How common is the name Natalie?

324,013 people in the United States have the first name Natalie, about 1 in 932. It ranks #158 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

NATALIE

#158

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
324,013
About
1 in 932
This common or more
37.5%
Who bears it

Of the 324,013 people named Natalie, 62.4% reported their origin as White, 25.1% as Hispanic or Latino and 5.2% as Black. Virtually all are female (99.9%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Natalie peaked in 2006, when 10,970 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18802025
Peak year
2006
Births that year
10,970
In 2025*
2,736 ▼75%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 379,831 babies have been given the name since 1880. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Natalie by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2000s, when it ranked #64. The largest share of babies named Natalie, 37.6%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1880s#995152
1890s#767353
1900s#651658
1910s#5103,533
1920s#4666,744
1930s#5124,959
1940s#6654,129
1950s#6146,567
1960s#33919,605
1970s#19929,900
1980s#11854,677
1990s#11263,516
2000s#6495,246
2010s#8068,195
2020s#16421,597
Before 19010.2%
Greatest Generation 1901–272.5%
Silent Generation 1928–452.3%
Baby boom 1946–644.6%
Generation X 1965–8011.8%
Millennials 1981–9624%
Generation Z 1997–1237.6%
2013 and later17%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Natalie is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Natalie has been most common in Nevada (1.9×), Utah (1.8×), and California (1.6×), and least common in Mississippi (0.51×).

375,119 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Natalie

#156 Bryan · 327,372#157 Joyce · 324,179#159 Amber · 322,911#160 Grace · 322,614

Spelled almost the same

8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Natalie, most common first.

#600 Natalia · 88,111#1,607 Nathalie · 19,885#1,999 Nataly · 13,727#2,218 Natalya · 11,801#2,737 Natalee · 8,560#3,309 Nathalia · 6,429#3,577 Nataliya · 5,745#3,707 Natali · 5,473

Also a last name

As a last name, Natalie ranks #37,718 of 156,621, with 634 people. See Natalie as a last name

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