Girls' name · since 1961

Natanya

646 babies named Natanya in U.S. Social Security records since 1961, with the highest year being 1992. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

#10,045 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#13,462 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
646
born since 1961
1990s
peak decade

Natanya currently ranks #13462 among girls' names in America, with 646 babies recorded since 1961.

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Natanya has been recorded 646 times among girls since 1961, currently ranked #13462 nationally and more common than 22% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 1990s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1961 to 2025.

  • #10,045 of 72,339 all-time among girls
  • #13,462 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
  • 646 born since 1961
  • 1990s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Natanya ranks #10,045 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #13,462 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 646 born since 1961, peaking in the 1990s.

#10,045 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#13,462 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
646
born since 1961
1990s
peak decade
0%100%Median name50%22.1%
Natanya vs. every other girls name in current SSA rankings
Above the archive median
All-time archive position

Natanya's 646 recorded births place it above 86.11% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.

1 jurisdictions
State-record footprint

The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by New York.

How Natanya compares

646 Top 40% higher than 60% of 17,297 names currently given to girls

Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.

Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data

How the numbers stack up

Natanya's all-time total is 72% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.

Metric Natanya Median girls name (Kyann) #1 girls name (Olivia)
All-time total births 646 376 567,345
Peak-year births 23 21 19,840

Natanya's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Splitting Natanya's full recorded timeline at 1996, 43% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 57% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1961, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1992 peak of 23 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.

Natanya popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1961–2025

Outside the top 1,000
Peak year (1992)
23
Annual births at peak, across 65 years of records
0510152025 196119751982198919962003201020172025 6

Natanya by decade

1990s is the heaviest window (144 births, 22% of the file).

1990s was Natanya's strongest decade.

144 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 22% of all-time use.

Natanya births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 1990s at 144 births (22% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

How Natanya compares to similarly-sized names

Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Natanya's total volume

Natanya vs 15 similarly-sized girls names Scatter plot of 16 data points. 0%5%10%15%20% 050100150 New & already peakedOld name, single-era peakNew & still diversifyingLong history, steady all along Years in SSA records % of total births in the single peak year -48, 6.7%-111, 3.3%-69, 4.2%-49, 3.9%-14, 11.9%-40, 8%-31, 6.7%-34, 15%-47, 6%-40, 5.9%-32, 5.3%-97, 4.2%-48, 7%-80, 2.6%-109, 4.3%Natanya-65, 3.6%Natanya
Natanya vs 15 similarly-sized girls names

Natanya by state

Where Natanya concentrates geographically, total births since 1961

Geographically diffuse
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Natanya
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 New York
10 1.5%
New York share of Natanya's total US births 1.5%

10 of 646 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Natanya?
Since 1961, Social Security records show 646 babies named Natanya. Across the full SSA archive it ranks #10,045 of 72,339 girls' names by total births. In 2025, it holds #13,462 of 17,297 among girls. Its busiest year on record was 1992, with 23 births.
Where does Natanya sit in the SSA name archive?
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Natanya ranks #10,045 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #13,462 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the 2025 SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Natanya most popular?
Natanya was most popular in the 1990s decade with 144 total births. The single peak year was 1992.
Where is Natanya most popular?
The top states for the name Natanya are New York (10 births).
How long has the name Natanya been used?
Natanya has been recorded in Social Security data since 1961, spanning 65 years of data through 2025.
What names are similar to Natanya?
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.

What to do with Natanya's data

  • Natanya's decade-level peak was the 1990s (144 total births); usage has since declined to 23 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
  • New York records the most Natanyas (10 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names

Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.

Keep exploring Natanya

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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span

Two nationwide peer axes for Natanya: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.

Data Sources

Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1961–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).

Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Natanya draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.