Nadiah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- NAH-dee-a
- Origin
- Slavic
- US rank, 2025
- #13,203 for girls
Nadiah is a girls' name of Slavic origin, meaning “hope”. In 2025 it ranked 13,203rd for girls in the US (6 babies).
What does Nadiah mean?
Slavic: spelling of Nadia; 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.
Meaning borrowed from Nadia. More on Wiktionary.
Is Nadiah a girl's or a boy's name?
Nadiah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Nadiah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #13,203among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 270,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 6 girls in the US were named Nadiah, making it the 13,203rd most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2007, with 30 girls. It first appears in the records in 1981.
Half of all the girls named Nadiah in the US since 1880 were born between 2001 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 537 girls in the US were given Nadiah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #556, up from #13,203 for this spelling alone.
- Nadia 531
- Nadiah 6
Nadiah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #13,203 |
| 2024 | 6 | #13,472 |
| 2023 | 11 | #8,984 |
| 2022 | 11 | #9,050 |
| 2021 | 5 | #15,246 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 5 | #15,532 |
| 2018 | 12 | #8,612 |
| 2017 | 13 | #8,295 |
| 2016 | 11 | #9,408 |
| 2015 | 9 | #10,861 |
| 2014 | 25 | #5,308 |
| 2013 | 14 | #8,131 |
| 2012 | 30 | #4,705 |
| 2011 | 24 | #5,541 |
| 2010 | 23 | #5,769 |
| 2009 | 26 | #5,377 |
| 2008 | 16 | #7,738 |
| 2007 | 30 | #4,806 |
| 2006 | 27 | #5,085 |
| 2005 | 28 | #4,700 |
| 2004 | 17 | #6,763 |
| 2003 | 25 | #4,938 |
| 2002 | 16 | #6,692 |
| 2001 | 15 | #6,951 |
| 2000 | 22 | #5,146 |
| 1999 | 16 | #6,185 |
| 1998 | 9 | #9,254 |
| 1997 | 8 | #9,797 |
| 1996 | 9 | #8,807 |
| 1995 | 9 | #8,761 |
| 1994 | 6 | #11,771 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 8 | #9,483 |
| 1991 | 7 | #10,263 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 6 | #10,841 |
| 1988 | 5 | #11,792 |
| 1987 | 5 | #11,320 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 6 | #9,235 |
| 1981 | 6 | #9,108 |
Names like Nadiah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aaliyah Zaniyah Hadassah Naziyah Kaliyah Jaliyah Zainab Safa Zariah Taliyah Samiyah Zaliyah
Other spellings of Nadiah
Names related to Nadiah
More Slavic names
Mila Milan Vera Mira Milana Rayna Zora Milena Raina Damir Lev Siyana Vlad Lilyana Yuri Milah
Sources
Figures from 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, “Nadiah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/nadiah, updated 20 October 2026.