girls:
10.2k births since 1919
#1577 (72nd percentile)
overall:
10.2k births since 1919
#2646 (66th percentile)
The name Natalee is the #2,646 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 10,158 recorded births since 1919. This represents the 65.8% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 65.8% of all names). For girls, it ranks #1,577 (72.4% percentile) for all time with 10,158 births since 1919.
Natalee first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1919 (first recorded for girls in 1919). Birth data for Natalee is available in 82 out of the 105 years between 1919 and 2023. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
For girls, Natalee reached its peak popularity in 2006, achieving the 52.0% percentile (ranked #464) with 288 births per million. The name was most common in 2005, with 291 births per million (ranked 51.9% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2009, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Natalee ranks #862 for girls (9.0% percentile) with 51 births per million, which is 17.7% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Natalee".
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Our model has identified 7 different pronunciations for the name Natalee. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 39.5% confident that Natalee is pronounced as NA-tuh-lee, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is nuh-TUH-lee, at 25.6% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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