Natasha
Natasha is ranked 933rd among girls in 2024 (283 births). Its best rank was 70th, in 1986.
- Rank in 2024
- #933up 53 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 2830.02% of girls
- Peak year
- 19874,131 births
- Best rank
- #70in 1986
- Since 1934
- 97,446people given the name
The story in the numbers
97,446 girls have been named Natasha in the United States since 1934, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1987, with 4,131 births — 0.24% of all girls recorded that year.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years (rank 644 → 933).
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1987, and the 1980s alone account for 39%. It has spent 60 of 145 years in the top 1,000, 10 of them in the top 100.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Natasha | |
|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 22 | |
| 1940s | 86 | |
| 1950s | 332 | |
| 1960s | 1,800 | |
| 1970s | 19,331 | |
| 1980s | 38,213 | |
| 1990s | 21,977 | |
| 2000s | 9,636 | |
| 2010s | 4,600 | |
| 2020s | 1,449 |
In 1987, its biggest year
Natasha was the 73rd most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1987 were Jessica, Ashley, Amanda, Jennifer and Sarah. See all of 1987.
Names that rose and fell with Natasha
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Ericapeak 1986
- Casipeak 1989
- Talishapeak 1989
- Alishapeak 1989
- Casiepeak 1983
- Nicolepeak 1985
- Taishapeak 1984
- Tiffaniepeak 1980
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.