Natasja

Girls' name

Inkwell, inkpot (container for ink), through Ната́ша

Natasja has been given to 77 babies in the U.S. since 1984. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1996, with 10 recorded.

Babies named Natasja, 2004

1 in 637,000

Natasja over time, 1880–2025

Girls

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Natasja: meaning, origin, and history

Inkwell, inkpot (container for ink), through Ната́ша

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Natasja means

Natasja belongs to the name family reached through Natasja → Ната́ша. Its meaning is “inkwell, inkpot (container for ink)”.

Origin, language, and formation

Natasja is used in Danish, Dutch and Faroese.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Natasha and Ната́ша.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Dutch, Natasja is pronounced /ˌnaːˈtɑ.ʃaː/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 77 girls were recorded with the name Natasja between 1984 and 2004. Its highest annual count was 10 in 1996; its best national rank was #7,794 in 1987.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

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How common is Natasja?

Natasja had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2004, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2004: 1 in 637,000; 6 of 3,820,181 births
Among girls only: 1 in 306,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 2004: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 441,326 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Natasja sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2004 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 441,326 children born in 2004 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Natasja. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Natasjas were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Natasja was born before 1996 — so the typical Natasja is around 29 today.

Median birth year: 1996; About 29 years old
Biggest decade: 1990s; 55.8% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 77; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1990s — 55.8% of all recorded uses (43).

Is Natasja rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1996 (10)
Years since peak: 29; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 37.4% average annual change
Best rank ever: #7,794; 1987

Spellings of Natasja

Natasja is not the most common spelling — Natasha is, with 41.4% against Natasja's 0.03%.

Natasha41.4%97,652
Natalia36.1%85,144
Latasha12.8%30,211
Natalya3.0%7,171
Natosha1.3%3,105
Natashia1.1%2,631
Natisha0.79%1,860
Natacha0.58%1,376

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Natasja around the world

Where Natasja ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

England & Wales
1996–2004
#2,802
in 2004
South Australia
1989–2004
#700
in 2004

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Natasja by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #7,794; 1987
Peak year: 1996; 10 that year
First recorded: 1984
Last recorded: 2004
All-time count: 77
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Natasja

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Natassja Nation Natsumi Natalin Natayla Natajah Natayah Nathifa Nattaly Natahsa Natelie Natacia Natalija Nathalya Natsuko Natilyn Natiyah Natasa Natahlia Nathali Nateisha Nataleah Natanya Naticia

Sibling names for Natasja

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Iman Breann Cinthia Katia Kaela Tristan Lexus Estefania

For a brother

Austyn Claudio Dontae Deion Hernan Dangelo Samual Tristin

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