People with the first name Natalie
324,013
About 1 in 1,023 Americans had this first name in the 2020 Census.
Measured, privacy-protected national Census count—not a total of historical baby-name records.
U.S. first-name statistics
How common is Natalie?
Natalie was the #158 most frequent first name in the 2020 Census.
National rank
#158
More common than 99.7% of listed first names
Peak year
2006
10,970 SSA-recorded births
2025 births
2,736
#229 across first names
Census frequency
1 in 1,023
Across the 2020 U.S. population
Sex distribution
Reported in the 2020 Census first-name table.
0.1% male99.9% female
Demographic distribution
Aggregated race and Hispanic-origin reporting in the 2020 Census name table.
Reading the result
Natalie across two different records
The Census count answers “how many people had this name?” using a national snapshot of living residents in 2020. The SSA series answers “when was this name popular?” using Social Security card applications associated with births.
Natalie reached its highest published annual SSA count in 2006, with 10,970 recorded births. In 2025, SSA recorded 2,736 babies with the name.
Names do not determine a person’s identity. Demographic percentages above describe national aggregates and should never be applied to an individual.
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