Nada
Nada was given to 32 girls in 2025, #4,431 among girls’ names; 5,129 Americans have been recorded with it since 1892 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 3,350 Americans named Nada and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (65% of everyone recorded); the median is 33 years old and half are between 18 and 63.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Nada by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Nada?
#4,431 among girls’ names, 2025
Nada fell from #3,203 in 2015 to #4,431 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born fell from 29.1 to 19.9 per million.
78 babies in 2000, the peak
Nada peaked in 2000, when 78 girls were given it, #2,095 among girls’ names. The 32 births of 2025 are 41% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 32 | #4,431 | 19.9 |
| 2024 | 32 | #4,446 | 19.8 |
| 2023 | 33 | #4,334 | 20.6 |
| 2022 | 32 | #4,436 | 19.5 |
| 2021 | 27 | #4,917 | 16.5 |
| 2020 | 36 | #3,981 | 22.3 |
| 2019 | 34 | #4,237 | 20.3 |
| 2018 | 52 | #3,144 | 30.6 |
| 2017 | 44 | #3,530 | 25.5 |
| 2016 | 56 | #3,001 | 31.6 |
Every recorded year (132)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 52 | #3,203 | 29.1 |
| 2014 | 64 | #2,729 | 35.8 |
| 2013 | 53 | #3,113 | 30.2 |
| 2012 | 72 | #2,535 | 40.9 |
| 2011 | 51 | #3,255 | 29.0 |
| 2010 | 62 | #2,830 | 34.9 |
| 2009 | 66 | #2,743 | 35.9 |
| 2008 | 48 | #3,460 | 25.4 |
| 2007 | 51 | #3,316 | 26.5 |
| 2006 | 64 | #2,771 | 33.7 |
| 2005 | 46 | #3,348 | 24.9 |
| 2004 | 51 | #3,054 | 27.8 |
| 2003 | 57 | #2,758 | 31.2 |
| 2002 | 74 | #2,241 | 41.2 |
| 2001 | 66 | #2,397 | 36.7 |
| 2000 | 78 | #2,095 | 43.0 |
| 1999 | 77 | #2,029 | 43.4 |
| 1998 | 56 | #2,482 | 31.7 |
| 1997 | 50 | #2,577 | 28.7 |
| 1996 | 47 | #2,654 | 26.8 |
| 1995 | 32 | #3,464 | 18.2 |
| 1994 | 52 | #2,443 | 29.1 |
| 1993 | 50 | #2,505 | 27.6 |
| 1992 | 45 | #2,710 | 24.4 |
| 1991 | 38 | #3,018 | 20.3 |
| 1990 | 28 | #3,780 | 14.7 |
| 1989 | 45 | #2,549 | 24.4 |
| 1988 | 37 | #2,841 | 20.8 |
| 1987 | 22 | #3,935 | 12.7 |
| 1986 | 38 | #2,598 | 22.2 |
| 1985 | 22 | #3,804 | 12.8 |
| 1984 | 25 | #3,389 | 14.8 |
| 1983 | 33 | #2,708 | 19.8 |
| 1982 | 29 | #3,066 | 17.1 |
| 1981 | 37 | #2,552 | 22.2 |
| 1980 | 37 | #2,577 | 22.3 |
| 1979 | 25 | #3,305 | 15.6 |
| 1978 | 25 | #3,166 | 16.3 |
| 1977 | 30 | #2,757 | 19.6 |
| 1976 | 22 | #3,249 | 15.0 |
| 1975 | 29 | #2,658 | 19.9 |
| 1974 | 33 | #2,377 | 22.5 |
| 1973 | 22 | #3,085 | 15.1 |
| 1972 | 29 | #2,493 | 19.1 |
| 1971 | 29 | #2,578 | 17.4 |
| 1970 | 35 | #2,259 | 20.0 |
| 1969 | 34 | #2,194 | 20.2 |
| 1968 | 24 | #2,602 | 14.6 |
| 1967 | 20 | #2,839 | 12.1 |
| 1966 | 23 | #2,549 | 13.6 |
| 1965 | 28 | #2,279 | 15.9 |
| 1964 | 29 | #2,288 | 15.3 |
| 1963 | 30 | #2,199 | 15.6 |
| 1962 | 26 | #2,396 | 13.2 |
| 1961 | 31 | #2,135 | 15.4 |
| 1960 | 47 | #1,648 | 23.2 |
| 1959 | 44 | #1,662 | 21.7 |
| 1958 | 43 | #1,647 | 21.4 |
| 1957 | 45 | #1,621 | 22.0 |
| 1956 | 48 | #1,543 | 23.9 |
| 1955 | 39 | #1,657 | 19.9 |
| 1954 | 46 | #1,495 | 23.7 |
| 1953 | 56 | #1,305 | 29.8 |
| 1952 | 39 | #1,546 | 21.0 |
| 1951 | 47 | #1,376 | 26.1 |
| 1950 | 51 | #1,290 | 29.8 |
| 1949 | 46 | #1,365 | 26.9 |
| 1948 | 27 | #1,845 | 15.9 |
| 1947 | 48 | #1,330 | 27.1 |
| 1946 | 39 | #1,409 | 24.8 |
| 1945 | 37 | #1,325 | 28.3 |
| 1944 | 46 | #1,167 | 34.7 |
| 1943 | 47 | #1,187 | 33.7 |
| 1942 | 48 | #1,150 | 35.5 |
| 1941 | 46 | #1,097 | 38.1 |
| 1940 | 48 | #1,042 | 42.0 |
| 1939 | 41 | #1,143 | 37.4 |
| 1938 | 51 | #1,003 | 46.2 |
| 1937 | 53 | #960 | 49.8 |
| 1936 | 61 | #874 | 58.6 |
| 1935 | 52 | #961 | 49.6 |
| 1934 | 72 | #792 | 69.0 |
| 1933 | 60 | #874 | 59.5 |
| 1932 | 71 | #813 | 66.5 |
| 1931 | 72 | #804 | 67.6 |
| 1930 | 69 | #865 | 61.3 |
| 1929 | 53 | #999 | 47.5 |
| 1928 | 67 | #900 | 58.1 |
| 1927 | 59 | #996 | 49.5 |
| 1926 | 73 | #870 | 61.6 |
| 1925 | 52 | #1,059 | 42.7 |
| 1924 | 58 | #1,011 | 46.4 |
| 1923 | 57 | #1,002 | 47.2 |
| 1922 | 49 | #1,099 | 40.8 |
| 1921 | 53 | #1,041 | 43.0 |
| 1920 | 35 | #1,342 | 29.2 |
| 1919 | 33 | #1,362 | 29.2 |
| 1918 | 33 | #1,352 | 28.5 |
| 1917 | 45 | #1,061 | 41.6 |
| 1916 | 34 | #1,241 | 32.6 |
| 1915 | 30 | #1,306 | 30.5 |
| 1914 | 21 | #1,421 | 27.6 |
| 1913 | 15 | #1,580 | 24.0 |
| 1912 | 16 | #1,402 | 28.7 |
| 1911 | 5 | #2,748 | 12.0 |
| 1910 | 18 | #1,054 | 45.4 |
| 1909 | 12 | #1,263 | 34.6 |
| 1908 | 12 | #1,251 | 35.9 |
| 1907 | 8 | #1,599 | 25.1 |
| 1906 | 5 | #2,144 | 16.9 |
| 1905 | 9 | #1,387 | 30.9 |
| 1904 | 10 | #1,224 | 36.3 |
| 1902 | 6 | #1,730 | 22.7 |
| 1901 | 9 | #1,202 | 37.6 |
| 1900 | 10 | #1,289 | 33.4 |
| 1899 | 6 | #1,530 | 25.7 |
| 1898 | 5 | #1,880 | 19.3 |
| 1897 | 9 | #1,139 | 38.4 |
| 1896 | 8 | #1,271 | 33.6 |
| 1895 | 7 | #1,391 | 30.0 |
| 1894 | 5 | #1,640 | 22.4 |
| 1892 | 6 | #1,404 | 28.3 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Nada a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Nada has been recorded only for girls: SSA lists no boys with the name in 132 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Nada: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Nada, and how old are they?
3,350 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 65% of the 5,129 Americans ever recorded as Nada. The median Nada alive today is 33 years old; half are between 18 and 63.
The 2020 Census counted 7,185 people named Nada (7,118 women and girls, 67 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 3,457 born in the U.S. The Census count is 2.1 times that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 266 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 601 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 413 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 564 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 958 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 544 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Nada born?
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 5 | #3,393 | 0.5× |
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Nada with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 8 names spelled alike, given to 60,459 babies since 1880, Nada is the second most given (8.5% of them). In 2025 it was given to 32 of their 642 babies (5.0%), again the second most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Nada
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
| Name | Recorded | 1890-2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Marcelina | 3,419 | |
| Candelaria | 2,558 | |
| Maryanna | 2,620 | |
| Josefina | 13,967 | |
| Agustina | 1,676 |
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Nada and names like it
- Compare Nada and NadiaBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 2000sNada peaked in 2000.
- New York’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Nada since 1910.
- The top names of 2000The year the most babies were named Nada.
- The names of Generation ZMost people named Nada alive today were born 1997-2012.
- Names starting with NMost given first.