Nadine
Nadine was given to 128 girls in 2025, #1,627 among girls’ names; 53,424 Americans have been recorded with it since 1887 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 32,300 Americans named Nadine and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (60% of everyone recorded); the median is 61 years old and half are between 40 and 71.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Nadine by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Nadine mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Nadine is “a female given name from French, a French diminutive form of Nadia.”
/neɪ̯ˈdiːn/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Nadine?
#1,627 among girls’ names, 2025
Nadine fell from #1,432 in 2015 to #1,627 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born fell from 90.8 to 79.6 per million.
1,011 babies in 1958, the peak
Nadine peaked in 1958, when 1,011 girls were given it, #278 among girls’ names. The 128 births of 2025 are 13% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 128 | #1,627 | 0.08 |
| 2024 | 133 | #1,586 | 0.08 |
| 2023 | 144 | #1,505 | 0.09 |
| 2022 | 148 | #1,483 | 0.09 |
| 2021 | 128 | #1,636 | 0.08 |
| 2020 | 148 | #1,458 | 0.09 |
| 2019 | 160 | #1,409 | 0.10 |
| 2018 | 148 | #1,486 | 0.09 |
| 2017 | 178 | #1,315 | 0.10 |
| 2016 | 176 | #1,349 | 0.10 |
Every recorded year (139)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 162 | #1,432 | 0.09 |
| 2014 | 160 | #1,426 | 0.09 |
| 2013 | 129 | #1,654 | 0.07 |
| 2012 | 139 | #1,571 | 0.08 |
| 2011 | 153 | #1,464 | 0.09 |
| 2010 | 150 | #1,497 | 0.08 |
| 2009 | 172 | #1,382 | 0.09 |
| 2008 | 155 | #1,507 | 0.08 |
| 2007 | 205 | #1,222 | 0.11 |
| 2006 | 171 | #1,357 | 0.09 |
| 2005 | 175 | #1,280 | 0.09 |
| 2004 | 200 | #1,142 | 0.11 |
| 2003 | 197 | #1,121 | 0.11 |
| 2002 | 185 | #1,127 | 0.10 |
| 2001 | 220 | #979 | 0.12 |
| 2000 | 248 | #887 | 0.14 |
| 1999 | 251 | #859 | 0.14 |
| 1998 | 269 | #798 | 0.15 |
| 1997 | 255 | #813 | 0.15 |
| 1996 | 229 | #867 | 0.13 |
| 1995 | 267 | #759 | 0.15 |
| 1994 | 246 | #822 | 0.14 |
| 1993 | 279 | #744 | 0.15 |
| 1992 | 276 | #756 | 0.15 |
| 1991 | 306 | #698 | 0.16 |
| 1990 | 306 | #694 | 0.16 |
| 1989 | 356 | #602 | 0.19 |
| 1988 | 400 | #547 | 0.22 |
| 1987 | 325 | #600 | 0.19 |
| 1986 | 311 | #615 | 0.18 |
| 1985 | 320 | #599 | 0.19 |
| 1984 | 323 | #569 | 0.19 |
| 1983 | 275 | #628 | 0.16 |
| 1982 | 335 | #552 | 0.20 |
| 1981 | 339 | #549 | 0.20 |
| 1980 | 335 | #555 | 0.20 |
| 1979 | 314 | #582 | 0.20 |
| 1978 | 329 | #542 | 0.21 |
| 1977 | 340 | #534 | 0.22 |
| 1976 | 347 | #513 | 0.24 |
| 1975 | 355 | #503 | 0.24 |
| 1974 | 353 | #499 | 0.24 |
| 1973 | 371 | #484 | 0.25 |
| 1972 | 400 | #465 | 0.26 |
| 1971 | 483 | #431 | 0.29 |
| 1970 | 597 | #393 | 0.34 |
| 1969 | 545 | #407 | 0.32 |
| 1968 | 604 | #370 | 0.37 |
| 1967 | 667 | #346 | 0.40 |
| 1966 | 691 | #337 | 0.41 |
| 1965 | 774 | #324 | 0.44 |
| 1964 | 933 | #305 | 0.49 |
| 1963 | 929 | #304 | 0.48 |
| 1962 | 943 | #301 | 0.48 |
| 1961 | 954 | #298 | 0.47 |
| 1960 | 968 | #299 | 0.48 |
| 1959 | 916 | #301 | 0.45 |
| 1958 | 1,011 | #278 | 0.50 |
| 1957 | 900 | #307 | 0.44 |
| 1956 | 948 | #285 | 0.47 |
| 1955 | 902 | #289 | 0.46 |
| 1954 | 977 | #269 | 0.50 |
| 1953 | 873 | #283 | 0.46 |
| 1952 | 942 | #258 | 0.51 |
| 1951 | 748 | #287 | 0.42 |
| 1950 | 762 | #279 | 0.44 |
| 1949 | 644 | #305 | 0.38 |
| 1948 | 588 | #320 | 0.35 |
| 1947 | 556 | #339 | 0.31 |
| 1946 | 520 | #329 | 0.33 |
| 1945 | 435 | #331 | 0.33 |
| 1944 | 470 | #312 | 0.35 |
| 1943 | 554 | #295 | 0.40 |
| 1942 | 477 | #318 | 0.35 |
| 1941 | 589 | #264 | 0.49 |
| 1940 | 484 | #286 | 0.42 |
| 1939 | 506 | #275 | 0.46 |
| 1938 | 594 | #259 | 0.54 |
| 1937 | 566 | #260 | 0.53 |
| 1936 | 567 | #258 | 0.54 |
| 1935 | 641 | #246 | 0.61 |
| 1934 | 658 | #242 | 0.63 |
| 1933 | 676 | #234 | 0.67 |
| 1932 | 691 | #231 | 0.65 |
| 1931 | 630 | #241 | 0.59 |
| 1930 | 667 | #239 | 0.59 |
| 1929 | 659 | #243 | 0.59 |
| 1928 | 679 | #239 | 0.59 |
| 1927 | 779 | #229 | 0.65 |
| 1926 | 778 | #229 | 0.66 |
| 1925 | 789 | #234 | 0.65 |
| 1924 | 744 | #244 | 0.60 |
| 1923 | 653 | #253 | 0.54 |
| 1922 | 623 | #260 | 0.52 |
| 1921 | 661 | #259 | 0.54 |
| 1920 | 586 | #269 | 0.49 |
| 1919 | 563 | #267 | 0.50 |
| 1918 | 484 | #289 | 0.42 |
| 1917 | 453 | #290 | 0.42 |
| 1916 | 429 | #287 | 0.41 |
| 1915 | 337 | #328 | 0.34 |
| 1914 | 244 | #341 | 0.32 |
| 1913 | 206 | #336 | 0.33 |
| 1912 | 157 | #368 | 0.28 |
| 1911 | 132 | #346 | 0.32 |
| 1910 | 90 | #416 | 0.23 |
| 1909 | 65 | #467 | 0.19 |
| 1908 | 68 | #438 | 0.20 |
| 1907 | 51 | #505 | 0.16 |
| 1906 | 39 | #569 | 0.13 |
| 1905 | 43 | #525 | 0.15 |
| 1904 | 33 | #598 | 0.12 |
| 1903 | 30 | #602 | 0.11 |
| 1902 | 44 | #474 | 0.17 |
| 1901 | 29 | #587 | 0.12 |
| 1900 | 41 | #529 | 0.14 |
| 1899 | 28 | #592 | 0.12 |
| 1898 | 29 | #607 | 0.11 |
| 1897 | 15 | #857 | 0.06 |
| 1896 | 20 | #722 | 0.08 |
| 1895 | 17 | #784 | 0.07 |
| 1894 | 20 | #680 | 0.09 |
| 1893 | 6 | #1,388 | 0.03 |
| 1892 | 9 | #1,066 | 0.04 |
| 1891 | 7 | #1,178 | 0.04 |
| 1890 | 12 | #814 | 0.06 |
| 1889 | 6 | #1,230 | 0.03 |
| 1888 | 12 | #781 | 0.07 |
| 1887 | 7 | #1,008 | 0.05 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Nadine a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Nadine has been given almost only to girls: 43 boys in 139 years of records.
Girls and boys named Nadine: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Nadine, and how old are they?
32,300 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 60% of the 53,424 Americans ever recorded as Nadine. The median Nadine alive today is 61 years old; half are between 40 and 71.
The 2020 Census counted 38,200 people named Nadine (38,152 women and girls, 48 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 35,113 born in the U.S. The Census count is 9% above that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 2,900 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 12,600 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 6,920 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 4,750 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 3,110 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 1,930 |
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 Nadine born?
The states with the most babies named Nadine are California, New York and Pennsylvania, with 30% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 6,240 | #1,077 | 1.5× |
| New York | 5,250 | #1,284 | 1.2× |
| Pennsylvania | 3,085 | not ranked | 0.9× |
| Illinois | 2,593 | #1,200 | 0.9× |
| Texas | 2,387 | #2,337 | 0.7× |
| Ohio | 1,880 | #1,011 | 0.7× |
| Missouri | 1,857 | not ranked | 1.4× |
| Michigan | 1,646 | not ranked | 0.8× |
| New Jersey | 1,552 | not ranked | 1.0× |
| Oklahoma | 1,392 | not ranked | 1.6× |
Where Nadine is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Nadine is most over-represented in Hawaii: since 1910 it was given 1.9 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 Nadine 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 7 names spelled alike, given to 57,465 babies since 1880, Nadine is the most given (93% of them). In 2025 it was given to 128 of their 152 babies (84%), 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 Nadine
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 Nadine and names like it
- Compare Nadine and NadeneBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1950sNadine peaked in 1958.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Nadine since 1910.
- The top names of 1958The year the most babies were named Nadine.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Nadine alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with NMost given first.