Natalia
Natalia was given to 2,028 girls in 2025, #144 among girls’ names; 85,196 Americans have been recorded with it since 1890 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 82,900 Americans named Natalia and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (97% of everyone recorded); the median is 16 years old and half are between 8 and 23.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Natalia by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Natalia mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Natalia is “a female given name from Latin, today more common in the French style form Natalie.” Its etymology gives the sense “birthday (of the Lord)” (natale).
Latin natale (“birthday (of the Lord)”), referring to birth on Christmas Day, name of an early martyr.
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Natalia?
#144 among girls’ names, 2025
Natalia fell from #118 in 2015 to #144 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born fell from 1.5 to 1.3 per 1,000.
3,588 babies in 2006, the peak
Natalia peaked in 2006, when 3,588 girls were given it, #94 among girls’ names. The 2,028 births of 2025 are 57% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2,028 | #144 | 1.3 |
| 2024 | 2,509 | #105 | 1.5 |
| 2023 | 2,725 | #96 | 1.7 |
| 2022 | 3,003 | #80 | 1.8 |
| 2021 | 3,207 | #79 | 2.0 |
| 2020 | 3,076 | #85 | 1.9 |
| 2019 | 2,736 | #103 | 1.6 |
| 2018 | 2,628 | #114 | 1.5 |
| 2017 | 2,614 | #119 | 1.5 |
| 2016 | 2,828 | #111 | 1.6 |
Every recorded year (129)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 2,701 | #118 | 1.5 |
| 2014 | 2,798 | #111 | 1.6 |
| 2013 | 2,634 | #121 | 1.5 |
| 2012 | 2,597 | #119 | 1.5 |
| 2011 | 2,801 | #108 | 1.6 |
| 2010 | 3,047 | #98 | 1.7 |
| 2009 | 3,117 | #103 | 1.7 |
| 2008 | 3,242 | #107 | 1.7 |
| 2007 | 3,072 | #109 | 1.6 |
| 2006 | 3,588 | #94 | 1.9 |
| 2005 | 2,654 | #123 | 1.4 |
| 2004 | 2,293 | #142 | 1.2 |
| 2003 | 2,256 | #148 | 1.2 |
| 2002 | 1,882 | #173 | 1.0 |
| 2001 | 2,007 | #161 | 1.1 |
| 2000 | 1,424 | #220 | 0.78 |
| 1999 | 1,272 | #249 | 0.72 |
| 1998 | 1,159 | #269 | 0.66 |
| 1997 | 946 | #306 | 0.54 |
| 1996 | 830 | #336 | 0.47 |
| 1995 | 761 | #345 | 0.43 |
| 1994 | 683 | #376 | 0.38 |
| 1993 | 540 | #470 | 0.30 |
| 1992 | 702 | #366 | 0.38 |
| 1991 | 573 | #448 | 0.31 |
| 1990 | 513 | #477 | 0.27 |
| 1989 | 480 | #490 | 0.26 |
| 1988 | 486 | #465 | 0.27 |
| 1987 | 463 | #472 | 0.27 |
| 1986 | 373 | #544 | 0.22 |
| 1985 | 373 | #534 | 0.22 |
| 1984 | 347 | #547 | 0.21 |
| 1983 | 380 | #510 | 0.23 |
| 1982 | 358 | #541 | 0.21 |
| 1981 | 314 | #588 | 0.19 |
| 1980 | 299 | #614 | 0.18 |
| 1979 | 288 | #613 | 0.18 |
| 1978 | 206 | #752 | 0.13 |
| 1977 | 145 | #955 | 0.09 |
| 1976 | 150 | #884 | 0.10 |
| 1975 | 148 | #893 | 0.10 |
| 1974 | 121 | #1,002 | 0.08 |
| 1973 | 111 | #1,052 | 0.08 |
| 1972 | 90 | #1,201 | 0.06 |
| 1971 | 84 | #1,304 | 0.05 |
| 1970 | 95 | #1,200 | 0.05 |
| 1969 | 61 | #1,525 | 0.04 |
| 1968 | 62 | #1,445 | 0.04 |
| 1967 | 59 | #1,454 | 0.04 |
| 1966 | 64 | #1,377 | 0.04 |
| 1965 | 51 | #1,568 | 0.03 |
| 1964 | 55 | #1,544 | 0.03 |
| 1963 | 40 | #1,856 | 0.02 |
| 1962 | 56 | #1,504 | 0.03 |
| 1961 | 42 | #1,782 | 0.02 |
| 1960 | 51 | #1,572 | 0.03 |
| 1959 | 45 | #1,635 | 0.02 |
| 1958 | 39 | #1,757 | 0.02 |
| 1957 | 38 | #1,767 | 0.02 |
| 1956 | 36 | #1,784 | 0.02 |
| 1955 | 28 | #2,049 | 0.01 |
| 1954 | 22 | #2,352 | 0.01 |
| 1953 | 26 | #2,055 | 0.01 |
| 1952 | 23 | #2,183 | 0.01 |
| 1951 | 30 | #1,794 | 0.02 |
| 1950 | 37 | #1,544 | 0.02 |
| 1949 | 27 | #1,868 | 0.02 |
| 1948 | 22 | #2,107 | 0.01 |
| 1947 | 25 | #1,978 | 0.01 |
| 1946 | 23 | #1,955 | 0.01 |
| 1945 | 26 | #1,647 | 0.02 |
| 1944 | 36 | #1,355 | 0.03 |
| 1943 | 30 | #1,548 | 0.02 |
| 1942 | 30 | #1,522 | 0.02 |
| 1941 | 26 | #1,564 | 0.02 |
| 1940 | 20 | #1,829 | 0.02 |
| 1939 | 35 | #1,258 | 0.03 |
| 1938 | 27 | #1,468 | 0.02 |
| 1937 | 39 | #1,156 | 0.04 |
| 1936 | 36 | #1,198 | 0.03 |
| 1935 | 38 | #1,159 | 0.04 |
| 1934 | 51 | #970 | 0.05 |
| 1933 | 39 | #1,132 | 0.04 |
| 1932 | 41 | #1,123 | 0.04 |
| 1931 | 49 | #1,008 | 0.05 |
| 1930 | 52 | #1,027 | 0.05 |
| 1929 | 69 | #859 | 0.06 |
| 1928 | 73 | #851 | 0.06 |
| 1927 | 79 | #830 | 0.07 |
| 1926 | 66 | #922 | 0.06 |
| 1925 | 67 | #911 | 0.06 |
| 1924 | 43 | #1,218 | 0.03 |
| 1923 | 43 | #1,189 | 0.04 |
| 1922 | 35 | #1,356 | 0.03 |
| 1921 | 35 | #1,361 | 0.03 |
| 1920 | 40 | #1,225 | 0.03 |
| 1919 | 35 | #1,311 | 0.03 |
| 1918 | 17 | #2,172 | 0.01 |
| 1917 | 45 | #1,062 | 0.04 |
| 1916 | 21 | #1,727 | 0.02 |
| 1915 | 18 | #1,858 | 0.02 |
| 1914 | 16 | #1,714 | 0.02 |
| 1913 | 18 | #1,391 | 0.03 |
| 1912 | 13 | #1,592 | 0.02 |
| 1911 | 17 | #1,099 | 0.04 |
| 1910 | 7 | #2,078 | 0.02 |
| 1909 | 5 | #2,448 | 0.01 |
| 1908 | 10 | #1,409 | 0.03 |
| 1907 | 8 | #1,600 | 0.03 |
| 1906 | 8 | #1,516 | 0.03 |
| 1905 | 5 | #2,144 | 0.02 |
| 1903 | 7 | #1,533 | 0.03 |
| 1902 | 7 | #1,551 | 0.03 |
| 1900 | 9 | #1,394 | 0.03 |
| 1899 | 6 | #1,531 | 0.03 |
| 1896 | 5 | #1,751 | 0.02 |
| 1893 | 10 | #1,003 | 0.05 |
| 1892 | 6 | #1,405 | 0.03 |
| 1890 | 7 | #1,169 | 0.04 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Natalia a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Natalia has been given almost only to girls: 52 boys in 129 years of records.
Girls and boys named Natalia: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Natalia, and how old are they?
82,900 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 97% of the 85,196 Americans ever recorded as Natalia. The median Natalia alive today is 16 years old; half are between 8 and 23.
The 2020 Census counted 88,111 people named Natalia (87,943 women and girls, 168 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 67,574 born in the U.S. The Census count is 30% above that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 178 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 527 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 1,910 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 7,980 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 37,000 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 35,300 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Natalia born?
The states with the most babies named Natalia are California, Texas and Florida, with 51% of its births recorded by state in 2025.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 524 | #45 | 1.9× |
| Texas | 371 | #67 | 1.6× |
| Florida | 120 | #148 | 1.3× |
| New York | 95 | #171 | 1.0× |
| Illinois | 92 | #93 | 1.4× |
| Arizona | 59 | #105 | 1.4× |
| North Carolina | 45 | #245 | 0.6× |
| Washington | 45 | #161 | 0.7× |
| Georgia | 43 | #246 | 0.5× |
| Pennsylvania | 40 | #276 | 0.5× |
Where Natalia is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Natalia is most over-represented in California: since 1910 it was given 1.9 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Natalia with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 8 names spelled alike, given to 504,159 babies since 1880, Natalia is the second most given (17% of them). In 2025 it was given to 2,028 of their 5,252 babies (39%), again the second most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Natalia
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Natalia and names like it
- Compare Natalia and NatalieBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 2000sNatalia peaked in 2006.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Natalia since 1910.
- Latin namesWiktionary’s origin for Natalia: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 2006The year the most babies were named Natalia.
- The names of Generation ZMost people named Natalia alive today were born 1997-2012.
- Names starting with NMost given first.