Natalia

What Natalia means

Means “birthday (of the Lord)”

Latin natale (“birthday (of the Lord)”), referring to birth on Christmas Day, name of an early martyr.

Source: Wiktionary, “Natalia” (revision 94582311), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Natalia?

US: Falling: down from #118 in 2015. England & Wales: Falling: down from #157 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2021, when 3,207 girls got the name (#79 that year). First in the US records in 1890.

How common

• About 1 in 793 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 2,222 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 4,473 baby girls in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in NM (4.07 per 1,000 girls), DC (3.96 per 1,000 girls), CA (3.24 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed girls born in each state.

US vs UK

Natalia is #144 in the US and #374 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (girls). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Natalia were girls.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Natalie2,736 US · 61 E&W
• Nadalia5 US
• Nataliah5 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Natalia

Girls

• Lilianna#890Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1980, with 6 babies
• Lillian#57possibly “lily”^*
• Livia#819Editor’s note Down from #724 in 2015 to #819 in 2025 in the US
• Olivia#1“olive; olive branch”^*
• Lilly#252Form of Lilian, possibly meaning “lily”^*
• Lilian#560possibly “lily”^*

For a brother

• Lukas#288“a man from Lucania”^*
• Julian#25“Roman personal name”^*
• Sebastian#16“august, venerable, exalted”^*
• Magnus#763“great”^*
• Maximilian#590German, meaning “the greatest”^*
• Blaze#781Editor’s note Down from #707 in 2015 to #781 in 2025 in the US

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under Latin, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Natalia’s. Rank is US 2025.