Girls' name · since 1914

Nadja

Nadja has 1,166 recorded births since 1914 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1996 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.

#6,756 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#8,902 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
1,166
born since 1914
1990s
peak decade

Yes -- Nadja is the #8902 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 1,166 recorded since 1914.

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Nadja has been recorded 1,166 times among girls since 1914, currently ranked #8902 nationally and more common than 49% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 1990s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1914 to 2025.

  • #6,756 of 72,339 all-time among girls
  • #8,902 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
  • 1,166 born since 1914
  • 1990s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Nadja ranks #6,756 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,902 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 1,166 born since 1914, peaking in the 1990s.

#6,756 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#8,902 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
1,166
born since 1914
1990s
peak decade
0%100%Median name50%48.5%
Nadja vs. every other girls name in current SSA rankings
Above the archive median
All-time archive position

Nadja's 1,166 recorded births place it above 90.65% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.

4 jurisdictions
State-record footprint

The state file records this name in 4 jurisdictions, led by New York.

How Nadja compares

1,166 Top 30% higher than 70% of 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

Nadja's all-time total is 3x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.

Metric Nadja Median girls name (Kyann) #1 girls name (Olivia)
All-time total births 1,166 376 567,345
Peak-year births 52 21 19,840

Nadja's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Splitting Nadja's full recorded timeline at 1983, 63% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 37% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1914, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1996 peak of 52 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.

Nadja popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1914–2025

Outside the top 1,000
Peak year (1996)
52
Annual births at peak, across 112 years of records
0204060 191419531963197319831993200320132025 11

Nadja by decade

1990s is the heaviest window (266 births, 23% of the file).

1990s was Nadja's strongest decade.

266 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 23% of all-time use.

Nadja births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 1990s at 266 births (23% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

How Nadja compares to similarly-sized names

Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Nadja's total volume

Nadja vs 15 similarly-sized girls names Scatter plot of 16 data points. 0%5%10%15%20% 050100150 New & already peakedOld name, single-era peakNew & still diversifyingLong history, steady all along Years in SSA records % of total births in the single peak year -35, 7.5%-98, 3.3%-28, 6.8%-29, 8.1%-77, 2.9%-37, 18.6%-49, 5.7%-49, 5.7%-31, 9.3%-31, 9.9%-44, 5.7%-37, 6.8%-61, 2.9%-34, 7.1%-20, 9.4%Nadja-112, 4.5%Nadja
Nadja vs 15 similarly-sized girls names

Nadja by state

Where Nadja concentrates geographically, total births since 1914

Geographically diffuse
Top 4 states by recorded births for the name Nadja
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 New York
88 7.5%
#2 California
15 1.3%
#3 New Jersey
11 0.9%
#4 Florida
6 0.5%
New York share of Nadja's total US births 7.5%
Even split

88 of 1,166 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 4 reporting states.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Nadja? ▼
1,166 babies have been named Nadja since 1914. All-time, it sits at #6,756 of 72,339 girls' names by recorded births. In 2025, it ranks #8,902 of 17,297 among girls. The peak year was 1996 with 52 births.
Where does Nadja sit in the SSA name archive? ▼
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Nadja ranks #6,756 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,902 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the 2025 SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Nadja most popular? ▼
Nadja was most popular in the 1990s decade with 266 total births. The single peak year was 1996.
Where is Nadja most popular? ▼
The top states for the name Nadja are New York (88 births), California (15 births), New Jersey (11 births).
How long has the name Nadja been used? ▼
Records for Nadja go back to 1914, giving 112 years of history through 2025.
What names are similar to Nadja? ▼
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Nadine, Nadia, Nada, Nadya, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

What to do with Nadja's data

  • Nadja's decade-level peak was the 1990s (266 total births); usage has since declined to 40 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
  • New York records the most Nadjas (88 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names

Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.

Keep exploring Nadja

Nearby Names Like Nadja

Names with a similar sound, spelling, or feel to Nadja

Nadine Girl
#1623 53,381 births
Nadia Girl
#565 46,556 births
Nada Girl
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Nadya Girl
#5755 2,647 births
Nadene Girl
1,895 births

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Opaline #8905
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Anola #8906
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span

Two nationwide peer axes for Nadja: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

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, 1914–2025 (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 Nadja 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.