Girls' name · peaked in 2009
Nathalie name popularity since 1925
19,363 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Nathalie. Half of them were born in 2002 or earlier, so the typical Nathalie is about 24 years old in 2026. Nathalie peaked in 2009 as the #489 name for girls, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 19,363
- Named Nathalie, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #1,481 for girls in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 100.0% girls
- 19,357 girls · 6 boys
- Most popular in
- Florida
- 3.55× its national share
Peak year is the year Nathalie 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.
Nathalie births per year, 1925–2025
2009 was the biggest year for Nathalie both by count and as a share of all babies.
- Fastest rise: Between 1982 and 1987, Nathalie became 2.1× more common, from 1 in 16,000 baby girls to 1 in 7,490.
- Steepest fall: Between 2020 and 2025, its share of baby girls fell by 49%, from 1 in 5,630 to 1 in 11,100.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Nathalie's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Nathalie.
Decade by decade
Babies named Nathalie 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 | 416 | 0 | – |
| 1930s | 510 | 0 | #1,217 |
| 1940s | 357 | 0 | #1,566 |
| 1950s | 287 | 0 | #2,092 |
| 1960s | 531 | 0 | #1,361 |
| 1970s | 825 | 0 | #1,471 |
| 1980s | 1,871 | 6 | #828 |
| 1990s | 3,821 | 0 | #619 |
| 2000s | 5,034 | 0 | #569 |
| 2010s | 4,391 | 0 | #627 |
| 2020–25 | 1,314 | 0 | #1,481 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
41.0% of babies named Nathalie from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Gen Z years (1997–2012). The full split by generation:
Where Nathalie is most popular
The index compares Nathalie'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 Nathalie.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Florida | 3.55× | 1,998 |
| California | 2.81× | 4,640 |
| New York | 1.95× | 2,299 |
| New Jersey | 1.69× | 723 |
| Texas | 1.68× | 2,055 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Nathalie 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Nathalie (this page) | 19,357 | 2009 |
| Nathaly | 8,139 | 2014 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Nathalie's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Nathalie.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Nathalie (2009).
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