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Natalie

“Birth of the Lord (Christmas Day)” — Latin via French origin

Girl's name · #89 in the US (2025) · 2000s

Natalie's best rank, #13, came in 2008; it has stepped well back to #89 today. Roughly 379,000 girls have been named Natalie since 1880. In all that time it has never once missed a year of the national records. Nattie is a short form of Natalie. Together with its spelling variants Nataly (#907) and Nathaly (#1216), Natalie would rank around #74 with about 3,200 births last year — the newborns split about 85/9/6 across Natalie, Nataly, and Nathaly. Popular twin pairings with Natalie include Nicole, Emily, and Olivia for girls, and Nathan for a boy.

Around the world: #5 in Czechia (2025).

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 50 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Natalies

In stories & tradition

What Natalies become

Among 1,721 notable people named Natalie:

Entertainers appear 1.78× more often than among typical names — e.g. Natalie Portman, Israeli-American actress (born 1981).

Similar names: Natalia · Allison · Naomi · Hailey · Autumn · Emily

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