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Natasha

girl name
Origin
Russian
Syllables
3
Peak era
1980s/2000s
Today
▬ Steady

Meaning

born on Christmas day (diminutive of Natalia)

Goes by Nat, Tasha

The story

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The formal names behind Natasha

Natasha is an established short form of this name.

Natalia · Latin origin · Christmas Day, born on Christmas; a widely loved classic

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Natasha around the world

One shared root links 7 names across 4 languages.

Shared root: from Latin natale domini "the Lord's birthday", a name for girls born at Christmas

The constellation

NatashaRussian · diminutiveNatalieEnglishNataliaLatinNathalieFrench

More branches

NathaliaLatin · variantNataleeEnglish · variantNatalyEnglish · variant

Popularity, 1890–2024

1890speak 1980s2020s

Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Natasha peaked in the 1980s and the 2000s in nearly equal measure.

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Popularity in Brazil

20,659 people · the #1,039 first name in Brazil · about 1 in 9,804 · median age 22

1960s1970s1980s1990s2000s2010s

Among people named Natasha living in Brazil at the 2022 census, more were born in the 1990s than in any other decade.

The census also counted 1,385 born between 2020 and August 2022, too recent a span to chart.

Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022

When you meet Natasha

Most people given the name Natasha in the United States were born between 1980 and 1999. The Natasha you meet today is most often in her 30s or 40s.

Estimated from US Social Security birth registrations and typical lifespans; a rough guide, not a rule.

Names that fit alongside Natasha

Natalya Polina Natalka Tatyana Svetlana Ksenia

The Natasha deep dive

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Whether you’re naming a baby or exploring your own name’s history, this is a personal letter, not a list: where Natasha truly comes from, how it traveled, and what a century of records reveals. If you have grown a tree on nametree, it also considers how Natasha fits with your family’s names and surname.

Both reports, explained →

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