Nadia — #512 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Nadia

The Social Security Administration has registered 46,016 babies named Nadia between 1911 and 2024, spanning 114 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Nadia currently holds the #512 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2005, when 1,923 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Nadia performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 15,665 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Nadia shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 6,866 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Nadia in 48 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Nadia in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 46,016 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.