# Natalie (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/natalie/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | Latin |
| Meaning | “birthday [of christ]”, “christmas” |
| Pronunciation | /ˈnætəli/, 3 syllables |
| Nicknames | Nat, Nattie, Nats, Natty |
| Variant spellings | Nathalie, Nattalie, Nathalee, Nataly |
| US babies named this | 379,831 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 769 / 379,062 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 10,946, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From the French form of the Late Latin saint's name Natalia, from nātālis (diēs) (“birthday [of Christ], Christmas”). Doublet of Natalya.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 8,646 | 14 |
| 2012 | 7,908 | 17 |
| 2013 | 7,492 | 21 |
| 2014 | 7,115 | 23 |
| 2015 | 6,510 | 27 |
| 2016 | 6,191 | 31 |
| 2017 | 5,554 | 35 |
| 2018 | 5,127 | 39 |
| 2019 | 4,810 | 41 |
| 2020 | 4,291 | 51 |
| 2021 | 4,060 | 56 |
| 2022 | 3,947 | 55 |
| 2023 | 3,429 | 63 |
| 2024 | 3,127 | 73 |
| 2025 | 2,736 | 89 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 16 | 4,973 |
| 2004 | 32 | 3,133 |
| 2005 | 15 | 5,488 |
| 2006 | 19 | 4,807 |
| 2007 | 12 | 6,953 |
| 2008 | 19 | 5,012 |
| 2009 | 8 | 9,601 |
| 2010 | 7 | 10,417 |
| 2011 | 11 | 7,353 |
| 2013 | 8 | 9,399 |
| 2014 | 7 | 10,399 |
| 2015 | 8 | 9,309 |
| 2017 | 7 | 10,455 |
| 2019 | 5 | 13,537 |
| 2024 | 7 | 10,595 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 228 | 218 |
| 2012 | 219 | 231 |
| 2013 | 203 | 244 |
| 2014 | 185 | 263 |
| 2015 | 173 | 282 |
| 2016 | 150 | 331 |
| 2017 | 149 | 324 |
| 2018 | 133 | 354 |
| 2019 | 116 | 377 |
| 2020 | 105 | 406 |
| 2021 | 94 | 459 |
| 2022 | 98 | 433 |
| 2023 | 79 | 498 |
| 2024 | 78 | 503 |
| 2025 | 61 | 634 |

## In other languages

- Arabic: نَاتَالِي
- Bulgarian: Наталия
- Catalan: Natàlia
- Czech: Natálie
- Danish: Natalie
- Dutch: Natalie, Nathalie
- Esperanto: Natalia
- Estonian: Natalia
- Finnish: Natalia
- French: Nathalie
- German: Natalie
- Greek: Ναταλία
- Hebrew: נָטָלִי, נֶטַע־לִי
- Hungarian: Natália
- Italian: Natalia
- Japanese: ナタリー
- Korean: 나탈리
- Latvian: Natālija
- Lithuanian: Natalija
- Norwegian: Natalie

## People named Natalie

- Natalie Wood, American actress (1938–1981)
- Natalie Dormer, English actress
- Natalie Cole, American singer (1950–2015)
- Natalie Clifford Barney, American writer who hosted a literary salon at her home in Paris (1876-1972)
- Natalie Geisenberger, German luger
- Natalie Martinez, American actress and model
- Natalie Coughlin, American swimmer, Olympic gold medalist, world champion, world record-holder
- Natalie Zemon Davis, Canadian-American historian (1928-2023)
- Natalie Merchant, American singer
- Natalie Dessay, French opera soprano
- Natalie Alyn Lind, American actress
- Natalie Maines, American singer; lead vocalist for Dixie Chicks

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.