Natividad
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- nah-tee-vee-DAHD
- Origin
- Spanish
Natividad is a girls' name of Spanish origin, meaning “nativity, birth of Jesus”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Natividad mean?
Spanish: Spanish for 'Nativity', from Latin nativitas 'birth'
“nativity, birth of Jesus”
Spanish for the Nativity of Christ, traditionally given to girls born around Christmas.
Is Natividad a girl's or a boy's name?
Natividad is a girls' name.
How popular is Natividad in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1925, with 41 girls. It first appears in the records in 1895.
Half of all the girls named Natividad in the US since 1880 were born between 1927 and 1984, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2005, 69% of the babies named Natividad in the US were girls.
Natividad in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 5 | #15,300 |
| 2021 | 5 | #15,246 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 6 | #13,793 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 6 | #14,120 |
| 2016 | 9 | #10,855 |
| 2015 | 6 | #14,477 |
| 2014 | 5 | #16,507 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 11 | #9,706 |
| 2011 | 8 | #12,146 |
| 2010 | 14 | #8,267 |
| 2009 | 9 | #11,454 |
| 2008 | 16 | #7,738 |
| 2007 | 13 | #9,003 |
| 2006 | 13 | #8,711 |
| 2005 | 22 | #5,595 |
| 2004 | 19 | #6,211 |
| 2003 | 9 | #10,420 |
| 2002 | 11 | #8,831 |
| 2001 | 22 | #5,169 |
| 2000 | 11 | #8,527 |
| 1999 | 20 | #5,213 |
| 1998 | 17 | #5,794 |
| 1997 | 19 | #5,224 |
| 1996 | 17 | #5,526 |
| 1995 | 21 | #4,672 |
| 1994 | 23 | #4,371 |
| 1993 | 14 | #6,257 |
| 1992 | 17 | #5,477 |
| 1991 | 20 | #4,802 |
| 1990 | 17 | #5,281 |
| 1989 | 16 | #5,280 |
| 1988 | 16 | #5,060 |
| 1987 | 15 | #5,069 |
| 1986 | 11 | #6,153 |
| 1985 | 17 | #4,453 |
| 1984 | 13 | #5,221 |
| 1983 | 13 | #5,147 |
| 1982 | 13 | #5,207 |
| 1981 | 11 | #5,884 |
| 1980 | 20 | #3,852 |
| 1979 | 10 | #6,188 |
| 1978 | 10 | #5,957 |
| 1977 | 25 | #3,082 |
| 1976 | 16 | #3,961 |
| 1975 | 23 | #3,052 |
| 1974 | 12 | #4,719 |
| 1973 | 9 | #5,578 |
| 1972 | 17 | #3,543 |
| 1971 | 14 | #4,121 |
| 1970 | 16 | #3,711 |
| 1969 | 16 | #3,460 |
| 1968 | 12 | #3,999 |
| 1967 | 16 | #3,210 |
| 1966 | 11 | #3,958 |
| 1965 | 23 | #2,537 |
| 1964 | 17 | #3,107 |
| 1963 | 9 | #4,538 |
| 1962 | 8 | #4,864 |
| 1961 | 14 | #3,459 |
| 1960 | 18 | #2,903 |
| 1959 | 22 | #2,457 |
| 1958 | 11 | #3,746 |
| 1957 | 14 | #3,149 |
| 1956 | 17 | #2,825 |
| 1955 | 14 | #3,094 |
| 1954 | 8 | #4,276 |
| 1953 | 19 | #2,430 |
| 1952 | 19 | #2,410 |
| 1951 | 10 | #3,481 |
| 1950 | 13 | #2,908 |
| 1949 | 13 | #2,849 |
| 1948 | 19 | #2,254 |
| 1947 | 15 | #2,636 |
| 1946 | 19 | #2,152 |
| 1945 | 10 | #2,915 |
| 1944 | 18 | #2,026 |
| 1943 | 15 | #2,351 |
| 1942 | 11 | #2,815 |
| 1941 | 22 | #1,696 |
| 1940 | 27 | #1,477 |
| 1939 | 16 | #2,038 |
| 1938 | 20 | #1,752 |
| 1937 | 18 | #1,845 |
| 1936 | 15 | #2,032 |
| 1935 | 13 | #2,304 |
| 1934 | 20 | #1,697 |
| 1933 | 24 | #1,513 |
| 1932 | 22 | #1,634 |
| 1931 | 32 | #1,287 |
| 1930 | 26 | #1,534 |
| 1929 | 26 | #1,525 |
| 1928 | 41 | #1,190 |
| 1927 | 34 | #1,383 |
| 1926 | 41 | #1,198 |
| 1925 | 41 | #1,210 |
| 1924 | 35 | #1,382 |
| 1923 | 33 | #1,388 |
| 1922 | 22 | #1,836 |
| 1921 | 35 | #1,341 |
| 1920 | 24 | #1,708 |
| 1919 | 34 | #1,325 |
| 1918 | 29 | #1,451 |
| 1917 | 26 | #1,470 |
| 1916 | 21 | #1,689 |
| 1915 | 24 | #1,475 |
| 1914 | 14 | #1,818 |
| 1913 | 18 | #1,358 |
| 1912 | 14 | #1,477 |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 5 | #2,398 |
| 1909 | 5 | #2,208 |
| 1908 | 9 | #1,439 |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 5 | #1,951 |
| 1905 | 6 | #1,695 |
| 1904 | 5 | #1,876 |
| 1903 | 5 | #1,791 |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 6 | #1,466 |
| 1900 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 5 | #1,592 |
Nicknames for Natividad
- Nati
Names like Natividad
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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More Spanish names
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Sources
Figures from 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, “Natividad: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/natividad, updated 20 October 2026.