# Natasha (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/natasha/  
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 | Russian |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /nəˈtɑʃə/, 3 syllables |
| Nicknames | Tash, Nat, Sasha, Tasha |
| Variant spellings | Natacha, Natachja, Natachya, Natasja, Natasya, Natasia, Natashia, Natashya, Natashja |
| US babies named this | 97,937 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 285 / 97,652 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 15,601, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Russian Ната́ша (Natáša), an informal pet form of Ната́лья (Natálʹja), cognate to Natalie.

## 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 | 606 | 491 |
| 2012 | 565 | 535 |
| 2013 | 494 | 582 |
| 2014 | 444 | 645 |
| 2015 | 428 | 669 |
| 2016 | 390 | 730 |
| 2017 | 356 | 775 |
| 2018 | 337 | 808 |
| 2019 | 305 | 885 |
| 2020 | 272 | 945 |
| 2021 | 297 | 908 |
| 2022 | 337 | 834 |
| 2023 | 261 | 984 |
| 2024 | 285 | 933 |
| 2025 | 202 | 1,148 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 15 | 3,056 |
| 1981 | 14 | 3,166 |
| 1982 | 16 | 2,931 |
| 1983 | 24 | 2,189 |
| 1984 | 15 | 3,053 |
| 1985 | 11 | 3,964 |
| 1986 | 27 | 2,141 |
| 1987 | 16 | 3,162 |
| 1988 | 21 | 2,742 |
| 1989 | 22 | 2,858 |
| 1990 | 8 | 6,237 |
| 1991 | 7 | 7,041 |
| 1992 | 8 | 6,507 |
| 1993 | 6 | 8,360 |
| 2004 | 7 | 9,638 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 223 | 230 |
| 2012 | 206 | 246 |
| 2013 | 161 | 290 |
| 2014 | 120 | 373 |
| 2015 | 113 | 402 |
| 2016 | 99 | 444 |
| 2017 | 71 | 593 |
| 2018 | 59 | 680 |
| 2019 | 48 | 778 |
| 2020 | 57 | 655 |
| 2021 | 46 | 788 |
| 2022 | 44 | 809 |
| 2023 | 36 | 962 |
| 2024 | 26 | 1,262 |
| 2025 | 23 | 1,362 |

## In other languages

- Arabic: نَاتَاشَا
- Armenian: Նատաշա
- Chinese: 娜塔莎
- Czech: Nataša
- Danish: Natasja
- Esperanto: Nataŝa
- French: Natacha
- Georgian: ნატაშა
- German: Natascha
- Greek: Νατάσα
- Hindi: नताशा
- Hungarian: Natasa
- Japanese: ナターシャ
- Korean: 나타샤
- Polish: Natasza
- Portuguese: Natasha, Natacha
- Russian: Ната́ша
- Slovene: Natáša
- Turkish: Nataşa
- Ukrainian: Наташа

## People named Natasha

- Natasha Richardson, British actress (1963–2009)
- Natasha Henstridge, Canadian actress
- Natasha Lyonne, American actress (born 1979)
- Natasha St-Pier, Canadian singer
- Natasha Liu Bordizzo, Australian actress
- Natasha Hastings, American sprinter
- Natasha Gregson Wagner, American actress
- Natasha Klauss, Colombian actress
- Natasha Nice, French-American pornographic actress
- Natasha Kai, American soccer player
- Natasha Rothwell, American actress and writer (born 1980)
- Natasha Bassett, Australian actress

## 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.