Ndia — girls' name
264 babies named Ndia in U.S. Social Security records since 1990, with the highest year being 2000. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
59% of everyone ever named Ndia was born in this single decade.
28 babies were named Ndia in 2000 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Ndia
The Social Security Administration has registered 264 babies named Ndia between 1990 and 2021, spanning 32 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Ndia currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2021. The name reached its historical peak in 2000, when 28 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Ndia performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 157 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Ndia shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Illinois, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Ndia in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Ndia 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 264 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.
Ndia at a glance
Last recorded 2021Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Ndia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2021–1990
- Peak year (2000)
- 28
- Annual births at peak — across 32 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2021.
264 total births across 32 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2000 with 28 births in a single year.
Ndia by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 157 births that decade — 59% of Ndia's all-time total
Ndia decade highlights
- Peak decade 157 births
- Runner-up 97 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Ndia's strongest decade
157 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 59% of all-time use.
Ndia by state
Where Ndia concentrates geographically — total births since 1990
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Illinois | | 5 | 1.9% |
5 of 264 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Illinois 1.9% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Illinois accounts for 1.9% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1990–2021 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.