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Girl's name · #89 in the US (2025) · 2000s wave
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.
Rebel Without a Cause, starring Natalie Wood, opened in October 1955. US births of Natalie rose from 404 in 1955 to 612 in 1956 and 1,055 in 1957.
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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 50 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.
Natalie is especially popular in Czechia.
#5 in Czechia (2025) · #162 in Canada (2025) · #240 in New Zealand (2025) · #270 in Norway (2025) · #288 in Austria (2025) · #315 in Mexico (2024) · #322 in Italy (2024) · #381 in Ireland (2025) · #478 in Poland (2025) · #501 in Sweden (2025) · #632 in Scotland (2025) · #634 in England & Wales (2025) and 11 more.
Among 1,721 notable people named Natalie:
Entertainers appear 1.78× more often than among typical names — e.g. Natalie Portman, Israeli and American actress (born 1981).
Popular twin pairings with Natalie include Nicole, Emily, and Olivia for girls, and Nathan for a boy.
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.
Similar names: Natalia · Allison · Naomi · Hailey · Victoria · Emily
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