Natale
Natale is a name with a single cultural origin: Italian.
- Italian
Meaning & Origin of Natale
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Natale is a name with a single cultural origin: Italian.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Italian
The Story of Natale
As a girl name
Natale first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a girl name in 1962, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1984: 19 births, good for #3,990 nationwide. About 30% of every Natale on record arrived during the 1980s, its defining decade. Natale last appeared in the published SSA data in 2014, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 371 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1960s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
The earliest SSA record of Natale as a boy name dates back to 1906, when 5 babies received it. 1915 was its biggest year on record, with 39 newborns named Natale — #1,015 in the national rankings. About 24% of every Natale on record arrived during the 1920s, its defining decade. Natale last appeared in the published SSA data in 2014, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 1K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1900s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
Variants & Related Forms of Natale
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Natale. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
- Lino
- Natalino
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About the name Natale
Natale is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1906 and has accumulated 1K births in the dataset. Natale's peak popularity came in 1915 when it ranked #1,015. Use the chart and map above to compare Natale's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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