Natividad
Natividad was last recorded in 2022, when 5 babies were given it; 3,653 Americans have been recorded with it between 1895 and 2022 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 1,940 Americans named Natividad and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (53% of everyone recorded); the median is 49 years old and half are between 32 and 67.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Natividad by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Natividad mean?
Wiktionary, Spanish section
Natividad is “a female given name” Its etymology gives the sense “birthday” (natividad).
natividad (“birthday”), shortened from María (de la) Natividad, a Roman Catholic epithet of the Virgin Mary, often given to someone born on her birthday.
/natibiˈdad/
Meaning: Wiktionary, Spanish section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Natividad?
Unranked in 2025
Its last girls’ rank on record is #17,036, in 2022; SSA lists a name only in years with 5 or more births.
84 babies in 1928, the peak
Natividad peaked in 1928, when 84 babies were given it (41 girls, #1,201 among girls’ names). It was not recorded in 2025.
Births by sex.
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 5 | #17,036 | under 5 | |
| 2021 | 5 | #16,960 | under 5 | |
| 2019 | 6 | #15,060 | under 5 | |
| 2017 | 6 | #15,391 | under 5 | |
| 2016 | 9 | #11,520 | under 5 | |
| 2015 | 6 | #15,856 | under 5 | |
| 2014 | 5 | #18,442 | 9 | #8,588 |
| 2013 | under 5 | 5 | #13,460 | |
| 2012 | 11 | #10,216 | under 5 | |
| 2011 | 8 | #13,028 | under 5 |
Every recorded year (119)
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 14 | #8,594 | under 5 | |
| 2009 | 9 | #12,166 | under 5 | |
| 2008 | 16 | #8,003 | 6 | #12,103 |
| 2007 | 13 | #9,392 | 9 | #8,697 |
| 2006 | 13 | #9,117 | 9 | #8,523 |
| 2005 | 22 | #5,730 | 10 | #7,486 |
| 2004 | 19 | #6,423 | 8 | #8,688 |
| 2003 | 9 | #11,056 | 9 | #7,649 |
| 2002 | 11 | #9,293 | 13 | #5,625 |
| 2001 | 22 | #5,316 | 8 | #8,075 |
| 2000 | 11 | #8,981 | 9 | #7,222 |
| 1999 | 20 | #5,363 | 6 | #9,524 |
| 1998 | 17 | #5,988 | 10 | #6,155 |
| 1997 | 19 | #5,350 | 10 | #5,954 |
| 1996 | 17 | #5,701 | 11 | #5,421 |
| 1995 | 21 | #4,794 | 17 | #3,795 |
| 1994 | 23 | #4,473 | 9 | #6,190 |
| 1993 | 14 | #6,500 | 6 | #8,357 |
| 1992 | 17 | #5,640 | 13 | #4,495 |
| 1991 | 20 | #4,934 | 21 | #3,070 |
| 1990 | 17 | #5,461 | 12 | #4,582 |
| 1989 | 16 | #5,467 | 10 | #5,061 |
| 1988 | 16 | #5,233 | 12 | #4,084 |
| 1987 | 15 | #5,236 | 15 | #3,288 |
| 1986 | 11 | #6,449 | 14 | #3,380 |
| 1985 | 17 | #4,583 | 19 | #2,668 |
| 1984 | 13 | #5,433 | 16 | #2,908 |
| 1983 | 13 | #5,349 | 12 | #3,556 |
| 1982 | 13 | #5,433 | 17 | #2,786 |
| 1981 | 11 | #6,189 | 15 | #2,989 |
| 1980 | 20 | #3,946 | 18 | #2,694 |
| 1979 | 10 | #6,534 | 14 | #3,115 |
| 1978 | 10 | #6,246 | 17 | #2,630 |
| 1977 | 25 | #3,142 | 19 | #2,430 |
| 1976 | 16 | #4,091 | 13 | #3,042 |
| 1975 | 23 | #3,123 | 14 | #2,860 |
| 1974 | 12 | #4,925 | 16 | #2,524 |
| 1973 | 9 | #5,894 | 16 | #2,470 |
| 1972 | 17 | #3,668 | 18 | #2,217 |
| 1971 | 14 | #4,247 | 15 | #2,516 |
| 1970 | 16 | #3,821 | 18 | #2,188 |
| 1969 | 16 | #3,563 | 19 | #1,957 |
| 1968 | 12 | #4,157 | 23 | #1,676 |
| 1967 | 16 | #3,287 | 11 | #2,571 |
| 1966 | 11 | #4,132 | 20 | #1,743 |
| 1965 | 23 | #2,586 | 16 | #2,049 |
| 1964 | 17 | #3,200 | 16 | #2,086 |
| 1963 | 9 | #4,792 | 12 | #2,498 |
| 1962 | 8 | #5,161 | 18 | #1,939 |
| 1961 | 14 | #3,554 | 10 | #2,834 |
| 1960 | 18 | #2,960 | 10 | #2,809 |
| 1959 | 22 | #2,497 | 25 | #1,612 |
| 1958 | 11 | #3,869 | 18 | #1,938 |
| 1957 | 14 | #3,255 | 23 | #1,705 |
| 1956 | 17 | #2,902 | 13 | #2,339 |
| 1955 | 14 | #3,187 | 19 | #1,832 |
| 1954 | 8 | #4,545 | 28 | #1,453 |
| 1953 | 19 | #2,485 | 13 | #2,255 |
| 1952 | 19 | #2,480 | 20 | #1,728 |
| 1951 | 10 | #3,648 | 23 | #1,584 |
| 1950 | 13 | #3,001 | 18 | #1,789 |
| 1949 | 13 | #2,956 | 34 | #1,246 |
| 1948 | 19 | #2,305 | 15 | #1,998 |
| 1947 | 15 | #2,735 | 27 | #1,439 |
| 1946 | 19 | #2,205 | 35 | #1,189 |
| 1945 | 10 | #3,068 | 19 | #1,562 |
| 1944 | 18 | #2,072 | 24 | #1,390 |
| 1943 | 15 | #2,414 | 12 | #2,249 |
| 1942 | 11 | #2,939 | 25 | #1,407 |
| 1941 | 22 | #1,732 | 12 | #2,167 |
| 1940 | 27 | #1,505 | 19 | #1,608 |
| 1939 | 16 | #2,102 | 13 | #2,024 |
| 1938 | 20 | #1,792 | 17 | #1,726 |
| 1937 | 18 | #1,897 | 14 | #1,967 |
| 1936 | 15 | #2,120 | 23 | #1,409 |
| 1935 | 13 | #2,402 | 18 | #1,695 |
| 1934 | 20 | #1,756 | 24 | #1,416 |
| 1933 | 24 | #1,538 | 23 | #1,442 |
| 1932 | 22 | #1,667 | 27 | #1,347 |
| 1931 | 32 | #1,308 | 21 | #1,576 |
| 1930 | 26 | #1,558 | 28 | #1,387 |
| 1929 | 26 | #1,545 | 33 | #1,232 |
| 1928 | 41 | #1,201 | 43 | #1,074 |
| 1927 | 34 | #1,397 | 29 | #1,395 |
| 1926 | 41 | #1,214 | 35 | #1,237 |
| 1925 | 41 | #1,220 | 35 | #1,217 |
| 1924 | 35 | #1,398 | 26 | #1,521 |
| 1923 | 33 | #1,421 | 25 | #1,537 |
| 1922 | 22 | #1,878 | 25 | #1,535 |
| 1921 | 35 | #1,362 | 26 | #1,500 |
| 1920 | 24 | #1,737 | 22 | #1,677 |
| 1919 | 34 | #1,342 | 17 | #1,942 |
| 1918 | 29 | #1,487 | 17 | #1,968 |
| 1917 | 26 | #1,497 | 20 | #1,677 |
| 1916 | 21 | #1,728 | 14 | #2,117 |
| 1915 | 24 | #1,510 | 14 | #2,038 |
| 1914 | 14 | #1,878 | 7 | #2,823 |
| 1913 | 18 | #1,392 | 6 | #2,699 |
| 1912 | 14 | #1,520 | 8 | #1,999 |
| 1911 | under 5 | 6 | #1,677 | |
| 1910 | 5 | #2,681 | 6 | #1,531 |
| 1909 | 5 | #2,449 | under 5 | |
| 1908 | 9 | #1,512 | under 5 | |
| 1906 | 5 | #2,147 | 5 | #1,368 |
| 1905 | 6 | #1,858 | under 5 | |
| 1904 | 5 | #2,083 | under 5 | |
| 1903 | 5 | #1,988 | under 5 | |
| 1901 | 6 | #1,613 | under 5 | |
| 1895 | 5 | #1,749 | under 5 |
Ranks: girls’ names and boys’ names ranked separately in each year’s SSA file; “under 5” is a year SSA did not list the name for that sex.
Is Natividad a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 3,653 Americans recorded as Natividad, 53% are girls and 47% boys.
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Natividad: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Natividad, and how old are they?
1,940 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 53% of the 3,653 Americans ever recorded as Natividad. The median Natividad alive today is 49 years old; half are between 32 and 67.
The 2020 Census counted 8,939 people named Natividad (6,939 women and girls, 2,000 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 2,153 born in the U.S. The Census count is 4.2 times 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 | 161 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 455 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 467 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 455 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 336 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 56 |
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 Natividad born?
The states with the most babies named Natividad are Texas, California and New York, with 98% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 1,620 | not ranked | 6.8× |
| California | 403 | not ranked | 1.4× |
| New York | 54 | not ranked | 0.2× |
| New Mexico | 45 | not ranked | 2.1× |
| Arizona | 5 | not ranked | 0.1× |
Where Natividad is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Natividad is most over-represented in Texas: since 1910 it was given 6.8 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 Natividad with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Natividad
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 Natividad and names like it
- Compare Natividad and NievesBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1920sNatividad peaked in 1928.
- Texas’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Natividad since 1910.
- Spanish namesWiktionary’s origin for Natividad: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1928The year the most babies were named Natividad.
- The names of Generation XMost people named Natividad alive today were born 1965-1980.
- Names starting with NMost given first.