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Natalia vs Natron

American parents have registered 85,196 Natalias since 1880, against 47 Natrons. Natalia is still ahead, with 2,028 babies in 2025.

Babies given each name, 1880–2025

Births per year: Natalia against Natron, 1880 to 2025 0 1k 2k 3k 4k 1880 1900 1920 1940 1960 1980 2000 2020

Natalia Natron

Each line is every baby given the name that year, girls and boys added together — the only count that means the same thing for both names. A line breaks where the name fell below five babies in a year — the point at which the SSA stops publishing it — rather than being drawn through a figure nobody published. A single published year in a gap shows as a dot.

Who was ahead

Natalia has been the commoner name in every year either was published, 1890 to 2025. The lead has never changed hands.

The closest they came was 1995, when Natalia had 761 and Natron had 15.

Side by side

  Natalia Natron
Total US births 85,19647
Most in one year 3,58815
Babies in 2025 2,028under 5
Estimated living today 83,00050
Median age today 1529
Peak year 20061995
Best rank 94th girls4,052nd boys
Rank in 2025 144thunranked
First recorded 18901995
Girls / boys 85,144 / 520 / 47

A rank is a position within one sex’s list for one year, so the two rank rows are not subtracted from one another and the winning column is not marked on them. The living figure is a life-table estimate, not a count.

Which name is older

Half of the Natrons alive today are over 29; half the Natalias are over 15. That is 14 years between them: two names in use at the same time, worn by two different generations.

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Social Security Administration birth records, 1880–2025, public domain. Full histories: Natalia and Natron.