Recorded 1973–1994 Girls' name Peak 1979 115 births

Natsha — girls' name

115 babies named Natsha in U.S. Social Security records since 1973, with the highest year being 1979. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1970s461980s511990s18
1980s
Peak decade

44% of everyone ever named Natsha was born in this single decade.

1979
Single peak year

11 babies were named Natsha in 1979 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Natsha

The Social Security Administration has registered 115 babies named Natsha between 1973 and 1994, spanning 22 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Natsha currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1994. The name reached its historical peak in 1979, when 11 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Natsha performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 51 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Natsha shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Natsha 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 115 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.

Natsha at a glance

Last recorded 1994

Total births

115

Since 1973

22 years of records

Peak year

1979

11 births that year

Strongest decade: 1980s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 1994

Active since

1973

Recorded for 22 years

Last year on file: 1994

Natsha popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1994–1973

Last recorded 1994
Peak year (1979)
11
Annual births at peak — across 22 years of records
4681012 1994198919841981197719741973 5

Natsha by decade

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

Peak: 1980s
Peak decade
1980s
51 births that decade — 44% of Natsha's all-time total
1970s461980s511990s18

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Natsha?
115 babies have been named Natsha since 1973. It was last recorded in 1994. The peak year was 1979 with 11 births.
When was Natsha most popular?
Natsha was most popular in the 1980s decade with 51 total births. The single peak year was 1979.
How long has the name Natsha been used?
Natsha has been recorded in Social Security data since 1973, spanning 22 years of data through 1994.
What names are similar to Natsha?
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.

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, 1973–1994 (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.