Recorded 1957–2016 Girls' name Peak 1981 1,376 births

Natacha — girls' name

1,376 babies named Natacha in U.S. Social Security records since 1957, with the highest year being 1981. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1950s111960s451970s4891980s4571990s2632000s832010s28
1970s
Peak decade

36% of everyone ever named Natacha was born in this single decade.

1981
Single peak year

61 babies were named Natacha in 1981 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Natacha

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,376 babies named Natacha between 1957 and 2016, spanning 60 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Natacha currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2016. The name reached its historical peak in 1981, when 61 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Natacha performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 489 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Natacha shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 295 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Florida and New Jersey. In total, SSA state-level files list Natacha in 7 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Natacha in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 1,376 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.

Natacha at a glance

Last recorded 2016

Total births

1,376

Since 1957

60 years of records

Peak year

1981

61 births that year

Strongest decade: 1970s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2016

Active since

1957

Recorded for 60 years

Last year on file: 2016

Natacha popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2016–1957

Last recorded 2016
Peak year (1981)
61
Annual births at peak — across 60 years of records
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Natacha by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 1970s
Peak decade
1970s
489 births that decade — 36% of Natacha's all-time total
1950s111960s451970s4891980s4571990s2632000s832010s28

Natacha by state

Where Natacha concentrates geographically — total births since 1957

Regionally concentrated
Top 7 states by recorded births for the name Natacha
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 New York
295 21.4%
#2 Florida
167 12.1%
#3 New Jersey
57 4.1%
#4 California
47 3.4%
#5 Illinois
12 0.9%
#6 Massachusetts
5 0.4%
#7 Pennsylvania
5 0.4%
New York share of Natacha's total US births 21.4%
Even split

295 of 1,376 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 7 reporting states.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Natacha?
1,376 babies have been named Natacha since 1957. It was last recorded in 2016. The peak year was 1981 with 61 births.
When was Natacha most popular?
Natacha was most popular in the 1970s decade with 489 total births. The single peak year was 1981.
Where is Natacha most popular?
The top states for the name Natacha are New York (295 births), Florida (167 births), New Jersey (57 births).
How long has the name Natacha been used?
Natacha has been recorded in Social Security data since 1957, spanning 60 years of data through 2016.
What names are similar to Natacha?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Natalie, Natasha, Natalia, Nathalie, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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Data Sources

Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1957–2016 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.