Natalie Girl
How popular is Natalie?
#89 girl name in 2025
2,736 baby girls were named Natalie in the US in 2025, making it the 89th most popular girl name.
Natalie popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #89 for girls (▼ 16 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 2,736 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-58% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #27 in 2015, #51 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2006 (10,951 girls) |
| Highest rank | #13 in 2008 |
| First recorded | 1880 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 2% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Natalie counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Natalie family of names ranked #104 for girls in 2025 (#88 the year before), with 3,159 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Natalie | 2,736 | 87% |
| Nataly | 292 | 9% |
| Natalee | 63 | 2% |
| Natali | 45 | 1% |
| Nataleigh | 23 | 1% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Natalie is most popular
Babies named Natalie per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Vermont: 10.1 per 1,000 (49 girls)
- Maine: 7.6 per 1,000 (117 girls)
- New Hampshire: 7.1 per 1,000 (132 girls)
- Rhode Island: 5.5 per 1,000 (69 girls)
- North Dakota: 4.8 per 1,000 (63 girls)
Natalie by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 152 | #475 |
| 1890s | 353 | #422 |
| 1900s | 658 | #331 |
| 1910s | 3,527 | #261 |
| 1920s | 6,719 | #238 |
| 1930s | 4,954 | #247 |
| 1940s | 4,129 | #319 |
| 1950s | 6,567 | #238 |
| 1960s | 19,565 | #150 |
| 1970s | 29,801 | #66 |
| 1980s | 54,428 | #51 |
| 1990s | 63,382 | #34 |
| 2000s | 95,095 | #13 |
| 2010s | 68,142 | #14 |
| 2020s | 21,590 | #51 |
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Questions
- Is Natalie a boy or girl name?
- Natalie is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Natalie were girls.
- How popular is the name Natalie?
- 2,736 baby girls were named Natalie in the US in 2025, making it the 89th most popular girl name.
- When was Natalie most popular?
- Natalie peaked in 2006, when 10,951 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #13 in 2008.
- How many people are named Natalie?
- 379,831 babies have been named Natalie in the US since 1880. We estimate about 354,935 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 26.
- Where is Natalie most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Natalie was most common in Vermont, at 10.1 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.