
Fallers
  1. ↓ 586Yulissa#424 → #1,010
  2. ↓ 462Moesha#943 → #1,405
  3. ↓ 397Yulisa#985 → #1,382
  4. ↓ 376Tonya#905 → #1,281
  5. ↓ 347Xena#765 → #1,112

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

boys

1,911,366 boys got a published name in 1998; 1 in 273,052 of them was named Natalie, which outranked 33.2% of the 11,311 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 14.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Natalie
  1. #6,843Zerrick8
  2. #6,843Zyan8
  3. #6,843Zyshon8
  4. #7,560Natalie7
  5. #7,560Aaditya7
  6. #7,560Abayomi7
  7. #7,560Abdon7
  8. #8,479Abby6
  9. #8,479Abd6
  10. #8,479Abdi6

Tied with 918 names at #7,560; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1997
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,736Tyrese#2,347 → #611
  2. ↑ 805Zion#1,499 → #694
  3. ↑ 785Mekhi#1,706 → #921
  4. ↑ 743Tyriq#1,519 → #776
  5. ↑ 741Tavian#1,599 → #858
Fallers
  1. ↓ 429Coty#918 → #1,347
  2. ↓ 367Anfernee#838 → #1,205
  3. ↓ 326Jessy#962 → #1,288
  4. ↓ 295Mickey#966 → #1,261
  5. ↓ 280Mikal#1,000 → #1,280

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

See the top 100 for 1998 →