Girls' name · peaked in 1982
Natasha name popularity since 1925
97,937 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Natasha. Half of them were born in 1987 or earlier, so the typical Natasha is about 39 years old in 2026. Natasha peaked in 1982 as the #71 name for girls, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 97,937
- Named Natasha, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #1,148 for girls in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 99.7% girls
- 97,652 girls · 285 boys
- Most popular in
- Hawaii
- 2.56× its national share
Peak year is the year Natasha made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Natasha births per year, 1925–2025
The biggest year by count was 1987. Measured as a share of all babies, Natasha peaked in 1982.
- Fastest rise: Between 1966 and 1971, Natasha became 9.8× more common, from 1 in 12,500 baby girls to 1 in 1,280.
- Steepest fall: Between 1994 and 1999, its share of baby girls fell by 47%, from 1 in 750 to 1 in 1,430.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Natasha's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Natasha.
Decade by decade
Babies named Natasha in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1930s | 22 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1940s | 86 | 0 | #2,700 |
| 1950s | 332 | 0 | #2,206 |
| 1960s | 1,800 | 0 | #931 |
| 1970s | 19,331 | 68 | #145 |
| 1980s | 38,213 | 181 | #79 |
| 1990s | 21,977 | 29 | #154 |
| 2000s | 9,637 | 7 | #312 |
| 2010s | 4,600 | 0 | #669 |
| 2020–25 | 1,654 | 0 | #1,148 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000. "Under 5" means fewer than 5 girls got the name.
Generation fingerprint
53.7% of babies named Natasha from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Millennial years (1981–1996). The full split by generation:
Where Natasha is most popular
The index compares Natasha's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Natasha.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Hawaii | 2.56× | 772 |
| Alaska | 2.37× | 340 |
| New Mexico | 1.71× | 911 |
| Florida | 1.52× | 5,307 |
| District of Columbia | 1.49× | 663 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Natasha and were given to at least 1,000 girls from 1925 to 2025, with the year each one was most popular.
| Spelling | Girls | Peak year |
|---|---|---|
| Natasha (this page) | 97,652 | 1982 |
| Natosha | 3,105 | 1978 |
| Natisha | 1,860 | 1980 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Natasha's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Natasha.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Natasha (1982).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data