Meaning not yet researched.
Natalie: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 2,736 in 2025. Its best rank was #13 in 2008.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #13 in 2008; #89 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Natalie in 2025 was a girl.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#89 for US girls in 2025. Its best year was 2008, at #13.
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Natalie: US girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 2,736 girls in 2025. Peak: #13 in 2008 · most girls in one year: 10,951 (2006).
In 2025, 2,736 US girls were named Natalie, making it the 89th most common girls’ name of the year, down 16 places from #73 in 2024. That is 391 fewer than the 3,127 girls named Natalie in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #13, reached in 2008. The most girls given the name in a single year was 10,951, in 2006. For comparison, it was #27 in 2015 and #405 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Natalie in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 5 babies with the name. In all, 379,831 US babies have been given the name, 99.7% of them girls and 0.2% boys. Its busiest decade was the 2000s, with 95,246 babies named Natalie.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 43,272 US girls were named Natalie; the busiest of those years was 2016, with 6,191. In 2025 that was about 1 in 587 of the girls in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Natalie ranked highest in Maine in 2025, at #37 for girls there. It was in the top 100 in 24 states (counting DC). Related spellings in the SSA files include Natasha (97,937 babies since 1880), Natalia (85,196 babies since 1880), Nathalie (20,673 babies since 1880) and Nataly (15,468 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Nataliya, Nathali and Nataley are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Natty and Nettie.
Meaning not yet researched.
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Wikidata records this spelling as a given name in Dutch, English, French, Latin and Serbo-Croatian. That is where the name is used, not necessarily where it comes from.
Rare spellings summarised here: Nataliya (741), Nathali (624), Nataley (619), Natallie (548), Natilee (533), Natally (424), Nataliah (421), Nathalee (412), Natalye (342), Natilie (283), Natalea (267), Natalija (241), and more.
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
US girls. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five girls got the name, so 3 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maine | 20 | #37 | #12 |
| New Hampshire | 22 | #43 | #22 |
| Massachusetts | 91 | #56 | #34 |
| Virginia | 97 | #61 | #26 |
| Pennsylvania | 140 | #63 | #34 |
| Wisconsin | 66 | #64 | #25 |
| Alaska | 9 | #67 | #66 |
| Vermont | 6 | #71 | #28 |
| Michigan | 96 | #71 | #22 |
| Rhode Island | 11 | #72 | #39 |
| Connecticut | 33 | #77 | #41 |
| West Virginia | 18 | #80 | #26 |
| Missouri | 64 | #83 | #46 |
| North Dakota | 11 | #85 | #21 |
| Oklahoma | 40 | #86 | #29 |
| South Carolina | 47 | #88 | #38 |
| New Jersey | 80 | #89 | #49 |
| North Carolina | 109 | #90 | #27 |
| New York | 156 | #90 | #36 |
| Illinois | 93 | #91 | #24 |
| Arizona | 63 | #95 | #21 |
| Montana | 10 | #98 | #50 |
| Minnesota | 51 | #99 | #24 |
| Ohio | 99 | #100 | #39 |
| Colorado | 51 | #102 | #34 |
| Maryland | 42 | #105 | #33 |
| Washington | 60 | #105 | #25 |
| Oregon | 32 | #107 | #30 |
| New Mexico | 13 | #109 | #36 |
| Texas | 272 | #109 | #26 |
| Indiana | 59 | #110 | #38 |
| California | 266 | #112 | #22 |
| Alabama | 40 | #113 | #49 |
| Tennessee | 65 | #115 | #43 |
| Kansas | 26 | #125 | #42 |
| Kentucky | 35 | #127 | #36 |
| Nevada | 19 | #130 | #27 |
| Iowa | 23 | #143 | #26 |
| Nebraska | 16 | #146 | #51 |
| Florida | 119 | #149 | #51 |
| Arkansas | 20 | #149 | #36 |
| Georgia | 65 | #152 | #53 |
| Idaho | 14 | #155 | #36 |
| Hawaii | 5 | #201 | #102 |
| South Dakota | 6 | #224 | #36 |
| Mississippi | 12 | #231 | #82 |
| Louisiana | 19 | #238 | #62 |
| Utah | 17 | #271 | #58 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| 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 |
| 1999 | 8,079 | #34 | 12 | #5,556 |
| 1998 | 7,549 | #40 | 7 | #8,181 |
| 1997 | 6,539 | #48 | 10 | #5,958 |
| 1996 | 6,693 | #46 | 15 | #4,327 |
| 1995 | 6,424 | #51 | 11 | #5,399 |
| 1994 | 5,837 | #56 | 14 | #4,462 |
| 1993 | 5,484 | #62 | 7 | #7,373 |
| 1992 | 5,583 | #61 | 18 | #3,561 |
| 1991 | 5,557 | #64 | 13 | #4,403 |
| 1990 | 5,637 | #63 | 27 | #2,535 |
| 1989 | 5,630 | #62 | 33 | #2,136 |
| 1988 | 5,483 | #63 | 19 | #2,924 |
| 1987 | 5,331 | #56 | 29 | #2,096 |
| 1986 | 5,707 | #52 | 21 | #2,580 |
| 1985 | 5,535 | #58 | 25 | #2,207 |
| 1984 | 5,555 | #55 | 27 | #2,019 |
| 1983 | 5,723 | #52 | 32 | #1,778 |
| 1982 | 5,961 | #51 | 23 | #2,249 |
| 1981 | 4,858 | #60 | 24 | #2,176 |
| 1980 | 4,645 | #65 | 16 | #2,917 |
| 1979 | 4,445 | #68 | 13 | #3,299 |
| 1978 | 4,165 | #66 | 21 | #2,254 |
| 1977 | 4,043 | #69 | 6 | #5,631 |
| 1976 | 3,499 | #80 | 18 | #2,475 |
| 1975 | 2,637 | #110 | 8 | #4,187 |
| 1974 | 2,466 | #119 | 8 | #4,079 |
| 1973 | 2,059 | #140 | 9 | #3,614 |
| 1972 | 2,024 | #143 | 8 | #3,855 |
| 1971 | 2,093 | #154 | — | — |
| 1970 | 2,370 | #142 | 8 | #3,734 |
| 1969 | 2,152 | #153 | 8 | #3,502 |
| 1968 | 1,886 | #171 | 8 | #3,289 |
| 1967 | 2,034 | #161 | 6 | #3,846 |
| 1966 | 2,309 | #150 | 5 | #4,349 |
| 1965 | 1,940 | #180 | — | — |
| 1964 | 2,127 | #177 | 8 | #3,212 |
| 1963 | 1,993 | #190 | — | — |
| 1962 | 1,949 | #191 | — | — |
| 1961 | 1,625 | #213 | — | — |
| 1960 | 1,550 | #216 | 5 | #4,426 |
| 1959 | 1,232 | #247 | — | — |
| 1958 | 1,283 | #238 | — | — |
| 1957 | 1,055 | #268 | — | — |
| 1956 | 612 | #353 | — | — |
| 1955 | 404 | #447 | — | — |
| 1954 | 401 | #439 | — | — |
| 1953 | 374 | #446 | — | — |
| 1952 | 402 | #429 | — | — |
| 1951 | 414 | #408 | — | — |
| 1950 | 390 | #405 | — | — |
| 1949 | 413 | #390 | — | — |
| 1948 | 450 | #373 | — | — |
| 1947 | 434 | #382 | — | — |
| 1946 | 389 | #385 | — | — |
| 1945 | 366 | #365 | — | — |
| 1944 | 380 | #355 | — | — |
| 1943 | 467 | #325 | — | — |
| 1942 | 468 | #320 | — | — |
| 1941 | 368 | #342 | — | — |
| 1940 | 394 | #319 | — | — |
| 1939 | 410 | #305 | — | — |
| 1938 | 402 | #311 | — | — |
| 1937 | 391 | #314 | — | — |
| 1936 | 445 | #289 | — | — |
| 1935 | 457 | #286 | — | — |
| 1934 | 530 | #269 | — | — |
| 1933 | 517 | #269 | — | — |
| 1932 | 579 | #260 | — | — |
| 1931 | 599 | #247 | — | — |
| 1930 | 624 | #248 | 5 | #4,378 |
| 1929 | 634 | #248 | — | — |
| 1928 | 687 | #238 | 7 | #3,602 |
| 1927 | 659 | #257 | 6 | #4,053 |
| 1926 | 669 | #255 | — | — |
| 1925 | 708 | #249 | — | — |
| 1924 | 713 | #249 | — | — |
| 1923 | 694 | #247 | 7 | #3,712 |
| 1922 | 678 | #254 | 5 | #4,764 |
| 1921 | 729 | #247 | — | — |
| 1920 | 548 | #278 | — | — |
| 1919 | 520 | #279 | — | — |
| 1918 | 465 | #297 | — | — |
| 1917 | 484 | #280 | 6 | #3,845 |
| 1916 | 428 | #288 | — | — |
| 1915 | 429 | #283 | — | — |
| 1914 | 395 | #261 | — | — |
| 1913 | 258 | #296 | — | — |
| 1912 | 222 | #306 | — | — |
| 1911 | 190 | #284 | — | — |
| 1910 | 136 | #337 | — | — |
| 1909 | 120 | #333 | — | — |
| 1908 | 86 | #389 | — | — |
| 1907 | 65 | #446 | — | — |
| 1906 | 80 | #384 | — | — |
| 1905 | 67 | #418 | — | — |
| 1904 | 53 | #449 | — | — |
| 1903 | 53 | #440 | — | — |
| 1902 | 39 | #517 | — | — |
| 1901 | 28 | #598 | — | — |
| 1900 | 67 | #412 | — | — |
| 1899 | 38 | #477 | — | — |
| 1898 | 40 | #489 | — | — |
| 1897 | 31 | #535 | — | — |
| 1896 | 35 | #502 | — | — |
| 1895 | 39 | #469 | — | — |
| 1894 | 43 | #427 | — | — |
| 1893 | 34 | #460 | — | — |
| 1892 | 36 | #459 | — | — |
| 1891 | 23 | #553 | — | — |
| 1890 | 34 | #441 | — | — |
| 1889 | 25 | #507 | — | — |
| 1888 | 26 | #499 | — | — |
| 1887 | 16 | #582 | — | — |
| 1886 | 16 | #566 | — | — |
| 1885 | 17 | #534 | — | — |
| 1884 | 11 | #670 | — | — |
| 1883 | 9 | #677 | — | — |
| 1882 | 15 | #487 | — | — |
| 1881 | 12 | #497 | — | — |
| 1880 | 5 | #908 | — | — |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).