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Data were analyzed from September 2023 to January 2024.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>Exposures<\/jats:title>Self-reported race, ethnicity, and country of birth. Country of birth was used to define maternal nativity (US-born vs non\u2013US-born).<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>Main Outcomes and Measures<\/jats:title>Prenatal depression diagnosis (PDD) defined by International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision <\/jats:italic>and Tenth Revision<\/jats:italic> codes and moderate to severe depression symptoms defined by self-reported Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9) scores of 10 or greater documented in the KPNC electronic health records (EHR) between the first day of the last menstrual period to the day before live birth.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>Results<\/jats:title>Among the 252\u202f171 participants (168\u202f605 [66.7%] US-born and 83\u202f566 [33.1%] non-US-born), adjusted models showed non\u2013US-born pregnant individuals had an equivalent or significantly lower risk of PDD compared with their US-born counterparts within racial and ethnic subgroups. Non\u2013US-born individuals presented a higher risk of moderate to severe depression symptoms compared with US-born individuals among certain Hispanic (eg, adjusted relative risk [aRR] for other Hispanic individuals, 1.30; 95% CI, 1.01-1.67), and Asian (eg, aRR for Japanese individuals, 3.62; 95% CI, 2.08-6.30) subgroups as well as among White pregnant individuals (aRR, 1.17; 95% CI, 1.10-1.25). Non\u2013US-born Black pregnant individuals presented lower risk of PDD (aRR, 0.30; 95% CI, 0.25-0.36) and moderate to severe depression symptoms (aRR, 0.75; 95% CI, 0.65-0.86) compared with US-born Black individuals.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>Conclusions and Relevance<\/jats:title>Across racial and ethnic groups, PDD and moderate to severe depression symptoms varied by maternal nativity in this cross-sectional study. The observed advantage among non\u2013US-born individuals across other maternal and neonatal outcomes may not uniformly apply to prenatal mental health conditions when race and ethnicity are considered. 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