How Many People Are Named Natasha?

94,759

people named Natasha are alive in the United States today (estimate)

About 1 in 3,606 people in the US has this name

Based on 97,937 babies named Natasha in Social Security records from 1934 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.

Popularity Rank

#571

💎 Rare

Rank Among Girl Names

#300

See the top 100

Peak Year

1987

4,147 births

Trend

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Stable (last 10 years)

📖 Name Origin & Meaning

Origin: Russian, English
Pronunciation: nu-TA-shə (Russian), nə-TAHSH-ə (English)
Gender: Primarily Female

Meaning:

Russian diminutive of NATALYA. This is the name of a character in Leo Tolstoy's novel 'War and Peace' (1865). It has been used in the English-speaking world only since the 20th century.

Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.

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⚧ Gender Distribution

Female
99.7%
Male
0.3%

Almost all of the babies given the name Natasha (99.7%) were girls.

👥 Age Distribution

The average person named Natasha alive today is about 37 years old, and 76% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 30 and 44 in 2025.

Under 30 21,871
23.1%
30 to 59 72,027
76%
60 and over 861
0.9%

📈 Popularity Over Time

Natasha first appears in the records in 1934 and was given most often in 1987, to 4,147 babies. In 2025, 202 babies got the name.

Babies given the name each year, 1934 to 2025

🏆 Rank History

Natasha never made the top 10 girls' names. Its best rank was #70, in 1986, and it was in the top 100 for 10 years, 1980 to 1989. In 2025 it ranked #1,148.

Girls
Rank in 2025#1,148
Best rank#70 (1986)
Years in the top 10010 (1980 to 1989)
Rank in its biggest decade#72 in the 1980s

📍 State-Wise Distribution

People named Natasha alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).

More people named Natasha were born in California than in any other state: about 10,299 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Natasha was given 2.6 times as often in Hawaii, 2 times in District of Columbia and 1.8 times in Alaska.

California 10,299
New York 8,525
Texas 5,961
Florida 5,148
Illinois 3,619
Pennsylvania 3,576
Ohio 3,446
New Jersey 2,935
Michigan 2,780
North Carolina 2,661
Georgia 2,653
Virginia 2,313
Massachusetts 2,024
Indiana 2,021
Louisiana 1,982
Washington 1,930
Tennessee 1,882
Kentucky 1,704
Missouri 1,623
Colorado 1,519
Alabama 1,515
Minnesota 1,504
Wisconsin 1,501
Arizona 1,413
Maryland 1,381
South Carolina 1,326
Oregon 1,221
Mississippi 1,221
Connecticut 1,116
Oklahoma 1,052
Utah 980
Arkansas 955
New Mexico 886
Iowa 835
Kansas 785
Hawaii 747
West Virginia 744
District of Columbia 635
Nevada 501
Nebraska 484
Maine 468
Idaho 421
New Hampshire 345
Alaska 331
Rhode Island 291
Montana 267
South Dakota 255
North Dakota 206
Wyoming 130
Delaware 128
Vermont 97

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