Natosha

Last seen for girls in 2010 at #14,959

Peak · girls
1978 · 153 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
3,105
since 1962

Natosha over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Natosha has never cracked the top 900 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201976peak #924, 1978girls
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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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2010#14,9596
2009#12,4298
2008#13,8327
2007#13,9247
2006#11,4179
2005#14,5026
2004#8,71612
2003#9,67110
2002#7,04515
2001#6,06718
2000#4,98123
1999#3,63933
1998#5,58318
1997#3,71630
1996#3,14937
1995#2,39454
1994#1,95272
1993#1,84178
1992#1,87675
1991#1,420113
1990#1,307124
1989#1,132146
1988#1,187127
1987#986159
1986#981161
1985#1,060139
1984#979147
1983#1,030136
1982#972152
1981#947156
1980#1,009144
1979#1,010141
1978#924153
1977#1,118114
1976#1,28186
1975#1,100106
1974#1,27884
1973#1,47864
1972#1,89044
1971#2,24735
1970#3,31119
1969#3,46116
1968#4,7799
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First appearance
1962

The first year at least five girls were named Natosha! It came in at #6,578, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1962–1964, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Natosha is popular in 1976

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Natosha, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Natosha, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Natosha, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Natosha, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Natosha, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Natosha, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Natosha, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Natosha, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Natosha, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 girls named Natosha, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Natosha, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Natosha, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 girls named Natosha, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Natosha, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Natosha, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Natosha, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Natosha, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Natosha, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Natosha, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Natosha, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Natosha, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Natosha, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Natosha, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Natosha, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Natosha, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #1,957 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 28,773 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Natosha, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Natosha, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Natosha, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Natosha, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Natosha, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Natosha, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Natosha, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Natosha, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Natosha, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Natosha, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Natosha, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Natosha, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Natosha, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Natosha, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Natosha, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: #482 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,380 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Natosha, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Natosha, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Natosha, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Natosha, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Natosha, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Natosha, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Natosha, so not publishedHITexas: #866 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 8,058 girlsTXFlorida: #899 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 8,194 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. South Carolina#482 · 1 in 3,380
  2. Texas#866 · 1 in 8,058
  3. Florida#899 · 1 in 8,194
  4. California#1,957 · 1 in 28,773

Best ever in a state: #271 in Kentucky, 1991.

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Texas#866121 in 8,058
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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 Natosha
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2010
  • Biggest jump: 194 spots in 1978 (#1,118 → #924)
  • Biggest drop: 201 spots in 1988 (#986 → #1,187)
Rise & fade · girls
16 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1962
  • Peaked 1978 at #924 (153 births)
  • Births halved by 1992, 14 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 6 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 6 yrs · run 1981–1982
Share of babies · girls
1 in 10,012
  • Highest: 1 in 10,012 girls born in 1978 were named Natosha (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 296,266 girls born in 2010 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1980s
  • 47.2% of all girls named Natosha (1,467) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1960s37#3,461 (1969)#5,027
1970s846#924 (1978)#1,564
1980s1,467#947 (1981)#1,028
1990s634#1,307 (1990)#2,688
2000s115#4,981 (2000)#10,258
2010s6#14,959 (2010)#14,959

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.

Natosha in 1976

girls
#1,281
86 births · 1 in 17,036 girls

Top girls' names in 1976

  1. #1Jennifer59,473
  2. #2Amy31,339
  3. #3Melissa25,094
  4. #4Heather24,192
  5. #5Angela22,038
  6. #6Michelle19,550
  7. #7Kimberly18,962
  8. #8Jessica18,368
  9. #9Lisa17,346
  10. #10Amanda15,588
  11. #1,281Natosha86
More about 1976

girls

1,465,099 girls got a published name in 1976; 1 in 17,036 of them was named Natosha, which outranked 88.3% of the 10,913 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Natosha
  1. #1,273Nichelle87
  2. #1,273Perla87
  3. #1,273Sanjuanita87
  4. #1,281Natosha86
  5. #1,281Antonette86
  6. #1,281Manda86
  7. #1,281Tameika86
  8. #1,286Brett85
  9. #1,286Chloe85
  10. #1,286Elyse85

Tied with 4 names at #1,281; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1975
Risers
  1. ↑ 3,548Rhiannon#4,141 → #593
  2. ↑ 3,533Mackenzie#4,370 → #837
  3. ↑ 3,060Khalilah#3,774 → #714
  4. ↑ 1,663Kenisha#2,612 → #949
  5. ↑ 1,455Latoria#2,411 → #956
Fallers
  1. ↓ 821Nyree#926 → #1,747
  2. ↓ 668Syreeta#778 → #1,446
  3. ↓ 505Cher#994 → #1,499
  4. ↓ 398Kandice#957 → #1,355
  5. ↓ 370Racquel#973 → #1,343

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

See the top 100 for 1976 →