Girls' name · since 1993
Nadezhda
Nadezhda has 291 recorded births since 1993 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2010 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #16,179 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,793 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 291
- born since 1993
- 2010s
- peak decade
Yes -- Nadezhda is the #13793 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 291 recorded since 1993.
Nadezhda has 291 recorded births among girls since 1993, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #13793 as of the latest data, more common than 20% of girls, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1993 to 2025.
- #16,179 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #13,793 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 291 born since 1993
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Nadezhda ranks #16,179 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #13,793 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 291 born since 1993, peaking in the 2010s.
- #16,179 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,793 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 291
- born since 1993
- 2010s
- peak decade
Nadezhda's 291 recorded births place it above 77.62% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Florida.
How Nadezhda compares
291 44th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Nadezhda's all-time total is 23% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Nadezhda | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 291 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 17 | 21 | 19,840 |
Nadezhda's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Nadezhda's full recorded timeline at 2010, 54% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 46% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1993, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2010 peak of 17 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Nadezhda popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1993–2025
- Peak year (2010)
- 17
- Annual births at peak, across 33 years of records
Nadezhda by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (118 births, 41% of the file).
2010s was Nadezhda's strongest decade.
118 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 41% of all-time use.
Nadezhda births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 37
1990s
37 births
- 2000s
2000s
96 births
- 2010s
2010s
118 births
- 2020s 40
2020s
40 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 118 births (41% of all-time use).
Nadezhda by state
Where Nadezhda concentrates geographically, total births since 1993
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Florida | | 5 | 1.7% |
5 of 291 births nationwide.
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What to do with Nadezhda's data
- Nadezhda's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (118 total births) through the 2020s (40) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- Florida records the most Nadezhdas (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Florida names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Nadezhda: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2010)
Similar record span (~32 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1993–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Nadezhda draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.