Natosha — girls' name

What the Data Says About Natosha

The Social Security Administration has registered 3,105 babies named Natosha between 1962 and 2010, spanning 49 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Natosha currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2010. The name reached its historical peak in 1986, when 161 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Natosha performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 1,467 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Natosha shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 196 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Ohio and Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Natosha in 29 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Natosha 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 3,105 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.