Natalija
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- na-TAH-lee-ya
- Origin
- Latin
- US rank, 2025
- #13,203 for girls
Natalija is a girls' name of Latin origin, meaning “Christmas Day, birthday”. In 2025 it ranked 13,203rd for girls in the US (6 babies).
What does Natalija mean?
Latin: Slovene, Serbian, Croatian and Latvian form of Natalia
“Christmas Day, birthday”
Natalia comes from Latin natale domini, the birthday of the Lord.
Is Natalija a girl's or a boy's name?
Natalija is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Natalija in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2005, with 4 girls.
Natalija in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 4 | #4,951 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 4 | #5,058 |
| 2011 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2010 | 3 | #5,938 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 3 | #5,772 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 4 | #4,150 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 3 | #3,991 |
| 1996 | 3 | #3,935 |
How popular is Natalija in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #13,203among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 270,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 6 girls in the US were named Natalija, making it the 13,203rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 12,137th. Its busiest year was 2009, with 15 girls. It first appears in the records in 1991.
Half of all the girls named Natalija in the US since 1880 were born between 2005 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Natalija in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #13,203 |
| 2024 | 5 | #15,288 |
| 2023 | 11 | #8,984 |
| 2022 | 11 | #9,050 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 7 | #12,137 |
| 2019 | 11 | #9,106 |
| 2018 | 5 | #15,677 |
| 2017 | 6 | #14,120 |
| 2016 | 7 | #12,871 |
| 2015 | 6 | #14,477 |
| 2014 | 14 | #8,050 |
| 2013 | 9 | #10,995 |
| 2012 | 13 | #8,628 |
| 2011 | 14 | #8,192 |
| 2010 | 13 | #8,697 |
| 2009 | 15 | #8,054 |
| 2008 | 6 | #15,399 |
| 2007 | 6 | #15,485 |
| 2006 | 8 | #12,415 |
| 2005 | 8 | #11,828 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 7 | #12,401 |
| 2002 | 5 | #15,426 |
| 2001 | 7 | #12,049 |
| 2000 | 7 | #11,794 |
| 1999 | 11 | #8,216 |
| 1998 | 9 | #9,254 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 8 | #9,576 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 6 | #11,501 |
Nicknames for Natalija
- Nata
- Tasha
Names like Natalija
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa Hafsa Amira Hiba Khadija Abeeha Aaliyah Ayra Halima Ayla Zainab Rahma
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Natalija: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/natalija, updated 20 October 2026.