Natalie
Pronounced N AA0 T AA1 L IY0 (ARPABET)
- 3 syllables
- Peaked 2006
- 145 years in use
- 7 spellings
How popular is Natalie?
Natalie is a girls' name, and has been in the record since the data starts in 1880. It has been given to 414,429 children — the 98th most common girls' name on record.
It has been slipping, down 50% on the previous decade. Its best single year was 2006, when 12,413 children were given it.
Seven other spellings are counted in that total — Nathalie, Natalee, Natali and four more — because they are pronounced identically.
Spelling variants
These spellings sound identical to Natalie and are counted together with it, which is why the totals here are higher than a single-spelling count.
- Nathalie
- Natalee
- Natali
- Natallie
- Natale
- Nattalie
- Nattaly
Characteristics
- 3 syllables
Phonetic detail
- Pronunciations:
- N AA0 T AA1 L IY0 · N AE1 T AE1 L IY1 · N AE1 T AH0 L IY0 · N AE1 T T AA1 L AY1 · N AH0 T AA1 L L AY1 · N EY1 T AH0 L L AY1
- Stress pattern:
- 010 · 111 · 100 · 111 · 011 · 101
- Syllables:
- 3
Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.
Names like Natalie
Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.
Sibling names for Natalie
Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.
Frequently asked questions
- How popular is the name Natalie?
- Natalie ranks 98th among girls' names in US records, with 414,429 births since 1880. Over the past decade it accounts for 52,420.
- Is Natalie a unisex name?
- No. Natalie is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
- When was Natalie most popular?
- 2006, when 12,413 children were given the name. It has been in use for 145 years and is still recorded as of 2024.
- How else is Natalie spelled?
- Nathalie, Natalee, Natali, Natallie, Natale, Nattalie, Nattaly. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.