Girl name#366 of girl names
Natasha
Pronounced N AH0 T AA1 SH AH0 (ARPABET)
- 3 syllables
- Peaked 1987
- 91 years in use
How popular is Natasha?
Natasha is a girls' name, and first appears in 1934. It has been given to 98,459 children — the 366th most common girls' name on record.
It is falling away, down 55% on the previous decade. Its best single year was 1987, when 4,131 children were given it.
Characteristics
- 3 syllables
Phonetic detail
- Pronunciations:
- N AH0 T AA1 SH AH0 · N AH0 T AE1 SH AH0
- Stress pattern:
- 010 · 010
- Syllables:
- 3
Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.
Names like Natasha
Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.
Sibling names for Natasha
Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.
Frequently asked questions
- How popular is the name Natasha?
- Natasha ranks 366th among girls' names in US records, with 98,459 births since 1934. Over the past decade it accounts for 3,271.
- Is Natasha a unisex name?
- No. Natasha is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
- When was Natasha most popular?
- 1987, when 4,131 children were given the name. It has been in use for 91 years and is still recorded as of 2024.