Nautica
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- NAW-tih-ka
- Origin
- Latin
- US rank, 2025
- #8,858 for girls
Nautica is a girls' name of Latin origin, meaning “nautical, of sailors”. In 2025 it ranked 8,858th for girls in the US (11 babies).
What does Nautica mean?
Latin: from Latin nauticus; known as a clothing brand name
“nautical, of sailors”
Shares its name with the Nautica clothing brand, founded in New York in 1983.
Is Nautica a girl's or a boy's name?
Nautica is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 11 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Nautica in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 8,858th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 11 about 1 in 150,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling fast down 62% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 11 girls in the US were named Nautica, making it the 8,858th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,321st. Its busiest year was 1999, with 246 girls. It first appears in the records in 1992.
Half of all the girls named Nautica in the US since 1880 were born between 1998 and 2005, the years shaded on the chart below.
Nautica in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #8,858 |
| 2024 | 6 | #13,472 |
| 2023 | 8 | #11,164 |
| 2022 | 9 | #10,377 |
| 2021 | 17 | #6,686 |
| 2020 | 18 | #6,321 |
| 2019 | 23 | #5,445 |
| 2018 | 24 | #5,311 |
| 2017 | 24 | #5,336 |
| 2016 | 23 | #5,620 |
| 2015 | 18 | #6,719 |
| 2014 | 27 | #5,023 |
| 2013 | 19 | #6,459 |
| 2012 | 17 | #7,140 |
| 2011 | 22 | #5,932 |
| 2010 | 26 | #5,245 |
| 2009 | 45 | #3,560 |
| 2008 | 50 | #3,315 |
| 2007 | 44 | #3,652 |
| 2006 | 68 | #2,631 |
| 2005 | 84 | #2,179 |
| 2004 | 84 | #2,133 |
| 2003 | 106 | #1,768 |
| 2002 | 141 | #1,369 |
| 2001 | 166 | #1,217 |
| 2000 | 169 | #1,180 |
| 1999 | 246 | #873 |
| 1998 | 217 | #947 |
| 1997 | 206 | #955 |
| 1996 | 136 | #1,273 |
| 1995 | 83 | #1,742 |
| 1994 | 55 | #2,348 |
| 1993 | 33 | #3,346 |
| 1992 | 15 | #6,001 |
Names like Nautica
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Camila, Paulina, Dayana, Dakota, Ximena, Makayla, Serena, Tiana, Mariana, Alondra, Jimena, Isabella
Names related to Nautica
More Latin names
Oliver, Olivia, Leo, Roman, Aurora, Emily, Florence, Mabel, Luna, Nora, Rosie, Emilia, Max, Nova, Lucy, Julian
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, “Nautica: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/nautica, updated 20 October 2026.