Nadia
Nadia was given to 531 girls in 2025, #565 among girls’ names; 46,618 Americans have been recorded with it since 1911 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 45,300 Americans named Nadia and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (97% of everyone recorded); the median is 22 years old and half are between 15 and 33.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Nadia by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Nadia mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Nadia is “a female given name from Russian used since the twentieth century.” Its etymology gives the senses “Nadezhda, Nadyezhda” (Nadéžda,) and “Hope” (literally) and “hope” (наде́жда).
Also “a female given name from Arabic”
Originally the French spelling of На́дя (Nádja), an informal Russian pet form of the virtue name Наде́жда (Nadéžda, “Nadezhda, Nadyezhda”, literally “Hope”), from наде́жда (nadéžda, “hope”), entered as a translation of the Ancient Greek word from ἐλπίς (elpís, “hope”) with the same meaning.
/ˈnɑ.di.ə/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Nadia?
#565 among girls’ names, 2025
Nadia fell from #345 in 2015 to #565 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born fell from 0.53 to 0.33 per 1,000.
1,923 babies in 2005, the peak
Nadia peaked in 2005, when 1,923 girls were given it, #178 among girls’ names. The 531 births of 2025 are 28% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 531 | #565 | 0.33 |
| 2024 | 600 | #514 | 0.37 |
| 2023 | 625 | #489 | 0.39 |
| 2022 | 720 | #438 | 0.44 |
| 2021 | 684 | #461 | 0.42 |
| 2020 | 658 | #468 | 0.41 |
| 2019 | 756 | #416 | 0.45 |
| 2018 | 779 | #395 | 0.46 |
| 2017 | 783 | #402 | 0.45 |
| 2016 | 915 | #358 | 0.52 |
Every recorded year (114)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 953 | #345 | 0.53 |
| 2014 | 1,126 | #289 | 0.63 |
| 2013 | 996 | #326 | 0.57 |
| 2012 | 1,090 | #293 | 0.62 |
| 2011 | 1,182 | #270 | 0.67 |
| 2010 | 1,288 | #249 | 0.72 |
| 2009 | 1,345 | #246 | 0.73 |
| 2008 | 1,540 | #219 | 0.81 |
| 2007 | 1,721 | #198 | 0.90 |
| 2006 | 1,870 | #188 | 1.0 |
| 2005 | 1,923 | #178 | 1.0 |
| 2004 | 1,585 | #214 | 0.86 |
| 2003 | 1,580 | #208 | 0.86 |
| 2002 | 1,499 | #216 | 0.83 |
| 2001 | 1,331 | #239 | 0.74 |
| 2000 | 1,271 | #256 | 0.70 |
| 1999 | 916 | #330 | 0.52 |
| 1998 | 943 | #319 | 0.53 |
| 1997 | 857 | #333 | 0.49 |
| 1996 | 779 | #356 | 0.44 |
| 1995 | 681 | #389 | 0.39 |
| 1994 | 548 | #462 | 0.31 |
| 1993 | 572 | #437 | 0.32 |
| 1992 | 593 | #425 | 0.32 |
| 1991 | 586 | #433 | 0.31 |
| 1990 | 659 | #396 | 0.35 |
| 1989 | 761 | #332 | 0.41 |
| 1988 | 742 | #333 | 0.42 |
| 1987 | 532 | #419 | 0.31 |
| 1986 | 476 | #454 | 0.28 |
| 1985 | 515 | #429 | 0.30 |
| 1984 | 665 | #346 | 0.39 |
| 1983 | 375 | #512 | 0.22 |
| 1982 | 445 | #472 | 0.26 |
| 1981 | 476 | #453 | 0.29 |
| 1980 | 546 | #410 | 0.33 |
| 1979 | 609 | #372 | 0.38 |
| 1978 | 610 | #353 | 0.40 |
| 1977 | 790 | #303 | 0.52 |
| 1976 | 585 | #360 | 0.40 |
| 1975 | 86 | #1,298 | 0.06 |
| 1974 | 88 | #1,249 | 0.06 |
| 1973 | 77 | #1,324 | 0.05 |
| 1972 | 80 | #1,284 | 0.05 |
| 1971 | 81 | #1,332 | 0.05 |
| 1970 | 70 | #1,460 | 0.04 |
| 1969 | 72 | #1,347 | 0.04 |
| 1968 | 63 | #1,427 | 0.04 |
| 1967 | 47 | #1,677 | 0.03 |
| 1966 | 52 | #1,565 | 0.03 |
| 1965 | 60 | #1,431 | 0.03 |
| 1964 | 53 | #1,571 | 0.03 |
| 1963 | 49 | #1,640 | 0.03 |
| 1962 | 52 | #1,571 | 0.03 |
| 1961 | 36 | #1,942 | 0.02 |
| 1960 | 52 | #1,551 | 0.03 |
| 1959 | 30 | #2,093 | 0.01 |
| 1958 | 44 | #1,619 | 0.02 |
| 1957 | 36 | #1,831 | 0.02 |
| 1956 | 50 | #1,513 | 0.02 |
| 1955 | 36 | #1,764 | 0.02 |
| 1954 | 48 | #1,454 | 0.02 |
| 1953 | 30 | #1,853 | 0.02 |
| 1952 | 32 | #1,767 | 0.02 |
| 1951 | 28 | #1,871 | 0.02 |
| 1950 | 21 | #2,165 | 0.01 |
| 1949 | 27 | #1,867 | 0.02 |
| 1948 | 20 | #2,231 | 0.01 |
| 1947 | 15 | #2,733 | 0.01 |
| 1946 | 14 | #2,703 | 0.01 |
| 1945 | 15 | #2,310 | 0.01 |
| 1944 | 15 | #2,359 | 0.01 |
| 1943 | 17 | #2,214 | 0.01 |
| 1942 | 14 | #2,505 | 0.01 |
| 1941 | 12 | #2,624 | 0.01 |
| 1940 | 8 | #3,426 | 0.01 |
| 1939 | 12 | #2,535 | 0.01 |
| 1938 | 12 | #2,534 | 0.01 |
| 1937 | 13 | #2,411 | 0.01 |
| 1936 | 10 | #2,807 | 0.01 |
| 1935 | 7 | #3,650 | 0.01 |
| 1934 | 20 | #1,754 | 0.02 |
| 1933 | 20 | #1,759 | 0.02 |
| 1932 | 18 | #1,929 | 0.02 |
| 1931 | 27 | #1,448 | 0.03 |
| 1930 | 27 | #1,520 | 0.02 |
| 1929 | 14 | #2,398 | 0.01 |
| 1928 | 14 | #2,471 | 0.01 |
| 1927 | 20 | #1,998 | 0.02 |
| 1926 | 14 | #2,545 | 0.01 |
| 1925 | 26 | #1,686 | 0.02 |
| 1924 | 13 | #2,770 | 0.01 |
| 1923 | 16 | #2,340 | 0.01 |
| 1922 | 15 | #2,455 | 0.01 |
| 1921 | 10 | #3,331 | 0.01 |
| 1920 | 9 | #3,527 | 0.01 |
| 1919 | 14 | #2,465 | 0.01 |
| 1918 | 10 | #3,177 | 0.01 |
| 1917 | 15 | #2,284 | 0.01 |
| 1916 | 23 | #1,620 | 0.02 |
| 1915 | 14 | #2,220 | 0.01 |
| 1914 | 7 | #3,089 | 0.01 |
| 1913 | 9 | #2,283 | 0.01 |
| 1911 | 5 | #2,750 | 0.01 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Nadia a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Nadia has been given almost only to girls: 62 boys in 114 years of records.
Girls and boys named Nadia: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Nadia, and how old are they?
45,300 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 97% of the 46,618 Americans ever recorded as Nadia. The median Nadia alive today is 22 years old; half are between 15 and 33.
The 2020 Census counted 56,039 people named Nadia (55,952 women and girls, 87 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 41,941 born in the U.S. The Census count is 34% above 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 | 75 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 537 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 3,720 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 9,180 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 21,700 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 10,100 |
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 Nadia born?
The states with the most babies named Nadia are California, Texas and New York, with 30% of its births recorded by state in 2025.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 58 | #562 | 1.1× |
| Texas | 54 | #591 | 1.1× |
| New York | 36 | #479 | 1.4× |
| Florida | 29 | #613 | 1.0× |
| North Carolina | 23 | #484 | 1.0× |
| New Jersey | 22 | #370 | 1.0× |
| Minnesota | 22 | #260 | 0.8× |
| Illinois | 20 | #509 | 1.2× |
| Pennsylvania | 20 | #551 | 0.8× |
| Virginia | 17 | #480 | 1.1× |
Where Nadia is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Nadia is most over-represented in New York: since 1911 it was given 1.4 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
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 Nadia 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 61,009 babies since 1880, Nadia is the most given (76% of them). In 2025 it was given to 531 of their 647 babies (82%), again the 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 Nadia
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
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 Nadia and names like it
- Compare Nadia and NadaBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 2000sNadia peaked in 2005.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Nadia since 1910.
- Russian namesWiktionary’s origin for Nadia: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 2005The year the most babies were named Nadia.
- The names of Generation ZMost people named Nadia alive today were born 1997-2012.
- Names starting with NMost given first.