girls:
20.3k births since 1881
#1022 (82nd percentile)
boys:
6 births since 1989
#4580 (0th percentile)
overall:
20.3k births since 1881
#1799 (77th percentile)
The name Nathalie is the #1,799 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 20,339 recorded births since 1881. This represents the 76.8% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 76.8% of all names). For girls, it ranks #1,022 (82.1% percentile) for all time with 20,333 births since 1881. For boys, it ranks #4,580 (0.1% percentile) for all time with 6 births since 1989.
Nathalie first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1881 (1881 for girls and 1989 for boys). Birth data for Nathalie is available in 140 out of the 143 years between 1881 and 2023 (140 years for girls and 1 years for boys). 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.
The name Nathalie has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 100.0% of all recorded births being female.
For girls, Nathalie reached its peak popularity in 2009, achieving the 54.4% percentile (ranked #438) with 311 births per million. The name was most common in 2009, with 311 births per million (ranked 54.4% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2013, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Nathalie ranks #720 for girls (24.0% percentile) with 133 births per million, which is 42.9% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Nathalie reached its peak popularity in 1989, achieving the 0.7% percentile (ranked #752) with 3 births per million. The name was most common in 1989, with 3 births per million (ranked 0.7% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1989.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Nathalie".
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Our model has identified 4 different pronunciations for the name Nathalie. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 64.3% confident that Nathalie is pronounced as NA-thuh-lee, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is NA-tuh-lee, at 16.7% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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