Nadia
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- NAH-dee-a
- Origin
- Slavic
- UK rank, 2025
- #478 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #565 for girls
Nadia is a girls' name of Slavic origin, meaning “hope”. In 2025 it ranked 478th for girls in the UK (92 babies) and 565th for girls in the US (531 babies).
What does Nadia mean?
Slavic: from Russian Nadya, a pet form of Nadezhda
“hope”
From Nadya, the Russian pet form of Nadezhda, 'hope'; gymnast Nadia Comaneci made the name famous worldwide.
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Is Nadia a girl's or a boy's name?
Nadia is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 92 girls in the UK and 531 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Nadia in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #478among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 92about 1 in 3,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 41% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 92 girls in the UK were named Nadia, making it the 478th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 307th. Its busiest year was 1998, with 344 girls.
2025 had the fewest girls named Nadia since the records began in 1996.
Half of all the girls named Nadia in the UK since 1996 were born between 2001 and 2015. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 490th in England and Wales, 429th in Scotland and 334th in Northern Ireland.
Nadia in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 92 | #478 |
| 2024 | 112 | #427 |
| 2023 | 107 | #432 |
| 2022 | 120 | #398 |
| 2021 | 183 | #286 |
| 2020 | 169 | #307 |
| 2019 | 172 | #306 |
| 2018 | 186 | #288 |
| 2017 | 209 | #264 |
| 2016 | 262 | #220 |
| 2015 | 266 | #221 |
| 2014 | 304 | #196 |
| 2013 | 264 | #210 |
| 2012 | 292 | #196 |
| 2011 | 296 | #194 |
| 2010 | 327 | #182 |
| 2009 | 279 | #207 |
| 2008 | 218 | #252 |
| 2007 | 200 | #271 |
| 2006 | 139 | #346 |
| 2005 | 131 | #339 |
| 2004 | 219 | #233 |
| 2003 | 294 | #183 |
| 2002 | 260 | #180 |
| 2001 | 269 | #173 |
| 2000 | 319 | #160 |
| 1999 | 285 | #173 |
| 1998 | 344 | #150 |
| 1997 | 309 | #167 |
| 1996 | 318 | #157 |
How popular is Nadia in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #565among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 531about 1 in 3,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 20% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 531 girls in the US were named Nadia, making it the 565th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 468th. Its busiest year was 2005, with 1,923 girls. It first appears in the records in 1911.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Nadia than any year since 1986.
Half of all the girls named Nadia in the US since 1880 were born between 1992 and 2011, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 537 girls in the US were given Nadia or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #556, up from #565 for this spelling alone.
- Nadia 531
- Nadiah 6
Nadia in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 531 | #565 |
| 2024 | 600 | #513 |
| 2023 | 625 | #489 |
| 2022 | 720 | #437 |
| 2021 | 684 | #459 |
| 2020 | 658 | #468 |
| 2019 | 756 | #414 |
| 2018 | 779 | #394 |
| 2017 | 783 | #401 |
| 2016 | 915 | #358 |
| 2015 | 953 | #345 |
| 2014 | 1,126 | #288 |
| 2013 | 996 | #325 |
| 2012 | 1,090 | #293 |
| 2011 | 1,182 | #270 |
| 2010 | 1,288 | #248 |
| 2009 | 1,345 | #246 |
| 2008 | 1,540 | #219 |
| 2007 | 1,721 | #198 |
| 2006 | 1,870 | #188 |
| 2005 | 1,923 | #178 |
| 2004 | 1,585 | #214 |
| 2003 | 1,580 | #208 |
| 2002 | 1,499 | #216 |
| 2001 | 1,331 | #239 |
| 2000 | 1,271 | #256 |
| 1999 | 916 | #330 |
| 1998 | 943 | #319 |
| 1997 | 857 | #333 |
| 1996 | 779 | #356 |
| 1995 | 681 | #389 |
| 1994 | 548 | #462 |
| 1993 | 572 | #437 |
| 1992 | 593 | #425 |
| 1991 | 586 | #433 |
| 1990 | 659 | #395 |
| 1989 | 761 | #332 |
| 1988 | 742 | #332 |
| 1987 | 532 | #418 |
| 1986 | 476 | #453 |
| 1985 | 515 | #427 |
| 1984 | 665 | #344 |
| 1983 | 375 | #512 |
| 1982 | 445 | #472 |
| 1981 | 476 | #452 |
| 1980 | 546 | #409 |
| 1979 | 609 | #372 |
| 1978 | 610 | #353 |
| 1977 | 790 | #303 |
| 1976 | 585 | #360 |
| 1975 | 86 | #1,291 |
| 1974 | 88 | #1,239 |
| 1973 | 77 | #1,312 |
| 1972 | 80 | #1,280 |
| 1971 | 81 | #1,322 |
| 1970 | 70 | #1,452 |
| 1969 | 72 | #1,338 |
| 1968 | 63 | #1,418 |
| 1967 | 47 | #1,659 |
| 1966 | 52 | #1,548 |
| 1965 | 60 | #1,421 |
| 1964 | 53 | #1,559 |
| 1963 | 49 | #1,622 |
| 1962 | 52 | #1,557 |
| 1961 | 36 | #1,920 |
| 1960 | 52 | #1,541 |
| 1959 | 30 | #2,053 |
| 1958 | 44 | #1,605 |
| 1957 | 36 | #1,807 |
| 1956 | 50 | #1,505 |
| 1955 | 36 | #1,732 |
| 1954 | 48 | #1,443 |
| 1953 | 30 | #1,833 |
| 1952 | 32 | #1,745 |
| 1951 | 28 | #1,841 |
| 1950 | 21 | #2,120 |
| 1949 | 27 | #1,844 |
| 1948 | 20 | #2,187 |
| 1947 | 15 | #2,636 |
| 1946 | 14 | #2,596 |
| 1945 | 15 | #2,236 |
| 1944 | 15 | #2,286 |
| 1943 | 17 | #2,150 |
| 1942 | 14 | #2,415 |
| 1941 | 12 | #2,531 |
| 1940 | 8 | #3,206 |
| 1939 | 12 | #2,417 |
| 1938 | 12 | #2,447 |
| 1937 | 13 | #2,317 |
| 1936 | 10 | #2,688 |
| 1935 | 7 | #3,429 |
| 1934 | 20 | #1,697 |
| 1933 | 20 | #1,723 |
| 1932 | 18 | #1,876 |
| 1931 | 27 | #1,420 |
| 1930 | 27 | #1,498 |
| 1929 | 14 | #2,300 |
| 1928 | 14 | #2,380 |
| 1927 | 20 | #1,934 |
| 1926 | 14 | #2,473 |
| 1925 | 26 | #1,646 |
| 1924 | 13 | #2,660 |
| 1923 | 16 | #2,264 |
| 1922 | 15 | #2,387 |
| 1921 | 10 | #3,163 |
| 1920 | 9 | #3,339 |
| 1919 | 14 | #2,384 |
| 1918 | 10 | #3,023 |
| 1917 | 15 | #2,203 |
| 1916 | 23 | #1,581 |
| 1915 | 14 | #2,142 |
| 1914 | 7 | #2,875 |
| 1913 | 9 | #2,163 |
| 1912 | 0 | – |
| 1911 | 5 | #2,463 |
Names like Nadia
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Other spellings of Nadia
Names related to Nadia
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Nadia: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/nadia, updated 20 October 2026.