Natasha
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- na-TASH-a
- Origin
- Latin
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,280 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #1,144 for girls
Natasha is a girls' name of Latin origin, meaning “Christmas Day”. In 2025 it ranked 1,280th for girls in the UK (26 babies) and 1,144th for girls in the US (202 babies).
What does Natasha mean?
Latin: Russian pet form of Natalya (Natalia)
“Christmas Day”
Natasha Rostova is the lively heroine of Tolstoy's War and Peace.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Natasha a girl's or a boy's name?
Natasha is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 26 girls in the UK and 202 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Natasha in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,280among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 26about 1 in 11,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 50% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 26 girls in the UK were named Natasha, making it the 1,280th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 657th. Its busiest year was 1996, with 1,901 girls.
Half of all the girls named Natasha in the UK since 1996 were born between 1998 and 2005. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,362nd in England and Wales and 780th in Scotland.
In the England and Wales top 100 for girls, which the ONS has published every ten years since 1904: 1974 (#55), 1984 (#47), 1994 (#28) and 2004 (#66).
Natasha in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 26 | #1,280 |
| 2024 | 26 | #1,321 |
| 2023 | 39 | #969 |
| 2022 | 47 | #824 |
| 2021 | 47 | #833 |
| 2020 | 62 | #657 |
| 2019 | 53 | #778 |
| 2018 | 66 | #669 |
| 2017 | 84 | #557 |
| 2016 | 107 | #456 |
| 2015 | 122 | #416 |
| 2014 | 131 | #378 |
| 2013 | 183 | #285 |
| 2012 | 233 | #241 |
| 2011 | 249 | #226 |
| 2010 | 366 | #164 |
| 2009 | 443 | #139 |
| 2008 | 480 | #125 |
| 2007 | 556 | #110 |
| 2006 | 673 | #91 |
| 2005 | 780 | #77 |
| 2004 | 936 | #65 |
| 2003 | 1,088 | #55 |
| 2002 | 1,127 | #50 |
| 2001 | 1,192 | #48 |
| 2000 | 1,403 | #41 |
| 1999 | 1,738 | #35 |
| 1998 | 1,762 | #35 |
| 1997 | 1,705 | #41 |
| 1996 | 1,901 | #34 |
How popular is Natasha in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,144among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 202about 1 in 8,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 18% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 202 girls in the US were named Natasha, making it the 1,144th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 942nd. Its busiest year was 1987, with 4,131 girls. It first appears in the records in 1934.
2025 had fewer girls named Natasha than any year since 1966.
Half of all the girls named Natasha in the US since 1880 were born between 1980 and 1994, the years shaded on the chart below.
Natasha in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 202 | #1,144 |
| 2024 | 285 | #929 |
| 2023 | 261 | #983 |
| 2022 | 337 | #831 |
| 2021 | 297 | #907 |
| 2020 | 272 | #942 |
| 2019 | 305 | #883 |
| 2018 | 337 | #807 |
| 2017 | 356 | #775 |
| 2016 | 390 | #727 |
| 2015 | 428 | #669 |
| 2014 | 444 | #642 |
| 2013 | 494 | #582 |
| 2012 | 565 | #535 |
| 2011 | 606 | #489 |
| 2010 | 675 | #456 |
| 2009 | 786 | #401 |
| 2008 | 776 | #414 |
| 2007 | 848 | #387 |
| 2006 | 919 | #356 |
| 2005 | 1,029 | #312 |
| 2004 | 1,060 | #304 |
| 2003 | 970 | #321 |
| 2002 | 1,025 | #305 |
| 2001 | 1,080 | #290 |
| 2000 | 1,144 | #281 |
| 1999 | 1,244 | #254 |
| 1998 | 1,522 | #205 |
| 1997 | 1,594 | #189 |
| 1996 | 1,845 | #170 |
| 1995 | 2,104 | #154 |
| 1994 | 2,382 | #133 |
| 1993 | 2,279 | #140 |
| 1992 | 2,813 | #120 |
| 1991 | 2,924 | #113 |
| 1990 | 3,270 | #105 |
| 1989 | 3,668 | #87 |
| 1988 | 4,039 | #73 |
| 1987 | 4,131 | #73 |
| 1986 | 3,872 | #70 |
| 1985 | 3,553 | #79 |
| 1984 | 3,709 | #77 |
| 1983 | 3,955 | #71 |
| 1982 | 4,128 | #71 |
| 1981 | 3,730 | #85 |
| 1980 | 3,428 | #89 |
| 1979 | 2,796 | #110 |
| 1978 | 2,555 | #114 |
| 1977 | 2,503 | #116 |
| 1976 | 2,095 | #131 |
| 1975 | 1,844 | #145 |
| 1974 | 2,005 | #141 |
| 1973 | 1,784 | #155 |
| 1972 | 1,729 | #170 |
| 1971 | 1,303 | #229 |
| 1970 | 717 | #350 |
| 1969 | 510 | #427 |
| 1968 | 319 | #537 |
| 1967 | 228 | #629 |
| 1966 | 135 | #860 |
| 1965 | 120 | #922 |
| 1964 | 103 | #1,073 |
| 1963 | 103 | #1,056 |
| 1962 | 91 | #1,145 |
| 1961 | 100 | #1,095 |
| 1960 | 91 | #1,137 |
| 1959 | 82 | #1,173 |
| 1958 | 76 | #1,220 |
| 1957 | 55 | #1,426 |
| 1956 | 32 | #1,896 |
| 1955 | 25 | #2,155 |
| 1954 | 16 | #2,778 |
| 1953 | 19 | #2,430 |
| 1952 | 9 | #3,795 |
| 1951 | 13 | #2,936 |
| 1950 | 5 | #5,299 |
| 1949 | 9 | #3,611 |
| 1948 | 11 | #3,136 |
| 1947 | 15 | #2,636 |
| 1946 | 5 | #4,958 |
| 1945 | 12 | #2,597 |
| 1944 | 7 | #3,685 |
| 1943 | 15 | #2,351 |
| 1942 | 5 | #4,620 |
| 1941 | 7 | #3,557 |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 6 | #3,780 |
| 1938 | 5 | #4,340 |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 5 | #4,179 |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 6 | #3,800 |
Nicknames for Natasha
- Tash
- Tasha
- Nat
Names like Natasha
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Francesca Jessica Emily Alexandra Melissa Abigail Fatima Olivia Jasmine Georgina Tabitha Rebecca
Names related to Natasha
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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, “Natasha: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/natasha, updated 20 October 2026.