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Natalee

Feminine · “birth day”

1919high 2006
#2719 in the U.S.given to only a few children a year
rare63 girls in 2025

Natalee is Natalie with the ending spelled out, and Natalie is Christmas — dies natalis, the day of birth, which in the Latin church meant one particular birth. It is one of the few names that is a date as much as a word.

How old is the name Natalee?

Natalee first appears in US birth records in 1919 — 106 years ago. The typical Natalee alive today was born around 2006, making them about 19 years old. About 10,000 people named Natalee are estimated to be alive in the US today.

When was the name Natalee most popular?

Natalee peaked in 2006, reaching #507 nationally. Today it ranks #2719, 2,212 places below that high. See the whole 2006 chart.

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Where it comes from

The story of Natalee

Natalia was a Latin name used in the early church for a child born at Christmas, and it went east as much as west: it became a standard Russian name, Nataliya, and it is through Russian that most of the English-speaking world eventually met it. French shaped it into Nathalie, and English took Natalie from the French. Natalee is the American respelling, made by the same instinct that gave Ashlee, Kaylee and Emilee their endings — the -ie replaced with a doubled e, a change that alters the look and not the sound.

Meaning

birth day — Christmas

Latin natalis, 'of birth', from nasci, 'to be born'. Dies natalis Domini was the church's phrase for Christmas, and the name Natalia was given to girls born on it. The connection to Christmas is not decorative; it is the entire origin.

How the name formed

  1. natalis
  2. Natalia
  3. Nathalie
  4. Natalie
  5. Natalee

Related forms: Nataliya · Nathalie · Natalia · Natalia · Natália

Pronouncing Natalee

NAT-uh-lee

Three syllables, stress on the first. Identical to Natalie in sound; the doubled e changes nothing you can hear. French says nah-tah-LEE with the stress at the end.

Nicknames for Natalee

High

NatThe standard short form, shared with Natasha and with the boys' Nathaniel
TaliaTaken from the back of the name, and a complete name in its own right
TashaUsed where a family knows the Russian Natasha, which is a short form of this same name
NattieA childhood form that tends to soften into Nat with age
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What the data says

The long climb, and where it stands now

GIRLS NAMED · 1919–202560330206036319192025

US babies named Natalee per year from 1919 to 2025
AVERAGE RANK BY DECADE#1#10#100#1000#5071910s2020s

The same years in position rather than babies

First recorded
1919
Most girls named
2006603 — the highest on record
Peak rank
#507reached in 2006
Change vs 2023
−30.0%63 in 2025, from 90
Natalee sits in the rare tail. Its best year on record was 2006, with 603 girls. Today it is given to few enough children that it does not enter the ranked charts at all.

Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.

Natalee in other languages

The same name elsewhere

  • Nataliya in Russian — transliteration
  • Nathalie in French — spelling variant
  • Natalia in Italian — same name
  • Natalia in Spanish — same name
  • Natália in Portuguese — spelling variant

Strongest US states over the last decade: Texas, California, Michigan.

Natalees among us

10,000

people named Natalee are estimated to be alive in the US today

About 1 girl in 25,512 born in 2025 was named Natalee

Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method

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Is it right for you

The Qiana test

Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Natalee's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Qiana climbed just as high around 1978, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Qiana's path sketches the road Natalee is walking now.

40%chance Natalee will feel dated by 2040
Natalee, aligned on its peakQiana· peak 1978not yet written
#1#10#100#1000peak-40 yrs+50 yrsQiana · #11499Natalee today
Natalee today is about where Qiana stood in 1997 — 19 years past a #507-sized peak. By 2012, Qiana had settled around #11758.
Ages quietlysteadyDates fast

Natalee sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.

A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored

Where Natalee is headed

19192030

US babies named Natalee per year, 1919 to 2025, with a projection to 2030

Natalee is easing off slowly — about 25% fewer babies a year by 2030 if the trend continues.

Cooling-25% by 2030projected around #3,408 in 2030

Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.

A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.

Natalee beside its neighbors

The names ranked closest to Natalee in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.

Nataleethis name63#2719Ryver63#2719Kaliana63#2719Morrigan63#2719Asher63#2719

US girls given each name in 2025.

The trade-off

Practical strengths
  • One of the most internationally recognized girls' names there is — Russian, French, Italian, Spanish and English all carry it.
  • Nat, Nattie and Talia are all established short forms.
  • The meaning is exact and warm and tied to a specific day rather than a vague quality.
What to consider
  • Natalie is overwhelmingly the standard spelling, and this one will be corrected constantly.
  • A Christmas name given to a child born in another season invites the same small remark for a lifetime.

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Frequently asked

How many Natalees are there in the world?
No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 10,000 people named Natalee are estimated to be alive in the US today.
How popular is the name Natalee in 2025?
Natalee ranks #2719 among US girl names in 2025, with 63 babies given the name.
How rare is the name Natalee?
About 1 in every 25,512 US girls born in 2025 was named Natalee — 63 in all.
Will my child share the name Natalee with classmates?
Natalee will almost certainly be the only one in school.

Ranked beside Natalee

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Ryver#2719 · Kaliana#2719 · Morrigan#2719 · Asher#2719 · Aditi#2719 · Carley#2719 · Betsy#2719 · Emy#2719

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